Does your doctor have a chaperone present when examining you?

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  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #22
    Rague said:

    I love it when students are
    I love it when students are there! How are they supposed to learn if not by dealing with patients? Actually I've learned quite bit from the questions they ask and the answe4rs given.

    We all see things differently.

    Winyan - The Power Within

    Susan

    They have always knocked and
    They have always knocked and my hubby is always with me also. Also, I've always been asked if they want to bring a student in, and, I've always said no. I am there to see my doctor only, not some stranger.

    Angie
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #23
    MY GYNO always-my onologist
    MY GYNO always-my onologist NEVER!

    Denise
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #24
    camul said:

    I always get a knock
    Today there was no gown or nurse, but after so many years I don't have a problem with it, but he is just checking my hips, ribs and lymph nodes now for changes, so I don't really need a gown.

    But I would tell him if you want both, and CC, I too laughed at that remark, as it is something that would come out of my mouth without a thought!

    Carol

    I always get the knock with
    I always get the knock with any doctor I see, which I think is the right way to do it.


    Jan
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #25
    jendrey said:

    ...
    Thanks for all the great responses!

    LOL @ CCynthia - your comment didn't bother me in the least! (Something I might've said myself back when he used to go with me. =)

    LOL @ rallendorfer on the caterer! I also go to a 'teaching hospital' with only occasional residents and student nurses I excuse the latter from the room just on principle!

    ---

    It's not that I feel uncomfortable with this NP, not exactly. He always listens to me and never once gave me the feeling of being rushed like that oncologist does. That being said, he has made a couple/few unsolicited comments. Which, since I don't know him this may very well be just his manner. For instance, he told me that he thought the plastic surgeon did a good job on the mammary fold line. I think he said something like 'they look pretty good and rest along the same line'...okaaay.

    Oh, and then there was the comment about my sunglasses. I have these Harley Davidson brand sunglasses that this biker guy gave to me at the auto swap meet. They remind me of how people are so different yet essentially the same. The lenses are light enough that I usually forget to take them off inside. Or maybe I just hide behind them or maybe revel in the bravado of a rough and tumble biker when I wear them, i dunno!!! (Could be it's the slight rose tint that makes everything so much sharper!)

    Anyhoo, the NP says to me those glasses really look good on you. Huh?

    I'm considering exploring vaginal dryness with him next time, just to see what that topic brings about! No, I'm kidding. Well, sort of...maybe I'll mention how all the weight gain makes me so unattractive and move on to the vaginal dryness... =)

    But yeah, a courtesy knock if nothing else. (No matter what planet of rudeness he's from!!! =)

    ((Hugs)))

    Mine always knock, but
    Mine always knock, but really, it doesn't matter to me. I lost my modesty along time ago. It is a nice courtesy though.

    Megan

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