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Embarrassing Doctor Stories

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OooSorryDoctor · 04/06/2024 20:55

Lighthearted….. I went for a 4 mile walk the other week (5 weeks postpartum and not 100% my idea) and could barely walk the next day. Cue painkillers and a day in bed, until a mysterious rash appeared in the exact spot my knee was throbbing. Husband was concerned and said he’d never seen a rash like it, so better submit a picture to our local GP practice.

Long story short they called me in for an urgent appointment and within seconds I was diagnosed with a heat rash from using a hot water bottle 😆 cue a very embarrassed me apologizing for wasting her time 🙈🙈

Make me feel less embarrassed, what’s your best facepalm doctor story?

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NannaKaren · 08/06/2024 19:10

ThistleTits · 06/06/2024 18:36

🤣🤣🤣

So funny 😂😂😂😂

Jurassicparkinajug · 08/06/2024 16:35

My father in law went to the GP for a prostate check. During the examination he fainted. The Doctor asked ‘does that normally happen?’ My father in law replied ‘I don’t know Dr, people don’t normally stick their finger up my arse’ 😂

Kittynoodle · 08/06/2024 08:17

toddlepod · 07/06/2024 18:35

Not me, but ex ndn. After the birth of her first baby she passed a large clot and pressed the buzzer in a panic to get help because her liver had dropped out.

She added to me ‘it’s what anybody would have thought’…. 😳

Hilarious 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣

IncompleteSenten · 08/06/2024 07:43

All mine are so minor compared to these that I'm feeling much better about them. Whenever I feel embarrassed I can always say to myself at least it wasn't as bad as some of these 🤣

When I was being induced with my first the doc had to manually break my waters. I was off my tits on gas and air and I called him little bo peep, asked him where his sheep were then laughed for about ten minutes at my amazing wit.

He and my husband agreed that the g&a was definitely working.

Then there was the time my eldest was suddenly unable to walk. He'd just crumple onto the floor. We tried to get him to stand several times and nothing. He seemingly had lost all feeling in his legs.

He's autistic and was non verbal at the time so couldn't tell us what was wrong or if he was in pain.

Rushed him to a&e where he proceeded to run and jump round the waiting room.

We apologised and left sharpish. They were very nice about it but I bet they laughed at us afterwards.

DisabledDemon · 08/06/2024 00:39

Alltheyearround · 05/06/2024 16:17

Mum said that right after she'd had me, the midwives rang for a doctor to stitch her tear. When he arrived he was the dishiest doctor she had ever seen in her life.

She said she wished she could have met him in different circumstances! 😂

I had positively disgusting tonsils when I was eighteen and they simply had to go. Cue the appearance of a distinguished and dishy consultant who said that they were the worst he'd ever seen. Then, years later, my sinuses were giving me grief. Yes, yet again, another dishy consultant, this time looking up my nose.

I suppose I should be grateful that I've never had piles ...

spottydinosaur · 07/06/2024 21:13

I had to take DS who was a newborn to the GP and had Dd who would have been around 2 at the time with me.

Now I cannot for the life of me remember why the hell she was not in her buggy but I'd sat her on a chair at the side of the room while the Dr looked at the baby.

When I looked over the Dr's shoulder there was DD licking the wall

Now anyone normal would tell their child to stop it but I was so embarrassed and didn't want to draw the Dr's attention to it I said nothing & DD carried on.

I often wonder if the Dr noticed the wet patch on her wall after we left.

Every GP appointment after that I was well prepared with Peppa Pig loaded on the iPad & of course strapped into the buggy

steppemum · 07/06/2024 20:46

I have an unusual surname. I went to our GP because I had discharge from my nipple. Large practice, never see the same person twice. I thought I recognised the name on door, but assumed I'd just seen them before, and yes he did look familiar.

He did a thorough breast exam and referred me to the 2 week clinic (all was fine). When he had finished all of that and I was about to leave he said - do you mind if I ask - did you go to XXX college.

Yes I did. 15 year s before I had been at college with him for 2 years. And he had just mainpulated my breasts!!

LakeTiticaca · 07/06/2024 20:28

Duckcake · 07/06/2024 18:41

I accidentally licked my dentist's finger! The dental assistant wasn't using the suction in the right place and I had to swallow. Which of course made my tongue lick her finger. I just shut my eyes tighter and thought it would be worse to mention it.

I doubt thats the first time it's happened to a dentist 😆😆

Gruffallowhydidntyouknow · 07/06/2024 19:27

litlleseahorse · 05/06/2024 05:41

When my kids were toddlers and at nursery (I was in my 30s) we were all constantly getting ill- it was a relentless round of colds, flu, throat infections etc After my 4th or 5th cold in a row I started to develop what I thought was an ear infection, it was really painful. I couldn't face another round of anti biotics as they cause upset stomach and I saw on social media that if you put a clove of garlic in your ear it would cure an ear infection and was a natural remedy for infection. So I did. Unfortunately, I promptly fell asleep and it fell into my ear canal. It was agony.

I rang my GP and after some suppressed mirth, she told me to go to A&E. When I got there I told the receptionist in a quiet voice that I had garlic in my ear. She looked puzzled and repeated in a loud bemused voice "you have GARLIC in your ear????" causing everyone in the waiting room to look up in interest. I said yes and then had to wait for 2 hours whilst everyone stared at me as if I was mad. Finally, they called me through to be seen by a doctor- they told me I would be seen by a paediatrician as they had the necessary equipment for removing things from ears. I was then ushered through to the children's department, had to lay on a bed surrounded by Mickey Mouse pictures whilst the doctor suctioned it out of my ear. The doctor could barely contain his laughter. I have never been so embarrassed in my entire life and I do wonder what on earth they wrote on my medical records to this day.

This is undoubtedly the best thing I've ever heard.

Holycows · 07/06/2024 19:17

hookiewookie29 · 05/06/2024 13:44

Not me but read this elsewhere.....
Woman went to the doctors for a smear- first one, was very nervous. Went to the loo beforehand, there was no loo roll so she found an old tissue in her bag and used that.
Goes for the smear,halfway through the nurse stops and says " Well that's something I've never seen before !"
The woman starts panicking, fearing the worst.....and the nurse produces a first class stamp that had been stuck to her public hair! It must have been stuck to the tissue she used!

Please stop don't think I can take much more 😂😂😂😂

Holycows · 07/06/2024 19:15

Hb7x3 · 05/06/2024 13:43

I was left behind a curtain to get my gown etc on before surgery and put the paper pants on my head, as I thought it was a hat to keep my hair covered.... no lie

Fucking hilarious 😂 what was the reaction when you emerge from behind the curtain?

Holycows · 07/06/2024 19:05

FTMaz · 05/06/2024 13:01

Had to work myself up to my first smear…stupid I know but never been great about anyone looking ‘down there’

anyway talked myself up saying you’ll never see this nurse in public blah blah blah. So I’m lying on the bed with my bits out ready to go and she says ‘oh sorry can I just confirm your address’ reads it out and it’s incorrect so I say oh no that’s wrong and give her the new one. She then says ‘oh have you got the white Mercedes? I live opposite you’ she then asks if I’d prefer someone else to do the smear so I say….in a state of panic and social anxiety ‘no don’t worry you won’t be the first of the neighbours to see me vagina’ WHAT THE FUCK 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ honestly I wanted the floor to swallow me up.

Bleeding hell girl ! hilarious 😂😂😂

Duckcake · 07/06/2024 18:41

Natsku · 06/06/2024 07:40

Oh I would cringe so bad!

Last time I went to the dentist I bit her finger! I didn't mean to, but she was pushing down on the bottom of my mouth to check something and my automatic reaction was to close my teeth together, on her finger, and she yelped!

I accidentally licked my dentist's finger! The dental assistant wasn't using the suction in the right place and I had to swallow. Which of course made my tongue lick her finger. I just shut my eyes tighter and thought it would be worse to mention it.

NeverEnoughPants · 07/06/2024 18:38

toddlepod · 07/06/2024 18:35

Not me, but ex ndn. After the birth of her first baby she passed a large clot and pressed the buzzer in a panic to get help because her liver had dropped out.

She added to me ‘it’s what anybody would have thought’…. 😳

😂😂😂

toddlepod · 07/06/2024 18:35

Not me, but ex ndn. After the birth of her first baby she passed a large clot and pressed the buzzer in a panic to get help because her liver had dropped out.

She added to me ‘it’s what anybody would have thought’…. 😳

321user123 · 07/06/2024 18:07

orangeleopard · 04/06/2024 22:31

I had just had a C-section and was having my catheter put in or removed (I cannot remember). I was having it under gas and air and because I’d just had a section, I was all over the place and I couldn’t control myself and I couldn’t stop farting. It was loud too. If you can imagine the position the drs and nurses were in, and imagine recurring loud and smelly farts😭. I was so embarrassed and kept apologising and in the end the nurse shouted ‘stop farting’ so loud, I’m sure the entire ward heard. I was humiliated that I was doing it and these poor people were just doing their jobs but I couldn’t help what my body was doing.

You poor thing!
I laughed so hard at this as I’m picturing it, 🫣🫣

but that was so so unprofessional!
its in the par of a nurse shouting STOP BLEEDING! (It makes no sense, right? Exactly.)

katepilar · 07/06/2024 15:10

CharlotteBog · 07/06/2024 14:59

I don't understand. If she'd been before surely she would know. If it was her first I think the nurses usually explain more clearly what to do.

Well, obviously nobody has ever explained that paper to her. Either she kept going to this place without ever being told, or she previously went elsewhere where they didnt supply the paper towel.

CharlotteBog · 07/06/2024 15:00

Natsku · 07/06/2024 14:57

They don't give you anything to cover yourself with where I am. Does seem a bit pointless, you know they're looking there so what does the bit of paper actually do to preserve your dignity?

I think lying there naked from the waist down makes you feel pretty vulnerable.
The paper allows you to feel a little more relaxed.

CharlotteBog · 07/06/2024 14:59

Willie17 · 07/06/2024 14:40

My friend went for her regular smear - As many of us will know they give you a long length of paper to towel to drape over our nether regions to try and offer some semblance of dignity while they riffle around down there - Well my friend must have not got the memo, so off she popped behind the curtain to strip from the waist down and must have thought "ooo, thats nice they've left a bit of tissue for me to give myself a good wipe with before they go down there", popped the tissue in the bin and proceeded to lay on the bed legs akimbo awaiting the nurse - now I know medical staff are more than used to seeing all our bits and bobs, but as my friend described it - the nurse was a little shocked to see old Betty Beaver waving at her as she came around the curtain, asking what had happened to the paper towel she had left out for her to cover herself with? Fair to say my friend was mortified when we all confiremed we knew exactly what that large bit of tissue was for...and it wasn't for wiping yourself!!

I don't understand. If she'd been before surely she would know. If it was her first I think the nurses usually explain more clearly what to do.

Natsku · 07/06/2024 14:57

They don't give you anything to cover yourself with where I am. Does seem a bit pointless, you know they're looking there so what does the bit of paper actually do to preserve your dignity?

Willie17 · 07/06/2024 14:40

My friend went for her regular smear - As many of us will know they give you a long length of paper to towel to drape over our nether regions to try and offer some semblance of dignity while they riffle around down there - Well my friend must have not got the memo, so off she popped behind the curtain to strip from the waist down and must have thought "ooo, thats nice they've left a bit of tissue for me to give myself a good wipe with before they go down there", popped the tissue in the bin and proceeded to lay on the bed legs akimbo awaiting the nurse - now I know medical staff are more than used to seeing all our bits and bobs, but as my friend described it - the nurse was a little shocked to see old Betty Beaver waving at her as she came around the curtain, asking what had happened to the paper towel she had left out for her to cover herself with? Fair to say my friend was mortified when we all confiremed we knew exactly what that large bit of tissue was for...and it wasn't for wiping yourself!!

Dustyblue · 07/06/2024 14:01

Another shout out to @MudandParsnips

I had a GP appointment today, just to cover off some paperwork. It took ages given the all the forms to be completed, etc.

Whilst we were both waiting I read this post aloud to him and he lost it laughing. Like, slamming the desk with his fist. Thank you from both of us 😂

Thelnebriati · 07/06/2024 12:07

That reminds me of the Mum who was called into the school to explain the bruises on her DD's leg, and she had to take her to the GP.
That evening the bruises washed off in the bath - they were from the felt tip pen Mum had used to mark her daughters wellies.

Crimson5 · 07/06/2024 11:59

Hilarious thread!
I was looking after my grandson 5. Parents putting him to bed noticed little round bruises and rang 111. Who sent them to local hospital to check for sepsis at 8pm. Diagnosed as fine.
Were from laying on a rubber mat at the nearby playground that afternoon! I had suggested it might be that 😅.

Nannyfannybanny · 07/06/2024 10:38

My late father had an IQ of over 150, like a lot of blokes born in the 1920s,he put off going to the Dr,and had no interests in medical issues. He was having stomach pains,etc. came back from the surgery,aghast, said "the Dr wants me to take a stool with me next time"😂