Well, the mammogram might not show the lymph node issues. I believe the mammo is primarily to look for cancer and to map densities (lumps). The nipple expression, at least in my wife's case, was to gauge infection and irritation of her lymphatic system. Similar locations, different ailments.

I'm curious, has anyone else observed their wife's nipples being massaged by a doctor?



Is it just me or does that sound very erotic and hot?

Only myself and a nurse. Oh, and her new gyno who has been doing the massaging (not the observing, to be precise). ;)

Just curious, rn1993-- You sound like you're an EKG technician. Can you tell us some of your first-hand observations about EKG patients with underwired vs non-underwired bras?

I just paused for a moment ...
 

I just paused for a moment ... and just thought how much I would enjoy being able to see (like a fly-on-the-wall) my wife having to remove her top and stand topless and proud in front of a doctor.

What could be better?

Well, perhaps a group of student doctors observing

Students.
 

I so agree. Check out my recollection of exactly that in my post here......

Years ago, before we could afford decent health insurance, if my wife or I needed surgery or hospital care, we went to a teaching hospital. We're in a medical hub so there are several to chose from, your doc has to refer you.

My wife took a nasty fall skiing, she hurt her shoulder and it finally got to where she needed rotator cuff surgery, our orthopedist taught at one of the hospitals, so her got her in there. No private rooms, no frills, she had to be Ok with being examined by students or a group of students during rounds, she signed off on it, she could have chosen some off limits things, but she didn't take the time to read the long form.

We were barely in our 20's, so the med students were the same age. She said she didn't mind being checked out pre-surgery, topless in front of all these cute students, going through all movements to show the damage, having them all touch her, birth of a fetish for her. She said the pelvic was a lot more embarrassing, they all had to move their fingers abound in her, learning what normal feels and looks like is as important as diagnosing disease.

My only regret is that they made me leave when it started.

This is the post
 

My wife was ill when she was 15 and said the specialist brought a whole team of medical students in to examine her as she lay naked on the examination table. Seeing it was a problem with her foot this seemed completely gratuitous. She said she was mortified.

If it's a teaching hospital it is not gratuitous,

but for someone that age I think there has to be consent.

Yes
 

Well there certainly wasn't consent.....