If you ever worry about what your doctor is going to think of your body when you go in for an appointment - don't. If you actually took a shower in the last 2 days, you're already above average. We don't actually care or judge unless you pose a threat to our personal hygiene and safety.
As in, if we are worried a bug is going to jump off you onto us then we may cringe or hold our breath the entire exam.
But if you are stressed about us seeing your cellulitis or rolls or exceptionally hairy back, we WILL see it but unless we think it's medically relevant, it will flit out of our minds as soon as we write down the exam in your chart. We're usually too concerned with missing a medically relevant detail to spend any time at all judging people's bodies and most likely we're actually just poking at your belly to see how big your liver is.
We've seen it all, so don't feel conscious. And for God's sakes don't wait to come to the doc because of your fear of nudity, nothing about your appearance could distract our attention more than that gangrenous foot covered in parasites you've been sitting at home with. Yup, I've seen that too.
3 comments:
I'm happy you are back to tagging your posts with misleading and suggestive tags like "medical intern, nudity."
There is a comma separating the two. Anything to improve googalability at this point. Remember, I am fire.
You made that word up.
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