i'm scare of nurse or doctor will se me naked, i am very shy person and feels bad now and i have test in next month or they will give me pijamas or something to cover my penis and testicles?
Don't worry
They give you a gown which you wear throughout
You also get modesty pants which have a hole in the back so they can do the procedure
The norm seems to be that they will give you a pair of paper pants with a rear opening and a gown to wear.
no need to be hy they see ten patNents a day and think nothing of it.
Try not to worry, you will get some pants and a gown and the doctor will do a quick rectal examination before starting the procedure. Hope goes well for you
As everyone else has said you get a gown and some shorts with a slit up the back. No need to worry at at all!
i've got social phobia so for me most of normal day things is hard to do and what about stay naked when some one is watching awww, i hope they will give me this pants and send me to changing room
The hospital will maintain your dignity .
There are seperate areas for men and women. You will get a changing room by yourself. You get the gown, the pants they give you to hide everything. They also suggest you wear your dressing gown. Even treat yourself to a new one if you like. I did . The only thing they anyone will see is part of your bum so they can use the endoscope.
Trust me you will be fine.
All hospital give patients privacy to change and do most procedures with the patient well covered to prevent infection.
i hope you have right gents, thanks for the good words, ii hope i'll be fine too
that's not the point. SEB doesn't even know these people, and of course he feels vulnerable.
Why don't the doctor and his support staff do it while in the nude. After all, do they have something that the patients haven't seen??
Hi seb:
I know exactly how you feel.
Looks like over there they try protecting you modesty & dignity with the pants.
Here in the states it's extremely hard to find a facility that will give you the colonoscopy shorts or allow a gentlemen to wear a pair of boxer shorts on backwards to protect his modesty & dignity.
Most places standard answer is you're covered with a gown and blankets.
Gowns and blankets always seem to find a way durning the test of coming off the patient & the facility personnel don't seem to mind even if the patient does.
Since most places here in the states don't off the shorts, some men have gone as far as requesting an all-male team to run the test because they know at some point they will be exposed more than they should be.
Standard answer to this request is "we cannot guarantee an all-male crew but we can guarantee an all-female team for the test".
Not much comfort for a guy.
They want people here to get tested but, they are not willing to work with people to address their concerns about the test.
They want it their way or the highway.
All that will do is create an adversarial atmosphere between healthcare & the public and everybody will lose.
My doc wants me to get tested but I am holding out until I find a place that can & will meet my needs.
Until then, I've agreed to do the InSure® FIT™ home test on a yearly basis. It's better than waiting for the healthcare industry.
It seems to me that the simple answer would be to request that the medical staff performing the colonoscopy all be nude as well. After all, they don't have anything that we all have not seen, and it puts everyone on the same playing field. If it's ok for the patient to feel vulnerable, then it should be ok for the staff to feel vulnerable.
Hi Joe:
Sounds fair to me.
It just astounds me how the healthcare industry pushes to get everyone here to get tested but they won't work with people.
The test is barbaric to begin with so if you have someone willing to go thru the crap the night before you'd think they'd be willing to work with them.
I know some places allow women to wear a non-metallic sports type bras to the test to cover their chest. That being the case the same instutition should have to allow men to wear a pair of boxer shorts on backwards to protect his modesty/dignity.
I just had my very first colonoscopy today and the doctors/nurses were very understanding about the embarrassing part of this procedure.
I explained my concerns and when they rolled me into the examine room, I was rolled onto my left side, still had my gown on just opened in the back. Britney my nurse had me put my right arm on my right leg, and she said everything up front was covered and it was just my (male) doctor working down by my backside. I had 2 female nurses and 1 male anathegealogist and my male doctor doing the procedure.
Not once did I feel insecure about being naked during this procedure.
Express your concerns and the doctors will do their best to make you feel confortable.
Hi Mike:
Was you test in the States or UK? Were you covered with blankets for the entire procedure?
I understand over in the UK, patients are given modesty pants to change into for the test to protect their modesty. Pants cover everything and there's a slot in the back for scope access.
Healthcare here in the states should follow the Brits lead and provide all their patients with the pants and allow women to wear non-metallic sports type bras to the test.
If the pants & bras were implimented, it would probably eliminate requests for same-gender personnel to run the tests. It would also eliminate a huge amount of anxiety on the part of many patients.
Put people's minds at rest about modesty concerns with the systemwide use of pants and bras, and use the pediatric colonoscope since it's smaller and I bet you will find more Americans would be willing to put up with the one day of misery to do the prep and be tested.
The American healthcare system talks the talk. Are they willing to walk the walk and make a few changes in favor of the people?
Best regards,
Raffie
My procedure was in the States. In California to be exactly. I was asked to remove everything and place my clothes in a clothes bags. I put on a medical gown and had my wife tie it all off in the back.
I asked Britney my procedure nurse about modesty and that concern.
Here in the states they roll you over on your left side, untie your gown but it stays on you. There were only 4 people in the procedure room (2 men and 2 women). She then placed a blanket over my right leg, and kinda draped it over my posterior. It was a little dark and they doctor a guy was only back there doing the procedure.
I really only felt a moment of modesty and I was slowly put under with medication.
20 minutes and the procedure was done.
The staff really made me feel comfortable and relaxed throughout the entire procedure.
Hope this helps.
It helps a little.
I'm gonna hold out for the shorts or what our British friends use called modesty pants as I've found its next to impossible to get a same-gender team so far. If I haven't found someone by my next yearly physical, I'll concede to the PCP & at least do the in-home FIT test.
I've been looking into the test itself because I think I want to do it without sedation just pain relief as needed and some people are saying to ask the doc to use a pediatric scope instead of the adult version as the diameter is smaller so it's less intrusive and painful for the patient.
The other trick I've been reading up on is using warm water induction instead of co2 to open up the colon. That also seems to be less painfull for the patient.
The more tollerable they make this barbaric test I think the more people would be willing to put up with the one day prep and get tested.
Thanks for replying Mike.
Regards to all,
Raffie
The issue that you brought up about the CO2 that they used to inflate the colon was really uncomfortable. Even though it was in the colon, the air bubbles felt like it moved around my chest cavity- very painful and not a fun feeling.
I'm glad that the procedure is over and behind me, now I'm just a little anxious about finding out the lab results from the 3 polyps that they found/removed.
Gender didn't seem to bother me that much. Like I stated before 2 men & 2 women and my doctor was a guy.
In addition the lights were down and dim, so modesty was only a factor for a couple of minutes.
Good luck.
Michael
Where are located in the world? I just had mine on the 19th and modesty was a concern to me.
Here in the States we get a medical gown that is obviously open in the back, that's where they have to go in.
I asked my procedure nurse Britney and she said they roll you over on your left side and then they draped a blanket over my right leg. I was exposed, but just my posterior and I only felt a moment of modesty and then I was asleep.
The front of my body never once was exposed. The only time, was when my orderly gave me my clothes to get out of my medical gown. He was a guy so it wasn't that big of a deal.
The surgery center really did make this procedure an easy one overall.
Hope this helps you feel less out there,
Michael
Hi Mike:
I'm on the east coast.
I'd like to do it without sedation but so far many of the hospitals require it. They either use a Versed/Fentanyl cocktail which many patients say doesn't work. All it does is produce conscious amnesia which is what the doctor and hospital want. Or some places are starting to use propofol but that jacks the price of the procedure up because of the more qualified people they have to bring in to dispense the drug.
I don't want my memory touched at all by any of their drugs which is why I've chosen the non-sedation path.
The gastroentrologists I've spoken with have no problem with boxer shorts backwards or even a jockstrap for the guys as they say its not a sterile procedure. It's the hospitals that are doing the balking.
I've walk out on three so far. Gone in with the shorts on backwards & when they see them they say they have to come off. I say no. They bring in a supervisor that I tell the doctor who is doing the procedure said yes. They say no again then I say shows over and get dressed and leave.
I've really resigned myself to that fact the test won't get done & at my next physical I will ask pcp for the in-home stool test. Better than nothing.
Thanks for all your help Mike.
Regards to all,
Raffie.