Health: Today, my doctor asked me to undo my bra so he could check my...

By chestycough - 16/09/2013 04:35 - Australia - Belrose

Today, my doctor asked me to undo my bra so he could check my breathing without the straps restricting my lungs, I got home and told my friends how awkward it was. Not one of them has had this happen to them before. We all go to the same doctor. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 16:59

Today, my doctor told me to take off my pants so she could do a checkup. When I took them off, she gasped. When I asked what was wrong, she said she was expecting something else. She thought I was a dude. FML

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By applegreen - 16/02/2017 15:00 - Ireland - Limerick

Today, while getting a breast exam for some suspicious lumps, I was lying on the table with my boobs exposed and I learned my doctor is afraid of wasps. I had to chase the wasp out whilst topless. FML

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By O.o - 20/02/2011 08:15 - Australia

Today, while trying on bras in the changing room, I wanted to see what my friend's bra looked like on her. Not wishing to leave my changing room in my underwear, I wriggled under her door. When I got through, my bra had come nearly all the way down and when I tried getting back, I got stuck. FML

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By sad child - 27/08/2011 07:45 - United States

Today, I went to my doctor for a check-up. It started with the doctor lifting my shirt up to check my heartbeat, and ended with my gran starting a fistfight over his "perverted ways." FML

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By Lara - 08/01/2016 11:28 - Germany - Bremen

Today, I went to the doctor's because I could feel something solid in my breasts, and I wanted to get it checked, just to be safe. Turns out it was my ribs. Oops. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/07/2009 17:50 - United States

Today, I was at the doctors getting a pap smear and she asked if it was alright if a doctor in training could come in to observe. I was already laying on the table with my feet in the stirups so everything was in plain sight. When the man came in to observe I looked up to see my brother in law. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/04/2009 17:55 - United States

Today, I was at the gynecologist and he was performing a routine check-up. He was a new doctor and I was just slightly uncomfortable with him. About mid-check-up, as he felt around my uterus, he said in a cartoonish voice, "Oh, it's so squishy up here." The doctor turned me into a sock puppet. FML

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By Lana - 20/07/2010 12:43 - Austria

Today, while sitting at my desk at work, a co-worker asked for my help. It was only after I had walked over to his desk, bent over, answered his question, and walked back to my stall, that I felt a breeze. My tube top had slid down across my breasts, revealing my bra to the entire office. FML

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By justmyluck5150 - 17/10/2016 17:58 - United States

Today, I told the doctor that one of my ribs sticks out farther than the other. When I lifted my shirt to show him, he immediately laughed and said, "Whoa, that's not subtle is it!" As if I wasn't already insecure about it. FML

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By Sara - 03/05/2016 16:52 - Netherlands

Today, my boyfriend and I went to visit his grandparents. Everything went well, until his grandmother approached me and asked me if I wanted to try some of her old bras. I didn't want to be rude, so I went with her. Most awkward moment of my life. FML

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flashback.miss 28

Monday 16 September 2013 12:01

just creepy. change doctors and take appropriate action.

Benchyface 11

Monday 16 September 2013 12:07

Considered that maybe your bra was tighter than your friends? Don't always jump to the worst conclusion.

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panda_lou 11

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:00

Well maybe they don't wear their bras too tight? Most women wear ill fitting bras so it could actually be restricting the way you breathe.

chrisreg509 2

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:11

That doctor sounds like Herbert from Family Guy.

StefanKa 23

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:33

Maybe because your friends don't wear any bras?

idphukphelps 4

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:42

Creepy! Imma wear a sports bra from now on!

HighlandShadows 48

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:45

I've had this happen... and being that my doctor was a straight female, I sincerely doubt that there was something sexual to it. However, if it concerns you, you can request that a female nurse be present for your next visit. Or get a new doctor.

BeingComplex 3

Tuesday 17 September 2013 1:55

Maybe your bra strap was actually restricted him from checking your lungs. I know plenty of patients who also have to preform that task in order to receive an accurate Measurement.

MrSmarts 6

Tuesday 17 September 2013 2:51

So he likes your boobs. What's the biggie?

Raum 19

Tuesday 17 September 2013 3:58

You can't be serious

Raykyogrou03 12

Tuesday 17 September 2013 3:12

Maybe you have big boobs and wore a small bra

Brokeinpain 6

Tuesday 17 September 2013 4:30

Brokeinpain 6

Tuesday 17 September 2013 4:38

What the doctor did is inappropriate. Anything an unlatched bra would need can be checked by loosening the bra, with the exception of x-rays and possibly EEGs. My wife, a very large chested woman, agrees, and she also looked it up online. You can always request someone in the room with you, as well. It doesn't need to be a nurse, even just a friend or the receptionist would help. Doctors get away with everything most of the time. Where I live, a local gastrointestinologist molested several women and got away with it, even after charges being pressed. And several is well over 20 women.

QueenSaru 28

Tuesday 17 September 2013 4:44

I can't agree that it was inappropriate, sorry. If the OP had said that he touched her in a way that didn't seem like it had dickall to do with the exam, or something like that, sure, she should report him and find a new doctor, but just asking her to unhook her bra for an examination based on your chest doesn't seem out of place when plenty of us have been in the same situation. Agreed that if she felt/feels uncomfortable though that she has every right to a chaperone, and I've never had a doctor complain about that. My first pap smear was with an OBGYN not my family doctor, and he had his nurse in there with us without me even having to ask, which made me feel better since it was the first time I'd even met the guy.

fabs1171 23

Wednesday 18 September 2013 17:04

#152 sadly your wife is incorrect. A proper respiratory assessment requires no clothing on the top half of the body. The medical professional needs to be able to SEE respiratory effort, rise and fall of chest and the number of respirations as well as LISTEN (ausclutate with a stethoscope) over all lung fields for breath sounds both front and back (have your wife Google - how to perform a respiratory assessment) Another method of assessment is to percuss - which involves placing the fingers of one hand flat on the body and to tap with the other fingers. The doctor is thus listening to the sounds produced. Also I'm pretty sure you can keep your bra on for an EEG (brain waves) but not for and ECG (cardiac electrical activity). All OP was asked to do was unclasp her bra - not remove it and her user name is chestycough so a pretty good conclusion that her visit to the doctor was due to a respiratory complaint.