In the hospital to get my tonsils out. I was totally shocked when she told me to take down my shorts and turn on my side. The nurse lifted the edge of the covers so I didn't pull them off when I turned. Then she put it in and carefully covered me so nobody could see. I was totally embarrassed and looking right at my older Brother sitting beside the bed. He just smiled and never let me forget that moment.

The next nurse just turned back the covers and told me to turn on my side and lift my butt. She jerked down the back of my shorts and held the thermometer in place while she talked to my Brother. By then I'd gotten used to it. I made such an ass of myself over a shot that a male nurse, big guy, gave me my enema followed by another shot the morning of the surgery.

Did anyone else ever get antibiotic shorts before and after losing there tonsils?

I got rt until I was finished high school. I would even get them when my mother thought I was constipated. She would push the thermometer into me and jiggle. Sometimes that would cause a BM. Most times though I needed an enema.

When I was a senior in high school in the winter of 1963, I broke my leg on a toboggan accident, and ended up in the hospital for about 4 days waiting for the swelling in my leg to go down before they put the cast on my leg. Back then, it was standard practice for the nurses to check your temperature every 4 hours around the clock, day and night. It also apparently was standard practice to check your tempature rectally, either that, or they just enjoyed putting thermometers in my butt. After it had been done a few times, I asked the nurse what was the matter with my mouth. The nurse looked quisically at me and said: "I don't know, what's the matter with your mouth?" I said nevermind, and just let her put the thermomoter in my butt. Actually, it felt kind of good, but I didn't want to let them know that I was rather enjoying the procedure every 4 hours for the few days I was there.

I like getting my rectal temperature expecially after I hit puberty. My grandma lived with us and took care of me when I was sick and mom was working.

Grandma was prone to use the RT (which I didn't mind).. I liked the feel of the vaseline

covered thermometer sliding into me

I never remember getting my temperature taken rectally growing up, but I think I might have the lady do it some time and especially if I get sick.

I got frequent rectal temps when I was four-five years old. Probably had it taken rectally before that but the four-year-old temps are the ones I remember. I had only an occasional rectal temp taking after that age. Don't remember one after about the age of eight.

Of course I loved every one.

Never got a rectal temp:(

Unfortunately I never had my temp taken rectally as a child - One of those small treasures missed while growing up - It's nice to have it done now

I always had it taken orally or under my arm. When I was 6 or so, one of the older neighbor girls wanted to play doctor with me. She pulled down my pants and used a stick from a tinker toy set. Loved it then and have craved it ever since!

To asnwer your question trucker...It would depend on the Doctor, sometimes a tenth of a degree does make a difference. thats why its still taken that way to get the most accurate reading possible.

Do you know the difference between a rectal and an oral thermometer? The taste. (my Dr. told me that one!!)

I've heard this "it is more accurate rectally" all my life, but have never been

able to figure out what they were going to do with that "extra" accuracy.

Does that half a degree change what the treatment will be?

Mine was rectal, over Mom's lap, until 6... but in the hospital it was rectal, last time at 13. Always very embarrassing.

I got rectal temps as a kid until I was 9. I was in the hospital age 9 my temperature was taken every 4 hours while I was there. the nurse said it was more accurate rectally.

Rectal temp is the only way to go :D

When I was in seventh grade I had my tonsils out. I'd had tonsillitis over and over for as long as I remember. I went in one afternoon and spent the night and surgery was to be the next morning. The nurse came in and took blood pressure and pulse then pulled out the thermometer. I naturally opened my mouth. She said, "We can't take it that way." I didn't have a clue what she was talking about. My older Brother was staying with me and never being a diplomat he said, "Buddy, she's going to put it up your butt." If it had been possible to die of embarrassment there would have been a code blue in that room. My Brother pushed back the covers and had me roll toward him. Then my pjs were down and I had the first rectal temp I remember. After a few times I got used to it. I can't say I liked it though.

Always got rectal temps as a kid. All started in the hospital and started to like them

Taking or receiving rectal temps is truly a turn on. Something is inserted between the spread butt cheeks and up the passage way. A nice sight to see or a nice feeling to receive.

To this very day, I get my temp taken rectally. Both in private and also at the Doc. Whenever I am at the doc's clinic and and need to have my temp taken, I specifically ask the doc to do it rectally. Since he is a good acquaintance of mine and he knows how much I like to have him perform anything rectally on me, he does not hesitate to insert the thermometer up my arse :)

When I was a senior in high school, I broke my leg on a toboggan and ended up laying in the hospital for about 4 days before they put the cast on my leg because of the swelling around my ankle. This was in the winter of 1963. One of their protocols back then was to take my temperature and vital signs every 4 hours while I was there. Surprisingly, all the temps were done rectally. I certainly didn't mind it (actually they felt good), but I did ask a nurse one time why I was receiving rectal temps as opposed to "by mouth", and she just said that the anal temps were more accurate. Oh well, I certainly wasn't going to argue with her. Frankly, being a healthy 17 year old back then, I personally think the nurses just enjoyed giving me rectal temps every four hours around the clock, although I doubt they would have admitted it.

My girl cousin and I got them each morning from my auntie. I have loved them ever since!

I got my rt takes quite a bit from Mom and my Aunt. Mom and my aunt were single parents and lived together along with my brother and 4 cousins.

One day I was home from school with a mild cold. I was home along with my aunt (Mom at work). Late in the afternoon, I was in our family room laying on a couch watching TV. Aunt came in holding a towel. She told me she needed to take my temperature.. Told me to get up, she sat down put the towel over her lap. Told me to take my robe off, lower my pj bottoms and lay over her lap which I did. While I was laying over her lap with the RT in my rear, my older girl cousin came home from school.

She saw what was happening and just said "Look good Mikey" and left laughing. Embarrassing.

I was 10 at the time.

I dont remember getting anal temp but between my groin and leg

Sadly? An immense understatement. The 1950's gave us the perfect expression of the yin and yang: grandma with the jar of Vaseline and rectal thermometer, Junior on the receiving end. ;) :'(

That sounds soo good. I love having my temperature taken rectally.

I was about 5 years old or so and my mother took me to a clinic for a routine exam. We had to get undressed and the boys put on a blue frilly gown (to the knees) and the girls put on pink ones. To me they looked like dresses. After a while a nurse came over and pulled up the gown and stuck in a rectal thermometer. An experience I've never forgotten!

For me, a gay male, one of the best parts of taking an enema is the excuse to put very neat, erotic feeling things into my ass -- little nozzles, big nozzles, colon tubes, fingers, and of course rectal thermometers. I rarely got a rectal temperature when I was a boy, and didn't particularly like it, but I've grown up a lot since then.

great way to start the examination! i don't like small thermometers.....

I remember a time when I was to have my tonsils out at the age of 4 or so. (Yeah, a long time ago - but a kid that age can remember, it must have been quite a blip on the curve). In the doctor's office, my mother pulled down my pants and underpants in the doctor's waiting room and put me over her knee and stuck a thermometer in my butt and took my temperature... Nowadays that seems like a dumb thing to do; and, certainly abusive for a small boy.

my mother would lay me on the bed, pull down my pants, lube up the thermometer and take my temp while she read to me....bliss