When was your last RT in hospital ?

What age were you when you last had rectal temp taken in hospital .As very bad asthmatic often admitted to chest ward in children's hospital there that was there policy was no upper age limit for rectal temps if had cough you got it rectal only that was there policy at home only ever had rectal was only type in house

I was admitted to the hospital after returning from the Middle East in the 1970s. I had contracted a fever of unknown origin. I had rectal temps taken every four hours. It was humiliating but also exquisite. The RN would twirl the thermometer as she inserted it. I was in my mid twenties.

I was fortunate enough to have never stayed in a hospital overnight, at any age, but I have heard stories from young adults and teens who had their temps taken in the butt. I think this was more common during the 60's through 80's. I can't even begin to imagine the humiliation. In European countries this probably wouldn't have been given a second thought, (England being the exception), but in the U.S., it seems to stand out.

I remember that we visited my aunt who was in the hospital and while there a nurse came in to record her vitals and at one point turned and pulled the curtain asking us to step back. It was apparent that my aunt got a thermometer in her rectum when the nurse told her to turn onto her side, and we heard the covers adjusted. Nothing else was said, as if, you had to say more!

Shouldn't the title of the topic reflect the subject of the topic at least a little ?

The starter of this topic named this topic as "rectal thermometers".

Well this is in "Rectal temperatures" -board so what's the information value of the original topic ????

My last encounter with a hospital rectal temperature was only 3 years ago. I was having a blood gases test performed, and they required a rectal temperature. A plebotomist did the blood draw, which hurts like hell IMHO. Just a minute later, this cute brunette CNA showed up with that famous red probe. She had me turn on my left side and face the wall. In a cinch, my lilly white rear was exposed, and up my butthole she went with that probe....just like that. Extremely embarrassing, but at least it didn't hurt. She even wiped K-Y out of my crack with a tissue.

When I saw a urologist he wiped my butt after doing a DRE. I thought it was very civilized!

I was 13, admitted to a pediatrics ward because there were no adult beds available, and everyone in peds had temperatures taken rectally. All of us were bottoms up, bare, at the same time.

I was also 13, admitted to a pediatrics ward my temperature was taken rectally every four hours.

I was about 10, for appendicitis. The nurse would give the thermometer to me, and I would have to insert it rectally under the sheets. She would come back a few minutes later to collect it and read it.

(Rectal temps used to be the norm for children and adults in French hospitals back then but patients old enough inserted the thermometer themselves.)

Hospital Temp by Anal: Age 7 same for first and last Hospital enema. I found-out why hospital gowns open in the back; so they have full access to your buttocks. Isn't that convenient, for them. So everafter, I love to expose my buttocks to the cool breeze and any procedure my nurse wants to perform.

I was in my mid 20's and this was in the late 70's. I had to have a large cyst removed from below my ear and they did it as an inpatient procedure. I was checked into a room and the older nurse came in and said she had to check my vitals. She then told me that because I was having surgery near my mouth, the temperature would have to be taken rectally so she had me turn on my side and slide my pajama pants down. The next nurse to come in was a young nurse who must not have known about the surgery I was having because she looked all over the room for the oral thermometer until I pointed to the red topped one and told her that was the one she had to use. She also had me turn on my side and lower my pants and then I asked her to please close the door because my backsides was on display for all to see in the hallway.

Mine was first grade in the ER with a bad case of tonsillitis. Followed by a shot of penicillin in the butt. This was like 1978.

I was 6 and I had surgery to have my tonsils removed. The nurse took it just before I was released. I was crying because I was afraid to lie on my belly and was afraid I would get another painful needle.

My last RT in hospital was when i was 13.

I had my tonsiles removed.

Not sure and had surgeries when I was younger so maybe then...but honestly really not sure

I was 15 when I had my last RT in a hospital. It was in the ER and was vomiting a lot so I guess that's why they did it. I just lay on my side with my gown wide open while the nurse took the temp.

When I was seven or eight: all the other kids in the room had their temperatures taken rectally by the nurse while lying on their stomach, but my mom insisted that she would take mine while I was on my back in "diaper position" -- in front of the other kids. I have rarely felt more humiliated and embarrassed. Today, in my mid thirties, the "diaper position" with a female nurse or doctor taking my rectal temperature is one of my favorite phantasies...

My RT was never taken in hospital. But when I was 13 years old I got a suppository in hospital...

I've only ever been in the hospital for fractures, so sadly no rectal temperature experience in that setting. A few at the doctors when I fell ill overseas when I was younger, though. I can't seem to recall any doctors in the states doing it that way.

I can't recall ever having a RT taken. Today most temps are taken elsewhere.

You are probably right, no go zone it is.

I was on the pediatric ward. Maybe 12 or 13. Everybody there got a rectal temp more than once a day. Not sure how often. We were all boys on our ward so the girls must have had their own area. Everybody on our ward got their rectal temp at the same time. Maybe once in the morning and again in the evening but maybe also in the afternoon. The nurse came in with rectal thermometers and we all had to turn over on our stomachs. No privacy as we could see each other as the nurse went from bed to bed sticking the thermometers in. We were all in hospital gowns and no one was allowed to wear underwear. So everyone was face down with a rectal thermometer sticking out of their rears. Very embarrassing at that age for me. Some younger and some older boys on the ward although don't remember exactly. Then the nurses came around and pulled out the thermometers, read them, and wrote down our temps on the chart at the foot of the bed. No wiping of the lube but got to turn over and lay on our backs after that. I was glad to get out of the hospital after a couple of days.

I also was age 13 in the pediatric ward in 1964 I experience the same. The nurse came in with rectal thermometers and we all had to turn over on our stomachs. No privacy as we could see each other as the nurse went from bed to bed sticking the thermometers in. We were all in hospital gowns and no one was allowed to wear underwear. So everyone was face down with a rectal thermometer sticking out of their rears. Then the nurses came around and pulled out the thermometers, read them, and wrote down our temps on the chart at the foot of the bed. No wiping of the lube left on my anus.

When I was seven and had my appendix removed.

Unfortunately I don't really remember the temp taking.

I was around six years and old and hospitalized with a high fever from phenumonia. Rectal temperatures were like clock work. When I first went into the hospital I dreaded them but after several days of gentle nurses inserting thermometers in my bum every few hours I soon grew accustomed to it. I believe this is why I have the fetish today.

I'm not sure when my last rectal temperature was taken in a hospital, but I want to say maybe 7 or 8ish. I remember it happening and know that I was young but I'm not exactly sure.

1991 at a community hospital. It was a Saturday morning and I was having seriously bad head pain. I had no fever but a BP of 230/120 that did not respond to the usual drugs. I ended up in the ICU on Nipride.

In the eighties I was admitted to hospital for an operation when I was only 9 years old. I remember the nurse came in to our hospital ward (there were to of us boys sharing) early in the morning. She wished us "good morning" and said it was time to register our morning temperature. She gave us one glass thermometer each and asked us to insert it in the rectum - then she left the room and came back ten minutes later to get the thermometers...

When I had my tonsils out in the 1960s. That was the last "real" rectal temperature taking I had. Others since then have been part of play with friends or solo.

I missed out on chance for one as part of a physical exam when I was 18. That summer before college I worked in a hospital radiology department. During that summer they hired a new full-time employee. One day she was told to go to the Emergency Room for an employment physical from a staff doctor. When she returned I was told to take her exam form and some other papers to the personnel department. I happened to look at the exam form and under vital signs it indicated that she had her temperature taken rectally. I later asked if I would need a physical exam too, but was told I didn't because I was only working for the summer. Disappointing!