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Author:
Bob Too
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 07:41: am
In reply to:
rt boy
's message, "RT QUESTIONS" on Tuesday, September 08, 2009, 04:57: pm
1. Were your underwear left down or pulled back up while your temp was taken?
Left down
2. Did the doctor or the nurses take your temp?
Nurse or Navy corpsman
3. What did the nurse/doctor say to you before inserting the thermometer?
Don't remember
4. Did the nurse/doctor leave the room while the thermometer was registering?
No, they stayed by the exam table
5. Was a pre-lubricated sheath used?
No, they didn't exist at the time
6. Did the nurse/doctor wipe the thermometer off with a tissue before reading it, and did they announce your temp to your parent?
They wiped the thermometer but I don't remember their announcing it
7. Did the nurse/doctor hold the thermometer in place while it registered?
No
8. Did the nurse/doctor ever wipe the excess lube from your anus?
Seldom
9. As a child, did you ever refuse a rectal temp at the doctors office?
I tried, unsuccessfully
10. What was the cut off age for rectal temps at your pediatricians office?
Navy policy for kids required rectal temps for under age 14
11. Did you like going to the doctors office?
No, because in the early 1950's you almost always got a shot in the butt
12. Did you mom/dad force you to let the nurse/doctor take your temperature rectally?
Only once
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