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  • Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

    I went to the Sawbones this a.m. for the yearly turn the head,..cough... and while you are here we might as well check the oil/prostate exam...

    NOTE- to all men that might read this post. Pick your doctors carefully and the smaller the better. The doctor that I am now using used to play basketball in college and was known for his ball handling skills.(No joke there forget it).
    No kidding! The guy is about 6' 7" and when he puts his hands in those off color yellow looking gloves it looks like he is about to stick a stalk of bananas up your hoo-hoo.

    The first part of the prostate exam went good and he pretended he had never heard my joke to break the ice after it was over. (NOTE) THE FOLLOWING JOKE IS A STANDARD ISSUE HETEROSEXUAL MALE JOKE. AS FAR AS I KNOW WE ARE PROGRAMMED WITH THESE JOKES AT BIRTH AND THEY LIE DORMANT IN OUR BRAINS UNTIL A DOCTOR WHO IS CHECKING OUR HOO-HOO FOR CANCER CAUSES THEM TO BE AWAKENED. HERE IS THE JOKE I suggested that maybe we should have a smoke . He laughed and told me that smoking was bad which broke the mood,.. so I told him I faked the pain .

    I am not sure if telling him I faked the pain was one of my male
    pre-programmed jokes or if I might be getting in touch with me feminine side . Who is to say?

    So getting back to my original question. Why do they weigh me with my clothes on at the Docs office...NOTE..IT PISSES ME OFF WHEN I HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR OF MY LIFE WEIGHING MYSELF EVERYDAY AND THEY DISMISS IT BY WEIGHING ME IN MY SIZE TEN HIGH-TOP REEBOKS AND MY HEAVY DUTY JEANS THAT I BOUGHT FROM THE LL-BEAN CATALOG.

    It puts fifteen pounds on me that I do not own. Science is supposed to be an exact science......Hellllllo

    It would be easier if they weighed everyone with the, "lets show everyone my butt" paper dress that they put you in the exam room but that is to easy.

    There has to be a reason and I want to know the reason.
    My best guess is that somehow they can subtract the weight of your wallet and punch it into an equation that will tell them just how much you can afford to pay.

    Feel free to answer and feel free to use words like, demoralize, embarrass, confuse , and Butthead in your answers .

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    Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

    Hey Natureboy!!!
    Sounds to me you had an eventful time at the doctor. I am a nurse who has worked a good number of years in a doctors office.
    99% of the time I encouraged my patients to take off their shoes before getting on the scale(especially doc martens, boots and heavy sports shoes). As far as the naked weigh...I have only had a few ptients ask to weigh naked. I said sure...as long as you wear the little paper gown and don't mind standing in the hall where the scale is.
    Most docs don't care about the exact number unless there is a specific reason for accuracy(med. condition or wt. loss). If they do, we ask them to always come in the same type of clothing (usually sweats) and shoes are off. What the docs look for is a significant wt. gain or loss. They really do know you are wearing clothes on the scale.

    If you like ol" natural....then ask the nurse next time. She just may let ya

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      OMG.. as if getting weighed isn't the most dreaded part of the visit.. you wanna do it naked?! All I can say is THANK GOD they don't! haha I do always take off my shoes tho.
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        I appologize at this time I can not comment due to the fact of not being able to see the computer screen that has been blured by tears.

        Through the tears I have one thing to add...welcome to a woman's world of visiting the doctor. Next time, lay back, raise up your legs in the stirups and take a deep breath.

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        • #5
          Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

          Ya know...if the doctor were going to put his fingers in my bum....getting weighed WOULDN'T be the most dreaded part of the visit. Really! Who cares how much you weigh at the stage of the afternoon!
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            Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

            Ok, that was pretty funny....but not at your expense of course.

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              Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

              LOL!!!

              OMG, this thread is hilarious!

              Who has dignity after what you've gone through, natureboy! I mean, why not just step up naked on the scale! I see your point entirely.

              I mean when a doctor's going to make an entry into your 1-car parking garage exit with their Boeing 747, there's nothing left !
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              • #8
                Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

                Which brings us to the greatest lie of all time..

                This Might be just a little uncomfortable...

                Yeah... and you might be just a little dead if I can get my feet down...
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                  Natureboy....lmao....you gotta submit that to the letters to the editor of a medical journal....
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                    Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

                    Bit of randomness: My Dad works for Mettler Toledo and has repeatedly said not to trust the scale at the doctor's. He's calibrated more than one and says if you breathe too hard on it, the dumb thing goes out of calibration. And like above mentioned, they're only looking for a dramatic gain/loss over a short period of time anyways, so why would they really care if its out of wack a little.


                    If you want to get a good accurate reading (assuming you have no bathroom scale) try the ones at Publix (if you can stand that anyone in a 300ft radius can see the dial) or the back side of the post office. My parents did atkins about 10 years ago and it was a bi-weekly thing to walk down to the post office and weigh everyone....this is, of course, assuming your post office would let you.
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                      Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

                      That is funny....you wouldn't catch me standing on a scale where everyone can read it...at least not right now.

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                        Re: Why do Doctors weigh me with clothes on?

                        When I was working at the truck stop people would check their weight on the CAT scale. Or if a truck was on the scale and the driver got out I could calculate their weight. It's funny...some people look heavier than I expect and some lighter. I guess that's why when I heard that Atkins people tend to weigh more but are a smaller size than the last time at that particular weight it made total sense!

                        Oh...and btw natureboy...your initial post had me cracking up. Reminded me when I had my last son...during labor..."just one more push" I actually started calling everyone liars. Lol!
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