Bet you 'forgot' the gloves tooI’ve had many “where the fuck is the hole” moments with morbidly obese patients, or those with large vaginal or rectal cancers.
The first time I did a vaginal examination as a student was embarrassing. Firstly, I had to go and speak to women in pre-op gynaecology and ask them for consent to examine them as training while they were under anaesthetic, and get them to sign a form. Then in the operating theatre in front of all the surgeons, nurses and technicians, I had to be assessed doing the examination. The correct technique is using the index and middle finger. Due to a combination of being nervous and force of habit, I inserted my middle and ring fingers. The nurses gasped and then giggled. The Consultant politely said “which fingers do we use for a professional examination? We’re not at home now are we” and then he laughed at me, which was much better than a bollocking.
