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hello fellow podders...
wanna know if anyone got similar experience when going to GPs... i
got into a rather awkward and embarrassing situation that for
awhile i felt quite violated.. though i don't really want to pursue
it..
here's what happened...
when i applied for my student visa for overseas studies they
require me to go embassy approved GPs, which happened to be all
male. I really did not put much thoughts to it as i thought it will
be mostly questions answers, xray, blood and urine.
after the xray blood and urine, i finally went to the GP. he just
asked me about where i am studying and if i got family medical
history. So i replied him and he asked me to lie down on the
examination table... pretty much standard.
So on the table he asked me to pull my blouse up, which i did to
the ribs and he start prodding and listening to my stomach. then
next asked me to lower my jeans a little, which i must undo since
its a hipster.. exposing my panties.. then he prodded around and
pointed to my panties asking me to lower it slightly.
that's where things started being awkward for me.... so my panties
are at the hip level and my "hair" is already peeping out. he
pressed down the hip area hard enough that the depression would
exposed my "hair' as the panties are taut already. think you all
can picture it.
he asked me then to button up the jeans and next asked me to pull
my blouse up again, which i did pull up just 2-3 inches higher
exposing lower half of my cups.
he just shook his head and say, "no, pull your shirt to your neck".
So i did, now exposing my bra completely. then he simply use a pen
and pointed to my bra, "you need to pull that up too"
i was in shock!! i totally did not expect this to happen!!!! i am
like talking to myself mentally, "what the hell is
happening?"
however, i just pull up my bra in totally awkwardness and simply
closed my eyes.... the next few seconds felt like centuries to me
as he felt around my breasts. felt disgusted
after everything, he just told me, everything seems ok and good
luck for your studies. signed the documents and i left...
Well, for him, it is almost everyday that he does this to the girls
that go to him for checkups. but where's the sensitivity for me? he
never briefed me what's happen or told me what to expect. just
asked me to lie down and give me instructions...
as a man, he might just feel awkward to say such things but he is a
doctor for goodness sake.. where's the "bedside" manners.
for me, i was flustered for few days.... but i got over it. I did
try to pursue it but nothing much i can do as he did what he needed
to do and nothing more.
to me, it's just an experience taht sometimes haunts me.... now i
guess i will at least ask what's going to happen to me before a
checkup starts.
any of you experience similar situations???? like pre-employment
checkups or university checkups.
what's NUS and NTU's practice anyway?? they check boobs too?
ME,ME,ME....I want to be a doctor. 
Regret never study hard for biology during sec
days... 
