I was emailed this account of a very bazaar happening…thought I would share for a morning laugh! 
This woman woke up, looked at the clock and shrieked! She had overslept and had ten minutes to get ready for her gynecology appointed! She flew into the bathroom, grabbed a washcloth, next to the sink, wet it, washed her privates (gotta be clean for the doc!), threw on some clothes (no panties!) and rushed to his office. While her doc was examining her (feet in the stirrups, ugh) he started chuckling. He said are you going to a party tonight?? She thought, “what a curious question” and mumbled, face red, uh, noooo.
That afternoon, she was fixing lunch when her teenage daughter rushed in and ran upstairs. Then she heard, “Mom!! Where’s my glitter for the prom tonight…I had it rolled in a washcloth by the sink?!”
If any of you ladies have similar ‘embarrassing moments’ to share, I would love to read about them!! I have a few…
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Agreed. I never thought I was vain until I had a mastectomy at age 39. I was devastated and told the doc I wanted to wake up with implants. Now at age 60, I am lopsided and wondering if I was just avoiding the inevitable. You get what you get and you
Sounds very interesting.
Spike, you are awesome! Love your perspective, thanks for sharing.
Second time I’ve heard this one on VN, but still good for a chuckle. Bizarre indeed!
Ooops, sorry to repeat, I just thought it was sooo funny…something I would do!!! )Groan)
I went in to a general Doctor concerning my back pain….he informed me he would have to for a pelvic exam….making sure I was not pregnant, because he could not ex ray a pregnant woman…I KNEW NO WAY WAS I PREGNANT!!! I was about 44 even if I did look about 30 at the time,,,,,,I had went through change at 33,,,so no way, He was an old Doctor, and the thought of him not being a gyn , made me suspicious…well to make a long story short I put my clothes on and left without any exam!!! I wondered afterward how many women are asked to do things just to please the sick minds of some perverted Doctor…Thank God that I hope this is a rare case.
Hi Fayette, No, you were wise to say, no, to this old doc! I know, for sure, that I have been examined unnecessarily, by doctors (read my post to Duffy!)
When we are young or even ‘youngish’, we are taken advantage of! I even had a doctor say to me, when I was having difficulty getting pregnant…”You mean with a body like this, you cannot get pregnant?!” I was stunned! It was such a personal thing to say! I even had one old doc slap me on the fanny, and laughed. I was soooo upset!
Thanks for sharing. Take heed, ladies!
Ah well – I think doctors used to behave inappropriately rather often back then, because no-one sued them for it. Nowadays it’s an entirely different story, what with malpractice lawsuits happening nonstop and often frivolously. (What I’m about to say doesn’t apply to teaching hospitals and interns, by the way- they’re practicing and trying to learn, so many interns are going to do repeat exams over and over and over, because that’s the only way they CAN learn.)
I had a doctor treat me inappropriately when I was only 22. Can’t even remember what I was seeing him for, but when I arrived he said his nurse had gone home for the day (I was his last patient). Then he decided it was necessary to examine my breasts – which made no sense to me. But we always respected our doctors, right?
So I opened the gown – and when he made a comment about how small my breasts were AND THEN PINCHED ONE OF MY NIPPLES, a bright light finally went off in my brain. I slapped his hands really hard. Then I told him off something good, with swear words involved, because I was *really* angry. I ordered him out of the room so I could get dressed, and I stormed out of there.
I never paid him for that exam. Instead I wrote him an outraged letter spelling out exactly why – and I cc’d the letter to the AMA just to make sure he knew I meant business. If that had happened now, I’d possibly have sued him. My hope then was that the AMA already had a file on him with complaints from other people. Hard to say, though, since in 1975 people tended to not take any kind of action over that type of inappropriate behavior.
You were a spunky 22 year old! Good for you! I had spunk, as well, (took after my mom), but was shy with doctors. In those day, “authority” often ruled. Maybe if a doctor had pinched my nipple (for crying out loud!) I would have reacted with a bit of fire, as well!
I think young women were often victimized, back then, in so many ways. They still are, but it ends up on the Internet, somewhere, for everybody to see!! Docs don’t like that! :}
When I was 22, I started a job at a company that required a physical and said I could go to my own doctor (which I didn’t have because I’d moved to take the job) or I could go to the company doctor, and the company would cover the cost. I didn’t feel like I had much choice, so I did the latter. It was the first, and last, time a doctor told me he needed a “fourth rib measurement.” Think about where that is. Fortunately, he didn’t ask me to remove my bra, but when I mentioned the incident to my mother, I heard words I’d never dreamed would come out of her mouth: “Well, did he cop a feel?” Good question. Thank heavens, no.
The old ‘pervert’! I’m glad you escaped his groping old hands…fourth rip, indeed! Good for your mom!
First time I heard it and now my husband is wondering why I am chuckling in the other room! lol
Some pretty funny stuff…now share yours!!!
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