Embarrassing Doctor Stories

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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?

Yep, tampon one too. Weird brown bleeding for a few weeks, especially after sex. Doctor found a month old tampon up there. KILL. ME. NOW. 🤢

😂

Laughing at pan pipe rash music.

Such a great thread. Sometimes you have to see the funny side.

this is hilarious

It’s because discharge is acidic and wears holes in your cotton undies! If you’ve got black knickers it sort of bleaches it in that area too!!

Got on the bed for my first smear. It was when you had to put your legs in sort of crutches. The nurse had pulled a curtain round the bed while I got ready. She then walked back in, took one look and said ‘Well you will need to remove your underwear Miss @greengreyblue ! I was so embarrassed and nervous I just completely forgot to take them off.

Had similar. (My defence is that I was doped up on Clomipramine, but even so...)

The doc examined me, spotted something and referred me to a gynae straight away. Fortunately for me, I found the blooming thing myself - realised that something was wrong when I had my next period and tried to insert another tampon. Phoned the surgery, confessed and asked them to cancel the referral.

If it's any consolation to those of us who have experienced it, I believe that it's not that uncommon.

Rushed my toddler son into A&E as I thought he had sepsis (purple bruising on foot). I had done his shoe up too tight

oh my god how were you not dead from TSS????!!!!!!!!!

Haha, an apparently iron constitution? Forgotten tampons aren't actually that uncommon (10 days is maybe extreme) but TSS is much more rare.

I was using a new pair of secateurs and sliced my finger. There was lots of blood and it really hurt. I put a dressing on and phoned the doctors the next day, wondering what sort of mess it was in. They arranged for a nurse to redress it properly. She removed the dressing and shot me a look. Seriously it was hardly anything. Felt such an idiot. Luckily I don't need to go very often.

Howling 😂

Brilliant thread OP! Nothing to add but really enjoying it.

Not a doctors one, but similar to the one quoted above…..

My dear mum, sadly departed, used to regular take herself to the local beauticians for general grooming. She’d been going for quite some years before the “modesty towel” came up in conversation between DM and DSis. Turns out my mum thought you were to put it over your face, to save the embarrassment of having your fanny out!

My youngest's birthday would probably be four days earlier if I hadn't spilled a full sample jar of piss all over my pants which led to me turning down a sweep out of pure embarrassment.

Oh God - I've just remembered. I had an appointment with a specialist about my lower back pain and hadn't really thought what the examination would entail. He wanted me to take off my clothes to my underwear, face opposite to him and bend over so he could see what my spine/pelvis were doing. Except I was wearing a thong (fashionable in the 90s for no VPL). I was mortified. He smirked. Sorted out my back though. I had blocked it out but now I've remembered I still burn with shame.

Had sedation for a minor surgery and when I come round, its like I'm drunk. Last time I tried to bond with the nurse over the fact that I too, was wearing shoes, like an enthusiastic toddler. They are always very gracious about it which makes it worse.

Had some abdominal pains, went for an ultrasound of my ovaries. The nurse said "did nobody tell you to go to the toilet before coming to the appointment?".

The scan showed a big poo making it difficult for the nurse to see my ovaries 😣

My gastro consultant is a dead ringer for a longtime friend of mine. It was VERY weird discussing my poo with him & even more so when he did a colonoscopy on me.

I've been giggling about this for hours...

Similar to the clothing dye ones, I was noticing patches of brownish-yellow discoloured skin all over my body and was about to go to the doctor, then I realised it was a hot summer so I wasn't wearing a lot around the house, and had a big, gorgeous bouquet of Casablanca lilies that were shedding pollen on me

I'm sure there's a MN thread about 'the diamond of shame'. It had me howling with laughter, especially at the woman who sat astride a motorbike at a show/exhibition, then got off & realised she'd left The Diamond on the seat of it, & a bloke saw it too & said, "You really liked that one, then."😂If anyone can find it, I'd love to read it again.

Didn't we all?

@ifIwerenotanandroid I think it was something along the lines of "do you do the 'wiggle and stand'"

@Katemax82 yes 😳

Thanks! Tried various things via google, & I think it may be this one:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4566957-sweaty-patch-on-seats