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?

Mine is quite short and sweet really..I was working nursing in a big general hospital..I had to have a colonoscopy, consultant looks at my face, says "I know you".

Coming round in the recovery room after surgery, I became aware of a large poster on the wall with a picture and 'Nurse of the week' headline. A nurse came and checked on me, to see if I was feeling ok. Pointing to the poster I asked 'Is that you?' and he replied 'er, no'.

A bit later, I sat up and put my glasses on, to see that nurse of the week on the poster had blonde curly hair and was a rather glam woman, the nurse that had checked on me was a man! @😱

It is a long time ago now so I can't remember why I was going to the doctor, but it was shortly after having my son. I started explaining what was wrong while starting to take my clothes off. The doctor said, can I stop you there you don't need to take your clothes off for me to diagnose. I think I'd got so used to those pregnancy, birth post-birth appointments that required a level of derobing I had just got in the habit! Very embarrassing.

To be fair, constipation can be absolutely excruciating

Stop loitering on my dropped curb!

I did the same thing! When my son was four I felt this lump and really freaked out about it, took him to the GP and she said, ‘That’s a normal part of his anatomy. Feel the same spot on your head? It’s normal.’
I was so embarrassed and felt awful I had wasted her time but she was really nice about it! I cringe every time I think about it!

Took my dog to the vet because I found a lump and it was his microchip 😬

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I was having a hospital appointment to investigate post menopausal bleeding and went into about the fourth consultation room in one morning. I was stopped in the process of taking my knickers off by a doctor who kindly explained that she just needed to speak to me this time.

Ohhh thanks for these. I'm sat in the doctors waiting room waiting to get my bits out for what's probably a bartolins cyst and needed a good giggle!

Many years ago I was in hospital and asked to provide a wee specimen. They gave me a bed pan made out of cardboard. I took it to the loo and came out again and said, “Um, is this actually waterproof.”

They assured me it was. Mortifying. As if they’d have given me a leaking bedpan!

Another was an appointment with what turned out to be a v good looking Consultant. I was about to go on holiday. Lots of stuff already packed or in the wash and could only find a really va va voom bra. Hadn’t occurred to me that I would have to get undressed and was excruciatingly embarrassed when I had to.

😂 Brill 🫣

I was having bladder issues and went to have them investigated. They got a tube and stuck it up into my bladder/urethra and started pumping water to see how much volume my bladder could hold. Unfortunately the tube popped out. It acted like a hosepipe and started spraying around the room getting me, the consultant and the nurse. I couldn't stop laughing, but the consultant definitely didn't see the funny side.

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Not half as bad as some of these! Anyway.......

I was at the GP. Forget what for - normally high BP/Diabetes or something. Anyway she was asking about what medication I was on (dunno why, just look at the screen!). I blurted out something in my head. She moved her chair back from me so fast it screeched across the floor ! "So you have schizophrenia? " "Er no" "That drug is used in Schizophrenia!". I then told her I worked in Psychiatry and would often photocopy stuff for junior doctors and it always seemed to mention this drug and for some reason it was in my head!!!

She took some convincing and I suggested she look on the screen for details of what drugs I do take..... High BP/Diabetes/ High Cholesterol/Heart failure.. nothing for mental health!

This one really made me laugh, can just imagine the levels of cringe 😅

I can't remember if it was maybe the last one I used. There was definitely no string though!

I'm a vet and once had a patient who did this when I was a fairly new graduate. Came in saying urinating and defaecating blood. I thought it must be some kind of weird clotting problem so did blood tests. Owner then brought in a urine sample which confusingly didn't show any blood despite being red. Yes, it turned out on further questioning that the dog had been eating a load of beetroot!

Slightly different tale here, in that it is regarding a dog and not a human! A friend’s dog had been playing with their other dog, but she appeared to be experiencing some pain after the event. When the pain didn’t ease after a day or two, they took their dog to the vet, where they were charged a few hundred pounds just to be told she had trapped wind 😬!

These are brilliant. I hereby nominate this thread for Classics status!

Hehehe this really made me giggle!

You were lucky it didn’t stink. My friend had this happen and went to the gp because of a mind-bending pong from her nethers.
She thought she had a dread std until the gp hauled out a tampon . Her period had stopped four days earlier and she forgot she put in a “just in case” tampon right at the end as she was going to an event. She said she honestly thought her bits had started rotting from the smell. GP apparently looked sick.

haha, same happened to me when I was having the coil fitted. The doc, nurse and me were laughing so much I'm not sure how we got through that appointment tbf 😂

You'd think once would have been enough, but on several occasions when a doctor has turned away and asked me to remove clothing, they have then been embarrassed to turn back and find me with no clothes on. In my defence, for a breast exam/vaginal exam, is it not quicker and easier to just strip off the relevant half rather than cover up with little paper modesty sheets until the last minute? Clearly I have no shame

Eww did she disinfect the speculum after it went on the floor?