Mortified. Pls tell me dr will forget what I did

[BrisPerm]

I had to go to GP earlier with ongoing bowel issues. She asked me to lay down so she could listen to my abdomen. I laid down, she pressed the stethoscope onto my stomach and I ended up involuntarily farting loudly. She actually jumped back at the sound. Absolutely mortified, I start to apologise and my stomach starts making loud squeaky noises and I end up farting again mid sentence. She remained professional throughout but I’m so embarrassed. I have to go back tomorrow and I’m dreading a) seeing her again and b) it happening again.

DH says will have forgotten all about it. Is he right or just being nice? I feel like cancelling the appointment

In the nicest possible way this is hilarious. I hope you can see the funny side soon. Don’t give it a second thought. I know that’s hard when you live with crippling anxiety. Big love x

Friends with several doctors..trust me, this is nothing. No thing.
Even as a fairly squeamish lay person I wouldn’t give this a second thought, so trust me a doctor will not even have given it a first one.

Well you went in there with bowel issues so I’m sure she knows that it wasn’t deliberate ……I would be embarrassed aswell but there is no need to be, it would be different if you went in with eye issues and farted the whole way through the appointment

Me too, while I'm mid procedure in the dentist chair, he let a stinking fart rip, it was rotten and lingered in the air.
His breath stank too.
I see a different dentist now.

Your doctor will be well used to all this and won't think twice about it.

Ahh OP I know it's difficult when you struggle with anxiety, this sort of thing can have you ruminating all night! But hopefully the replies have reassured you that dr won't have been bothered. I'm sure she only jumped because it was a sudden noise.
And even though you'll probably think of it for years to come (I'm sure we all have those memories 😭) she probably won't remember which patients did what.

Hopefully you've been able to ignore the unpleasant people trying to derail your thread and focus on the real responses. It's so rude to bring their grievances from another discussion over here. Some people can't stand the fact that other people might have an opinion that doesn't line up with their personal world view. They seem to become obsessed with proving the "other side" wrong, it's really odd behaviour tbh.

I hope your appointment goes well today!

She won’t have forgotten about it 😂 but she’s a doctor, she will have seen (heard/smelt) it all before, and worse.

@Youdontseehow hilarious 🤣

This made me giggle...

Waiting for the update from op that says she arrives to find all the windows wide open!

Not just teasing op, she'll have forgotten by now. Go to the appointment.

That was her mistake, not yours, and I'm sure she won't be thinking about it.

Some days are so boring at work I bet you put a smile on her face.

Don’t give it another thought. Your GP certainly won’t, other than she knows your insides are working! They often listen with the stethoscope for ‘bowel sounds’, she just didn’t need to.
(Retired Senior Nurse here.)

Don't cancel it doc used to it I done worse at doctors

Don’t worry about it! They hear that all the time. To put you both at ease, you can start with an icebreaker like “Hello again! I’ll try not to fart this time!” 😄

Dear OP, honestly, the doctor has seen/heard/smelt worse. I knew a doctor who went to give a lady a rectal exam, only to be sprayed with explosive diarrhoea. His biggest concern was how upset SHE was at the mishap. Everybody farts.

She'll have seen worse, and if she hasn't yet she will soon.

We only remember the “I accidentally sat down on the toilet brush and it got stuck” type incidents…

I'm sure she's experienced far worse and there have got to be some parts of the job like this to make it bearable lol 😆

Ol, you poor thing. Honestly, she might not forget, but she definitely won't be bothered.

As usual, first comment nails it

Ds is a Doctor. Frequently gets covered in lots of bodily fluids. It comes with the job TBH. I do not think the Doctor will remember you or indeed find you particularly unusual.

I went in to be induced with DS2, the midwife was examining me, I coughed and gushed amniotic fluid all over her head and shoulders. I think that was probably worse.

If you'd heard my mother in the line at Tesco's, farting away quite unperturbed, you'd not be worried. My daughter, however, left the line in stitches.

Don’t worry! It’s probably a good things as it will tell them a lot about how your bowels are. You probably needed it. I had a colonoscopy and afterwards we were all loudly trumpeting away in the recovery area- icky at first for me but in the medical setting totally normal!!