Other person knowing that you were nude in the exam room...

This happened to me when I switched pediatrician from a male to a female one in the late 80's. The exam room was basically a den in this doctor's house which has been converted into a exam room. She always had me strip completely for annual sports physical, (wrestling) and other visits like cold and skin condition. She was from India and she was more thorough than the previous male one I had. (and I never had to be completely nude)

My parents or siblings never came into the exam room with me, (waited outside until I was done) but while I was waiting in the waiting room with my sister and mom, an another patient around my age who I was friends with at school came out of the hallway with her mom and sat down across from me. He was not looking happy, and her mom was comforting him. My mom and her mom got talking, and said that he was not happy was the doctor had him completely naked for the sports physical.

As I was there for a sports physical (maybe 3rd or 2nd time I don't remember) I felt uncomfortable as my mom and my sister was there.

I was called in, but my parents or my sister never came in, However, my sister did ask me at home if I had to be naked for the sports physical. I dodged the question and asked her if she had to be naked, and she said that she was given a gown to wear.

I was thankful that my mom respected my privacy and stayed outside, unlike my friend's mom..

Interesting post. This sort of happened to me once when I went to an annual required physical when I use to work at a hospital many years ago. Obviously the walls were very thin and a female nurse who worked with me on a daily basis was also getting her annual physical at the same time as I was in an exam room next door, but I did not know that at the time. Anyway, the next day when we were working together again, she told me she was waiting for her exam in the next room that previous day and could hear every word being said in my exam room. I really wish she had never told me that as it really angered me that someone I knew personally had overheard everything to a very private and personal conversation. Because of that incident, I never felt comfortable working with that nurse after that for the rest of the time I worked there. I felt it was a total invasion of my privacy.

At school we used to have to go behind a curtain in the exam room and drop our underwear so the doctor could examine our private parts. Everyone else in the room (a nurse, another doctor and 4 or 5 boys) could hear what was going on and knew the boy was being examined naked. Those of us still waiting to be examined (wearing just our underwear) knew it would soon be one of us who would be called to go behind the curtain and stand naked in front of the doctor.

This happened to me at the one group sports physical I had for school. All boys were in one long line and went station to station through the doctors office and ended up at the last station receiving a hernia exam from the doctor sitting in front of them. The next person in line was standing just on the other side of the open doorway with the nurse listening to the entire procedure between me and the doctor. After coughing for the doctor, the nurse would lead the next boy in line in front of the doctor. So one boy is pulling up his pants while the other is pulling down his pants. While this was going on, the doctor would sign the paperwork and re-glove. Pretty efficient!

Of course, pretty much everyone, male & female, young & old, knows that males usually get a hernia exam during a school sports physical and will end up with their pants pulled down or off at some point. But it's still really embarrassing to me when I think about other people knowing what I am going through or just went through. That's also the case for everyone when they go for a physical exam. The receptionist and nurse/ assistant always know why you're there and exactly what will be done to you. They know exactly how much you will have to undress and what body parts you will have to expose to the doctor (and maybe even the nurse also) for examination. I'm not sure why, but again, I find this very embarrassing and yet exciting.

At my current doctors office this is taken one step farther. The nurses station and receptionist is right outside the exam room. On the other side is another exam room used by the NP of the practice. When I've been in the exam room waiting on the doctor I can hear everything that is being said on both sides of my room, word for word usually. My first time I was really excited and turned on being able to eavesdrop on everyone around me. However, I quickly realized that if I could hear them so well that they will also be able to clearly hear me receive my physical in a few minutes. This is exactly what I was thinking of as I was standing in the middle of the room with my pants around my knees and my doctor giving me the command to turn my head and cough. Then, during the deafening silence of the prostate exam, I pictured the nurse and receptionist just looking at each other on the other side of the door grinning from ear to ear as they imagined me bent over the exam table with the doctors finger in my butt.

@ADPETXG77 said

Other person knowing that you were nude in the exam room...

What's the big deal?

Someone knowing that you might be nude in an exam room should come as NO SURPRISE when you go to the doctor.