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<h2>The harsh light, uncomfortably personal and private questions, weird prodding and terrifying pauses--going to the doctor is never a fun or pleasant journey...</h2><p>Avoiding the doctor at all costs, especially if you live in a country with a nonexistent-to-toxic healthcare system, is a talent many adults practice. Sure, your back has been hurting for months but is it worth calling to make an appointment if you&#39;re not immobile and bleeding out?</p><p>If you have to make the cursed trip though, sometimes it&#39;s best to prepare for a health dose of humiliation. So, when a recent <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sk3fex/nsfw_what_was_your_most_embarrassing_trip_to_the/">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;What was your most embarrassing trip to the doctor?&quot; people with a cringe-inducing tale from the backless gown were ready to share.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">being weighed by the doctor is literally so embarrassing</p>&mdash; 𝐻. (@chanelgl0ss) <a href="https://twitter.com/chanelgl0ss/status/1487848668736675845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a ton of pain in my balls. And read too many TIFU by getting testicular torsion posts on here and a recent coworker who was diagnosed with testicular cancer, I went in to get the pain checked out.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Wouldn&rsquo;t go away, kept me up at night, just really freaked me out and hurt. After much inspection and touching. The doc asked about what kind of underwear I wear and I said boxers. He said he recommends getting boxer briefs as I have saggy balls and have most likely torn a ligament or muscle.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I immediately bought some boxer briefs and sure enough by within a little over a month the pain had subsided. I paid $250 for the doc to tell me I have saggy balls and get new underwear. - Grooveman94</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>Went to the ER for stomach pains, worried about appendix, spleen, gall bladder etc. I was constipated. My brother still tells the joke that the one time I went to the doctor I was full of sh*t. - DAMN5150</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had a cat scan for a kidney stone, since that&#39;s all they were looking for in the notes it said penis: unremarkable.</p> <p>I know it&#39;s not much but damn. - larryskank</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>I have a couple but&hellip;you can get a pimple on your dick. On the head. Especially if you wrestle. And it&rsquo;s summer. And the gym doesn&rsquo;t have a shower. And you have to walk half an hour home. I had it examined by the head pimple dick urologist and it was without a doubt 100% a pimple. Scariest few days of my life. - MrFunktasticc</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I had to show my naked butt to the doctor in the hospital and she spread my butt cheeks to look inside and then a dozen student doctors (interns?) came in the room and were all staring at my butt for what felt like hours. - modsherearebattyboys</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>Valentine&#39;s day, 2019. I pooped blood in the morning and made an emergency appointment. My doctor is a 60 something year old woman, and she says to me &quot;you realize you can&#39;t tell me something like that without me having to take a closer look.&quot;</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m lying sideways on the bed with my knees tucked up and my pants pulled down. She applies ice cold lubricant and starts to insert a finger into my a*s and I make the awkward remark &quot;you haven&#39;t even taken me out to dinner yet&quot;. Dead silence.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>&quot;Nothing wrong as far as I can see&quot; she tells me... &quot;Have you eaten anything like beetroot recently?&quot;</p> <p>I immediately remember the beetroot juice smoothie I had drunk the day before, but I&#39;m too embarrassed to admit to it, so I lie.</p> <p>Worst Valentine&#39;s day ever. - F*rtweaver</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>Went and got diagnosed with an STD and was getting lectured about safe sex and cheating and then felt too embarrassed to tell the doctor my wife had actually given it to me. - garrhunter</p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>I broke my tailbone pretty bad. Apparently the only way to fix it is by the doctor putting a finger in your b*tthole and bending it back.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Fixing it hurt more then breaking it. - mattdamonsleftnut</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>I know it&rsquo;s normal and all that blah blah.. but I will never stop cringing about sh*tting during childbirth. I also blasted the lovely midwife in the face when my water broke, more like burst. It was like a bad comedy movie. - LateNightLunch</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>The doctor asking me my name, date of birth and then asked &quot;sex?&quot; as in male or female is what he meant, but at the time I was a little kid so I got nervous felt awkward immediately turned to look at my mom and quickly said &quot;no I&#39;m too little!&quot; all worried thinking I was gonna get in trouble and they both just laughed at me haha - smartbroccoli92</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>I burped in the doctors face during a strep test. I felt so bad - Nintendevotion</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was 5 years old, not too bright, and thought Air Freshener was <em>EAR</em> Freshener. So I plugged the end of a Febreeze into my ear and let loose. I actually made it to the second ear before I realized I fucked up. Burning pain, damaged my eardrums from the pressure, bad everything for me, how could this day get any worse.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Make it to the ER and my father is freaking out thinking I&#39;ve gone deaf and he&#39;s demanding why nobody was helping us and staring at the TVs. It was September 11th 2001, and I thought I was having a bad day - NowCanBeLoudAndProud</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>A couple of days after my vasectomy, my balls swelled up like tangerines. The whole area, scrotum to b*tthole, turned purple-black.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I had to go to the emergency room and show it to the triage nurse. Then every nurse that came to check on me while I waited. Then two doctors, then what seemed like every nurse that happened to walk by my bed for the next couple of hours. - Stander1979</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was about 15 and at the doctors laying on that short table waiting for the doctor. I couldn&rsquo;t figure out why that dumb table was so short and tried to figure out a way to make it longer. Well I realized at the end of the table there were these fancy leg extensions. So I pulled them out and waited.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Doctor came in and started laughing hysterically and asked me what kind of exam I wanted? I didn&rsquo;t realize what I had done until 20 years later I went to the doctors with my wife. Kind of a delayed embarrassment! - tdmmnnl</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>Cut the flap of skin that connects my sack to the shaft of my penis with hair clippers. Not only was it a day that they were training new doctors but also my mom worked for the hospital and saw my name on the computer system.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>So by the end of the visit, I had 5 extra young doctors staring while I got stitches but also my mom walked in too thinking something bad happened to me - KeyProtection7</p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was pretty young, had never swallowed a pill before, my only experience with anything pill like was flinstone vitamins. I was in there with my mom and was given a tylenol and a cup of water, and I guess no one imagined I had never taken a pill before, so I immediately popped it in my mouth and vigorously chewed, and then immediately threw up from the bitter taste. My reaction was surprise and confusion.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Doctor was just like &quot;... You just swallow them... with the water...&quot; like I was some damn idiot. - Freikorp</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 people share stories of their most embarrassing doctor's visit.

The harsh light, uncomfortably personal and private questions, weird prodding and terrifying pauses--going to the doctor is never a fun or pleasant journey...Avoiding the doctor at all costs, especially if you live in a country with a nonexistent-to-toxic healthcare system, is a talent many adults practice. Sure, your back has been hurting for months but is it worth calling to make an appointment if you&#39;re not immobile and bleeding out?If you have to make the cursed trip though, sometimes it&#39;s best to prepare for a health dose of humiliation. So, when a recent Reddit user asked, &quot;What was your most embarrassing trip to the doctor?&quot; people with a cringe-inducing tale from the backless gown were ready to share.being weighed by the doctor is literally so embarrassing&mdash; 𝐻. (@chanelgl0ss) January 30, 2022 1. I had a ton of pain in my balls. And read too many TIFU by getting testicular torsion posts on here and a recent coworker who was diagnosed with testicular cancer, I went in to get the pain checked out.   Wouldn&rsquo;t go away, kept me up at night, just really freaked me out and hurt. After much inspection and touching. The doc asked about what kind of underwear I wear and I said boxers. He said he recommends getting boxer briefs as I have saggy balls and have most likely torn a ligament or muscle.   I immediately bought some boxer briefs and sure enough by within a little over a month the pain had subsided. I paid $250 for the doc to tell me I have saggy balls and get new underwear. - Grooveman94 2. Went to the ER for stomach pains, worried about appendix, spleen, gall bladder etc. I was constipated. My brother still tells the joke that the one time I went to the doctor I was full of sh*t. - DAMN5150 3. I had a cat scan for a kidney stone, since that&#39;s all they were looking for in the notes it said penis: unremarkable. I know it&#39;s not much but damn. - larryskank 4. I have a couple but&hellip;you can get a pimple on your dick. On the head. Especially if you wrestle. And it&rsquo;s summer. And the gym doesn&rsquo;t have a shower. And you have to walk half an hour home. I had it examined by the head pimple dick urologist and it was without a doubt 100% a pimple. Scariest few days of my life. - MrFunktasticc 5. When I had to show my naked butt to the doctor in the hospital and she spread my butt cheeks to look inside and then a dozen student doctors (interns?) came in the room and were all staring at my butt for what felt like hours. - modsherearebattyboys 6. Valentine&#39;s day, 2019. I pooped blood in the morning and made an emergency appointment. My doctor is a 60 something year old woman, and she says to me &quot;you realize you can&#39;t tell me something like that without me having to take a closer look.&quot;   I&#39;m lying sideways on the bed with my knees tucked up and my pants pulled down. She applies ice cold lubricant and starts to insert a finger into my a*s and I make the awkward remark &quot;you haven&#39;t even taken me out to dinner yet&quot;. Dead silence.   &quot;Nothing wrong as far as I can see&quot; she tells me... &quot;Have you eaten anything like beetroot recently?&quot; I immediately remember the beetroot juice smoothie I had drunk the day before, but I&#39;m too embarrassed to admit to it, so I lie. Worst Valentine&#39;s day ever. - F*rtweaver 7. Went and got diagnosed with an STD and was getting lectured about safe sex and cheating and then felt too embarrassed to tell the doctor my wife had actually given it to me. - garrhunter 8. I broke my tailbone pretty bad. Apparently the only way to fix it is by the doctor putting a finger in your b*tthole and bending it back.   Fixing it hurt more then breaking it. - mattdamonsleftnut 9. I know it&rsquo;s normal and all that blah blah.. but I will never stop cringing about sh*tting during childbirth. I also blasted the lovely midwife in the face when my water broke, more like burst. It was like a bad comedy movie. - LateNightLunch 10. The doctor asking me my name, date of birth and then asked &quot;sex?&quot; as in male or female is what he meant, but at the time I was a little kid so I got nervous felt awkward immediately turned to look at my mom and quickly said &quot;no I&#39;m too little!&quot; all worried thinking I was gonna get in trouble and they both just laughed at me haha - smartbroccoli92 11. I burped in the doctors face during a strep test. I felt so bad - Nintendevotion 12. I was 5 years old, not too bright, and thought Air Freshener was EAR Freshener. So I plugged the end of a Febreeze into my ear and let loose. I actually made it to the second ear before I realized I fucked up. Burning pain, damaged my eardrums from the pressure, bad everything for me, how could this day get any worse.   Make it to the ER and my father is freaking out thinking I&#39;ve gone deaf and he&#39;s demanding why nobody was helping us and staring at the TVs. It was September 11th 2001, and I thought I was having a bad day - NowCanBeLoudAndProud 13. A couple of days after my vasectomy, my balls swelled up like tangerines. The whole area, scrotum to b*tthole, turned purple-black.   I had to go to the emergency room and show it to the triage nurse. Then every nurse that came to check on me while I waited. Then two doctors, then what seemed like every nurse that happened to walk by my bed for the next couple of hours. - Stander1979 14. I was about 15 and at the doctors laying on that short table waiting for the doctor. I couldn&rsquo;t figure out why that dumb table was so short and tried to figure out a way to make it longer. Well I realized at the end of the table there were these fancy leg extensions. So I pulled them out and waited.   Doctor came in and started laughing hysterically and asked me what kind of exam I wanted? I didn&rsquo;t realize what I had done until 20 years later I went to the doctors with my wife. Kind of a delayed embarrassment! - tdmmnnl 15. Cut the flap of skin that connects my sack to the shaft of my penis with hair clippers. Not only was it a day that they were training new doctors but also my mom worked for the hospital and saw my name on the computer system.   So by the end of the visit, I had 5 extra young doctors staring while I got stitches but also my mom walked in too thinking something bad happened to me - KeyProtection7 16. I was pretty young, had never swallowed a pill before, my only experience with anything pill like was flinstone vitamins. I was in there with my mom and was given a tylenol and a cup of water, and I guess no one imagined I had never taken a pill before, so I immediately popped it in my mouth and vigorously chewed, and then immediately threw up from the bitter taste. My reaction was surprise and confusion.   Doctor was just like &quot;... You just swallow them... with the water...&quot; like I was some damn idiot. - Freikorp 

The harsh light, uncomfortably personal and private questions, weird prodding and terrifying pauses--going to the doctor is never a fun or pleasant journey...  Avoiding the doctor at all costs, especially if you live in a country with a...