Observer

If you could have anyone observe your full physical exam, who would u choose?

Right now, I'd say I would invite my wife to observe.

Back when I was a young man in high school getting a group sports physical, I always enjoyed the fact that the other boys in the group were watching me (just as I watched them).

I have had one physical with an observer in the room and it was perfect for maximizing the embarrassment of the experience. The examiner was a 50ish year old male physician and the observer was a mid-40s female nurse( I believe an R.N.). She was positioned so theat she had a perfect unobstructed view of everything the doctor was doing throughout the exam. She stayed pretty much in the same location throughout the exam which was back four or five feet from the foot of the exam table and slightly to the side of dead center. This gave her a clear view of me while I was seated on the side of the table as well as when I was lying back for the abdominal exam. The doctor had me stand up on the pull out step at the foot of the exam table for the genital and hernia exams which placed her just behind him looking over his left shoulder while he stood facing me. For the rectal, he just had me stay on the step and bend over the table which gave her the same unobstructed view. It was not only humiliating having her see my penis and scrotum and my anus entered and fingered, but just the fact that she heard the doctor instruct me going through the exam that made it embarrassing. Even though I am gay, I think having a female observer was perfect.

I would choose a young male nurse

Its only been in the last couple of years that I have had exams with an observer in the room. The dermatologist (female) always has a female assistant in the room. In once instance there were 2 aides and the doctor while I sat on the exam table with only a small towel on my lap.

My first encounter with a urologist (male) included a "drop your pants" moment while his assistant observed from behind me. It included a DRE. He was saying, "We'll let you clean up and get dressed," as she reached around me to place a box of tissues on the table.

My urologist is female as is her assistant. I've never had an issue being examined by them, it's just "business." I've thought often that were there any emotional ties, perhaps then I might feel a bit reticent.