A Visit To The Doctors Office

[Ann Louise]

Oh my! What a day...

My local clinic had been sending me letters and emails reminding me of my annual checkup, and after a bit of procrastination I relented and scheduled the event. Well, since my last visit I'd progressed quite a bit along my TG path, like shaving my entire body, especially my legs and all, and painted my toenails a pretty pink. I wear Victoria's Secret panties routinely now, and even have some rather nice tattoos on my upper arms (a lovely gypsy girl, etc.).

So here I go as this underdressed transformed tgirl to my doctor visit, not fully realizing that I was to get a full once-over by the doctor. It started slowly enough, with the private exam room, and the doctor (a good looking guy in his late 30's) asking me all kinds of routine things and noting them on the computer terminal. Then, the moment(s) of truth arrive: "Well, take off those clothes and hop up on the exam table and let's get a look at you..." What? Oh My!

So I drop my jeans to the floor, step out of them, and hop up on the table. I was freaking... My freshly shaved legs looked long, lovely, and fit (I work out a bit), were gleaming under the fluorescent light. My baggy t-shirt hoodie, still on, covered my package, but I was surely all shaved legs "up to there," know what I mean?

"Are you wearing underwear?" he asks. Oh my, "yes" I answer, not lifting up my shirt yet. Those were pink polka-dotted VS panties down there! So completely sexy, but Embarrassing!

"Off with your shirt then," he says. "Ok," (gulp) I said, trying to just concentrate on my breath to not blush, and pull up and over the shirt and quickly drop it onto my legs, hiding the panties (darn it! why didn't I think of this beforehand! But do I even have any "guy" underwear left? No).

He does the stethoscope thing on my chest and back, saying "breathe deeply," etc. (I was already breathing deeply! Believe ME Oh my!). Then he says, "ok, lay back on the table," and I do. He removes my clumped up shirt from atop my midsection, and thereby reveals my lovely, pink polka-dotted, sexy panties. I can only imagine what's going on in his mind at this point. What a professional he must be! Not even cracking a smile!

So he probes and pushes around on my stomach, etc., and then pulls off my socks to check pulses down there on my ankles, I guess. And yes, now revealed are my freshly colored pink toenails! How Lovely!

So there I am laying full out on the table, a total apparition of a now undressed underdresser, unwittingly outed by the doc. Sheesh! Who would have thunk it? (I should have!).

So, after the prostate check (panties off now, of course, right?), and a few more routine question/answers typed into the computer, the young doc made a hasty exit, leaving me alone in the exam room to get dressed, and perhaps reassemble my dignity.

But you know what? I really wasn't all that embarrassed! After an initial wave of self-consciousness, I indeed did find, deep inside, a well of assurance and confidence. I love who I am, and what I am! I in fact surprised myself at how solid I felt about my TG-ness. This was/is Really Me! Yeah!

Anyone else have a doctor's visit type of story?

[kimdl93]

I think most of us can attest to the professionalism of our primary care providers. My experience is that they don't care how you shave or what underpants you're wearing.

[Marleena]

Lol..I guess your doctor knows you're TG now! I actually told my doctor and showed him pictures of me enfemme so there wouldn't be any surprises moving forward. I needed to know if he was okay with having me as a TG patient. I figured I'd be his only one and he confirmed that I was.

[suzy1]

This story reminds me of my trip to the docs a few months ago.
How was I to know she would want to check my prostate? Down came my trousers [or pants for you Americans] and there I was in my pure silk sexy little panties.

But just like you I didn’t seem to care! And being a female doctor checking me down there…….no, on second thoughts lets not go there.:o

[Amy R Lynn]

I haven't had an experience like this. Not sure how I would handle it. I would hope that I would handle it just like you did. OWN IT! LOL Good for you!

If for nothing else this paints another picture where our mind is our worst enemy. We can make it seem so much worse in our heads than it really needs to be. Doctors are trained to not skip a beat if something like this occurs. It would have been very unprofessional for him to even mention it unless it was medically necessary (I.E. are you taking hormones, etc...)

I'm sure the experience was a confidence booster too! Yay! We all can use those!

[Sometimes Steffi]

How times have changed.

I still remember my first physical with a female doctor in 1980.

I wasn't even expecting a physical. I had gone to a job interview at IBM and the last thing on the schedule was a routine physical with their doctor, an older Indian woman. So we do the usual: blood pressure, pulse, breathe, etc. Then she says, "Stand up. I need to check for a hernia." She said something like, "Don't worry. I do this all the time." And before I even had time to think about it, she reaches down *there* and tells me to cough. I was really embarrassed being touched down *there* by a woman old enough to be my mother. But it was very professional.

But, I'm glad I wasn't wearing panties. I would have sh** my pant(ie)s.

[I Am Paula]

I had my first en femme physical recently. Both the female Dr., and the people at the lab the next day were courtious and professional, and even called my femme name in the waiting room. Muchos kudos to the heathcare industry.-Celeste
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?185502-First-Doctors-visit-en-femme&highlight=

[Beverley Sims]

I am not out to any doctors these days so no pretty lingerie for me at exam time. :)

[LadyPilot]

I go to all my doctor visits underdressed. I have a female doctor and when she needs to do something she needs an assistant to be witness, doesn't bother me at all. I recently had to do a some tests for my gall bladder and I know the techs saw the lace on my panties and even my bra as the were testing. Finally, I had to go to the emergency room and before we (wife and I) left the house I put on the most neutral colored nylon panty because I don't own any 'guy' underwear, I know the ER doc and others were well aware. BTW, one time after a visit I was sent down the hall for a chest x-ray, after the first x-ray the tech tells me that I will need to remove my bra so they can get a better shot. LP

[StacyCD]

Been shaving my legs since the summer and had to have knee surgery this fall. From exam to x-rays to MRI to surgery nothing was said. Even during physical therapy after the surgery there were several men with shaved legs. Maybe its not such a taboo event any more?!?!

[STACY B]

Oh yea ,, Went to the Doctor about 3 weeks ago ,,, Yoga pants ,, Blue Panties ,, Support knee highs ,, Painted toes of coarse ,,Shaved all over ,, All was well an she said let me check your legs for swelling an she lifted my pants legs an there were my knee highs ,,, No swelling there I guess ! DOH !!!

[marny]

First time I went to the cancer clinic I thought it would be just an interview. Whoops! Please put on the gown. leave your underwear on and the doctor will be in to see you. So there I am , pink toes, gold silk panties and hospital gown. The intern asked if my toes were painted. I said yes. Nothing more from him. The specialist, not a word. They have seen it all. As to Loving kindness post I find it hard to believe the described behavior likely or creditable.

[Paulette]

Since i do not have any mens underwear when I go to the doctor I wear my panties and they have never said a thing or skipped a beat during the exam. My last visit I had to lover my panties so that the doctor could do the prostate exam. She asked me to turn around and lover my underwear which I did and her being female i am sure she knew that I was wearing panties and she could already see my shaved legs. Nothing at all was said about either my panties of my shaved legs, she did mention that my prostate was nice and smooth. Yea,me BPH and no need for a third biopsy.

[Ann Louise]

First time I went to the cancer clinic I thought it would be just an interview. Whoops! Please put on the gown. leave your underwear on and the doctor will be in to see you. So there I am , pink toes, gold silk panties and hospital gown. The intern asked if my toes were painted. I said yes. Nothing more from him. The specialist, not a word. They have seen it all. As to Loving kindness post I find it hard to believe the described behavior likely or creditable.

To the doctor's credit I will add that he remained a total professional throughout the exam procedure. And I assure you, my actions and thoughts as expressed in my post were genuine. My intent in describing my visit was to let other trans* girls who are not yet out know that such real-world things do occur, that we don't need to take ourselves so seriously every moment of every day, and that we can and should be proud of who and what we are. If I've offended you Marny please accept my apology. Sincerely, Elfin

[ImAlexis]

I think part of it is that on the list of things we care about, whether someone shaves their legs or not, what type of underwear they have, or their toes are painted isn't on the list except for very specific instances where it matters medically. When you've had a finger in every hole and asked every normally taboo question possible (like taking a sexual history), there's no longer any care in terms of moral judgement.

[Rachel Morley]

I love who I am, and what I am! I in fact surprised myself at how solid I felt about my TG-ness. This was/is Really Me! Yeah!

I love your post but I especially love your attitude! :)

[drag n fly]

Great post...I have bi-annual urologist visits. Ugh...BPE...under control...I decided to out myself there and wore my panties, and displayed my painted toes..I thought I detected a smile, but otherwise he didn't mention anything...Veddy professional...Jackie

[TeresaL]

My doctor hasn't seen me in male mode. So, I might surprise him someday by wearing men's jocky shorts under my women-cut slacks.

[Jana]

Sounds almost as if you are a little disappointed at the doctor's lack of response. What were you expecting?

[cjlegs]

You know, I have to believe Doctors have seen it all over the years.

I still only dress in private as I am brand new to cross-dressing but I do keep my legs shaved year round and wear shorts out in public all the time. The people I know that have seen me are used to it and don't say anything about my smooth legs. The people who don't know me I don't care about. I do wear shorts to the doctor's office and he and she have seen my silky smooth stems plenty of times. ;-)

CJ

[cyndigurl45]

Before going full time, I was at the Dr.s for the flu and like you had dressed down except my panties, so the docs doing her thing and says pull up your shirt, it was a large baggy sweater, she listens to my back first then around to the front, she gasp and says OH my looking at my B cup breast and then apologized, she said she was caught off guard, I felt like I had to explain, I don't know why I just did, I poured out my story, she listened intently and told me after that I was safe at her office, asked if there was another name I preferred to be called and referred to me in female pronouns along with her staff from there on, now I'm OK going to see her wearing whatever :-)

[Ann Louise]

Sounds almost as if you are a little disappointed at the doctor's lack of response. What were you expecting?

Too funny Jana! I suppose that being freshly outed, I subconsciously assumed that other's would find me as "surprising" as I do myself sometimes now when I look in the mirror when dressed. Like "drag n fly" above, I too, thought that I detected a bit of a smile! But of course, I have an aversion to taking myself too very seriously about most anything, so I was naturally inclined to find some humor in the situation, even if the "smile" was only in my imagination.

BTW, I've been a convert (Western, secular) Buddhist for several years now, and my studies have led me to view my time here in this world as "me" embodying the sum of all the causes and conditions in my life up to any given point in time. As I advance in my life, that sum keeps changing, and so does the "I" that I think I am (hmmm, lots of "I's" there). It's only when I attempt to crystallize myself in one instant of time and say "this is me," or "this is what I am," that I create my own suffering. Hence, the "not taking myself too seriously" thing. Because, there's no real "me!"

Whoa! How'd I get off on that track? LOL...

Take care Jana, Elfin

[DanaR]

My doctor knows all about me, it's easier that way.

[jjjjohanne]

Wow! I believe I have never underdressed to the doctor. If I had to lie there in panties, I would be afraid my private parts might "change" because of the awkwardness. Probably it wouldn't, it never has under any other medical circumstance... But It would worry me. Perhaps I would drop my underwear with my pants.

[Jenny Doolittle]

I would like to hear from all the doctors out there.... any Doctors care to chime in on the number of underdressed girls you see?

[SandraInHose]

Since I wear pantyhose all the time, including under my male clothes, I ended up at the doctor's office on two different occasions with potentially embarrassing results. The first was a female dermatologist, who a week earlier had removed a mole on my back. I was there for a follow-up visit on that mole removal, and as she was examining my back decided to do a quick search by pulling the waistband of my jeans out to check around my lower back. Although she never acknowledged it, I'm sure she couldn't help catching a glimpse of my control-top pantyhose.

Recently I had a last-minute squeeze-me-in-due-to-a-cancellation appointment, so I went directly from work. I usually don't wear anything feminine to the doctor's but I didn't have time to stop and change. Although I had removed my shirt, I made sure the waistband of my pantyhose was down far enough that he wouldn't show anything. But he surprised me when as he's using the stethoscope on my back, suddenly reached down and pulled up my pants leg just enough to place the stethoscope on my lower leg...just above my suntan pantyhose-covered ankles!