Opposite sex doctors?

[Damascus]

Dont pick on Carol Marie.

You guys are really not nice.

Carol Marie is not condemning anyone but she is just telling us how she feels.

You guys are going beyond that.

I hate this fighting and this forum.

I dont want to post here anymore.

My suspension was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Catholics here are so focused on negatives and negative things, it made me negative too. I never was that way until I came here. Then, after reading all these stories of horrors I got defensive. Then I became negative too.

This forum is not healthy. It focuses on all the bad things.

I became a part of that “bad” by being here.

 

[Aleii]

I work in healthcare. I have seen a multitude of both male and female parts. Sex really doesn’t enter my mind. I just see it as part of the job and focus on the person who is often either in discomfort or quite embarrased. Some people who have been to the hospital a lot know that the healthcare team is just doing their job and they become a lot less “shy”. We try to keep them covered as much as possible but really, its just another body system to us, and we(I can’t speak for everyone, but the people I’ve talked to and myself) just see it in the aspect of health and wellness, not sex.

 

[maria29]

The breast exam lasted longer than I have ever had before. Am I paranoid or do you loose the right to a chaperone when you get older?

Maybe he was just being more thorough. Doesn’t the chance for breast cancer increase when you get past 40? Maybe he thought he felt a small lump, etc but didn’t want to scare you until he was sure…

I know that i would be happy to have a doctor be more thorough and not just rush the exam. I guess sex doesn’t matter as long as they are a caring and are willing to listen .

ITs been my experience that usually the women doctors seem less patient and my male doctors have gone out of the way to make me comfortable. As for someone being in the room, it doesn’t bother me if there isn’t. I don’t think it means that its automatically a sign that the OBGYN is a horrible one

 

[hasikelee]

This is a spin-off of the thread discussing opposite sex friends for married folks. forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=1011311&posted=1#post1011311

How do we feel about opposite sex doctors of the personal probing type, e.g., internists, urologists, gynecologists, etc. for ourselves and our spouses?

Acceptable? Preferred? Does it matter if we are talking about male doctors for females or female doctors for males?

I don’t know directly, but I do know that my male doctor and nurse student friends have the hardest times in their clinicals for gyncology and obstetry.

They can never get enough hours and the teachers/doctors have to actually force assignments or have a list of males to divy up!

I think I would be comfortable being examined by a male doctor.

 

[ALLFORHIM]

Hi,

I prefer women OBGYN because I had a bad experience with a male doctor. Needless to say I will not ever go to a male OBGYN ever again. As far as other doctors I dont care.

 

[Teakafrog]

As a nurse, I can say that I have catheterized hundreds of men, and sex was the LAST thing on my mind at the time…you really do just ‘get used to it’. Once you’ve seen the first 50 or so naked patients, they all blur together over the years… no biggie at all. I don’t care whether my healthcare workers are male or female, as long as they know what they’re doing!

 

[sallybirchwood]

Still, I married as a virgin and I am completely uncomfortable being alone with a male Doctor in his office. I think I should have had the right to have a nurse in the room. Just because I am older is no excuse to disregard my feelings.

 

[BLB_Oregon]

Still, I married as a virgin and I am completely uncomfortable being alone with a male Doctor in his office. I think I should have had the right to have a nurse in the room. Just because I am older is no excuse to disregard my feelings.

You are absolutely right.

My mother’s OB/GYN was a 35-minute drive away. Is there a clinic in another town you can go to? Another doctor at that clinic you can go to?

If I had a doctor who refused my request to have another person present during an exam, any exam, I would report the incident to the head of the clinic, with a carbon copy going to the medical board. As long as you were willing to wait for the amount of time required to accomodate you, that was intolerable.

 

[mystified]

Guess it’s an individual thing. My neighbor freaked when her HMO assigned her to a female doctor. She demanded and got a male doc instead. Says she’s just a lot more comfortable with a male doctor.

 

[truthinlife]

I asked my grandma about this and she was like there use to only be male doctors back then. Good point.

 

[sallybirchwood]

{You are absolutely right.

My mother’s OB/GYN was a 35-minute drive away. Is there a clinic in another town you can go to? Another doctor at that clinic you can go to?

If I had a doctor who refused my request to have another person present during an exam, any exam, I would report the incident to the head of the clinic, with a carbon copy going to the medical board. As long as you were willing to wait for the amount of time required to accomodate you, that was intolerable.}

Found a woman Doc about an hour away that our insurance covers. Found a lump that my other Doctor told me was not a problem. She is very concerned. I go in for tests Monday. Keep me in your prayers. Sally

 

[Sandi]

The sex of my doctor is the least of my concerns; I want him/her to be a GOOD doctor and the sex of my health care professional is the least of my concerns.

Recently I had surgery and a male nurse had to help me into the bathroom for a couple of days. At first I felt a little funny about it but he was always very mindful of my modesty, so his sex was not a problem for me.