I’m sorry you have to do this doc,’ or ‘poor you,’ are just two of the things patients commonly say to me when I carry out a rectal examination. I always smile and say something like: ‘It’s part of my job.’
Because it is. As a busy GP, I’ve done them thousands of times. I’ve had them myself. It’s nothing unusual. But patients find it difficult to speak about their genitals and, even more so it seems, their bottoms.
Society