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Subject: Injection without privacy Author: Rob [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 01:40: pm Has anyone received a shot as an adult in a situation that was not private? I've had two situations like this, and found both to be embarrassing. One was an antibiotic shot at age 21 in an ER (friend was present), and the other was a hepatitis shot at age 33 in a clinic with four other people in a semi-private room. Both of these shots were given in the butt, which required exposure of that part of my anatomy. Wondering if others have had similar experience as an adult and what you thought about it. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 03:11: am At 17, I went into a drug program. This was an in-patient program and I was there for 20 months total. Anyway, I got ill and had a hard time breathing. My stomach was killing me. They very rarely let anyone go to a hospital unless they truly looked ill. So they assigned another resident to accompany me. His name was Derek and he was a good friend of mine in there. We waited in the emergency room and finally we were called in. I sat on the exam table and let the nurse take my vitals etc. Derek had to watch me the entire time because this was the protocol for anyone leaving the program. That part didn't bother me. I'm not a shy-type of person for just a basic exam. I sometimes invite women I know to go to my current doctor appointments and they sometimes invite me. So then a doctor re-checks my vitals and my throat and all that stuff. He walks out and I'm sitting there talking to Derek. A few minutes later, a nurse comes in with a tray. I’m not sure I even noticed what she had. The next thing I hear is, "I need you to roll over on your stomach please." INSTANT TERROR!!!! I suddenly realized what she was going to do.....A shot in the butt!!!! I wasn't ready for this! I was truly terrified but I couldn’t show it because Derek was right there!!!! I can't even tell you how bad my chest was pounding; but I had to act like ....okay, whatever.... I loosened my belt buckle and laid on my stomach. I knew the nurse would want my pants down so I began lowering them, after I was on my stomach. "NOW" I wasn't thrilled that Derek was watching, but I knew those were the rules of the program. So my pants were down and my underwear was still up. I knew this was gonna be bad but there wasn't much I could do with Derek watching. The nurse was busy preparing the syringe and I suddenly feel her pull my underwear down. "OH MY GOD! I was thinking....This is gonna hurt....." I was NOT going to ever look at the needle...EVER! The next thing I feel is the alcohol swab. I knew what was coming. I was shaking so bad inside; I can’t even describe it in words..... So after the alcohol, I waited. I knew any second I'd feel the jab. Well, before I knew it....BAMB, there it was. It really really hurt a lot when she jabbed me and it was burning inside but, I was surprised that it didn't hurt more. I felt the medicine going in but I was surprised that it reached a burning point and didn’t go any further. So even though it hurt, I was kind of relieved. Well.....my thoughts were short-lived. Just when I thought I was home free, she yanked the needle out real hard, and I let out the biggest scream you ever heard. It hurt so bad I almost flew off the table!!!! I’m not kidding. I saw stars.....That part was worse then the whole shot!!!! I didn’t cry but I laid there in such pain it was amazing. I wasn't thinking about Derek at this point. I was thinking about PAIN. I laid there waiting for the pain to subside, which took about 3 or 4 minutes. Then, I "slowly" and "carefully" pulled my underwear up, and then my pants, and got off the table. Neither Derek nor I ever said a word about what happened. Thank God.... I don't know if Derek told anyone at the program but I was very glad it was over-with my butt on FIRE!!!!! With every step I took, for the next few days, I felt pain where I got the shot. It was an ugly kind of pain. It came from inside the muscle.... I found out later, she gave me Compazine, a stomach tranquilizer! The Head of the drug program chastised me for letting them give me a tranquilizer! The rule was no meds in the tranquilizer or anything. They were debating whether to shave my head for breaking a cardinal rule! I didn’t know for 3 weeks if they were going to "deal with me". I said, "Believe me, I DIDNT want it. But what could I do? I any case, not only did I arrive back at the program with my butt hurting, but had to deal with trouble as well. The moral of the story??? STAY AWAY FROM SHOTS IN THE BUTT!!!!!! I never had a shot in the butt after this but; I had many as a kid. And those, by far, were the worst ones ever. I did have the great experience of seeing my ex girlfriend’s daughter, 13, get one..... And as much as I felt bad for her, I was sure glad it wasn’t me...LOL Tim yodabest57@aol.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Jeremy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 08:31: pm I got one about 21 or 22 years old. It was in the ER and it was a penicillin shot. My dad was present. The shot hurt like crazy but I wasn't embarrassed having my dad in the room as he had been with me for most of my doctor's visits growing up. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Tim [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 08:59: pm Most of mine were at home with the ENTIRE family watching and laughing! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Peter [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014, 03:53: pm I was 17 and in an adult ward in hospital and was being prepped for theatre in the 1960s when they still gave pre-med injections. There were three other beds in the ward all occupied by older guys and I had changed into a gown in the bathroom and was waiting for next thing to happen.Two nurses came around with a small tray and asked me to turn over onto my front which I did opening the back of my gown and suddenly exposing me to all.They proceeded to prep my buttock and stabbed a huge needle into me which hurt like the devil and this was followed by a second shot in the other cheek and I just lay there a little teary eyed as they pulled sheet over me and left me to recover. I then suddenly realized they had all seen me get it in my bottom. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Sean [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014, 02:23: pm I received a b-12 shot at my doctor's office with an intern watching. It's a teaching facility, and I hadn't realized that this is common there. I had to drop trou and bend over the table for the shot, in full view of the student, who is about ten years younger than me. Getting a shot in the ass is nerve-wracking enough, and having an audience didn't really help the experience! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Nick [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014, 12:34: pm The nurse's cubicle was just screened-off from the waiting room so, whilst I don't think any of the waiting patients actually saw what was happening, they all heard the nurse tell me to pull down my pants and bend over for a shot and my "ouch" on feeling the needle in my bottom provoked some female giggles from outside. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: clauren [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 01:46: am I was in an er a few years ago but in a hallway bed as they had no rooms. I got 4 shots in the bottom on that visit. My bf was supposed to hold the blanket for privacy but by the third shot I was crying like a kid and he had to hold me still. It was humiliating. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Bob [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 11:47: am I had to get a series of vaccinations for foreign travel at work. I had the choice of taking two injections in the arm and coming back for two more in a few days or taking two I the arm and two in the buttocks. I opted to get all four. The nurse lead be to a treatment area separated from the waiting area by a curtain. It was winter and I was wearing a sweater and long sleeved shirt, so she said, I guess you better go ahead and undress to your undies and left to get the medicine. Everybody in the waiting room could hear what was going on. She gave me shots I both arms, and said okay Bob, boxers down and bend over the table. When she was finished she announced "all done, you can get dressed." After I dressed I was told to sit in the waiting room for 15 minutes in case I had a reaction to the shots. I returned to the waiting area where my female associate who was also traveling with me was waiting. She gave me a sympathetic smile and said I guess it's my turn. She went to the nurse and said I'm having the same as Bob, I know the drill and went behind the curtain. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Suzie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, September 07, 2015, 02:47: pm I went in to get my shots updated for school over the summer. There were new nurses training that day so they were all watching the mentor nurse give me my shots. I had 4 shots - all in my butt! It hurt so bad and there were like 5 nurses who saw it all. I was so embarrassed. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Injection without privacy Author: Nick (embarrassment) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, September 07, 2015, 05:33: pm Sometimes embarrassment can be constructive, Suzie, because it takes your mind off the shots themselves. Throughout my youth and adolescence I had to pull everything down and bend over a receptionist's lap for them. I feared the humiliation of a girl watching me get them in my bare bottom so much more than the pain as to distract me from the actual injections. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]