London Medical - Knightsbridge Doctors

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Medical is tomorrow, am getting the 3AM coach from Exeter as the train was like £90 to get into London before 9AM so I'll probably be too sleepy to be stressed! Wish me luck, I'll write a review after I'm done

[paddington_bear 30]

Good luck Otter, may you be hotter (but not so much hotter as to disturb the doctors at KB) !

QueenofBlades, you said your husband was with you at the medical? Could he attend all parts of it with you, or did he have to wait in the reception area? I'll be able to go to Jake's medical so I was curious.....!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Not sure what it's like now, but for what it's worth I was able to tag along but I had to sit in the waiting room while the (now ex-) Mr Maven went in for his medical. He found it useful to know I was there because he was convinced he had dengue fever, or syphilis, or the ague, or, or, or... He was fine, by the way, just neurotic.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I blogged about it on my way home here http://albiontoamerica.wordpress.com/ but I thought I'd post a shorter version here as I know people find reviews helpful just like I did.

Panic on the Streets of London

Imagine a day when you have a blood test, an x ray and you lie on a bed naked as a female doctor examines your family jewels and you pay £235 for the privilege. Welcome to my Thursday! I’m on my way home from my immigrant visa medical in London, it went better than I expected which is a nice thing to report. By the time I arrived at Victoria my heart was beating faster and I was a bag of nerves. By the time I reached the clinic (an easy walk from Bond Street) I was shaking. The clinic was easy to find and they opened the door as soon as I pressed the buzzer.

I was sitting in the waiting room after filling out another questionnaire when a Kiwi doctor called me in. She was lovely, dispelling all my fears and putting me at ease. We started off with general questions about my health then I sat on the bed while she checked my ears and eyes. Next was the stripping off followed by lying on the bed. She checked my heartbeat and blood pressure and various other things before the dreaded pulling my pants down to check my gentleman vegetables. All was well apparently, and she then took my blood. She chatted to me the whole time, which helped a lot.

Then she revealed that although I’m quite light for my height, I’m healthy and in good shape. She added that she often has to give people lectures about their health but everything was fine with me and that made a pleasant change for her. I was pretty happy with that! I then had to go to another room to get a chest x ray which involved bizarrely taking on a chicken like pose while a lady xrayed my chest. So I have a clean bill of health so far and hopefully no bad feedback about the chest x ray and blood test.

After the medical I paid my £235 (ouch) then played the tourist for a few hours

Edited May 1, 2014 by Hotter Otter

[bdrew612 1,071]

It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I blogged about it on my way home here http://albiontoamerica.wordpress.com/ but I thought I'd post a shorter version here as I know people find reviews helpful just like I did.

Panic on the Streets of London

Imagine a day when you have a blood test, an x ray and you lie on a bed naked as a female doctor examines your family jewels and you pay £235 for the privilege. Welcome to my Thursday! I’m on my way home from my immigrant visa medical in London, it went better than I expected which is a nice thing to report. By the time I arrived at Victoria my heart was beating faster and I was a bag of nerves. By the time I reached the clinic (an easy walk from Bond Street) I was shaking. The clinic was easy to find and they opened the door as soon as I pressed the buzzer.

I was sitting in the waiting room after filling out another questionnaire when a Kiwi doctor called me in. She was lovely, dispelling all my fears and putting me at ease. We started off with general questions about my health then I sat on the bed while she checked my ears and eyes. Next was the stripping off followed by lying on the bed. She checked my heartbeat and blood pressure and various other things before the dreaded pulling my pants down to check my gentleman vegetables. All was well apparently, and she then took my blood. She chatted to me the whole time, which helped a lot.

Then she revealed that although I’m quite lightweight, I’m healthy and in good shape. She added that she often has to give people lectures about their health but everything was fine with me and that made a pleasant change for her. I was pretty happy with that! I then had to go to another room to get a chest x ray which involved bizarrely taking on a chicken like pose while a lady xrayed my chest. So I have a clean bill of health so far and hopefully no bad feedback about the chest x ray and blood test.

After the medical I paid my £235 (ouch) then played the tourist for a few hours

My husband told me he read your blog this morning about your medical appointment. He feels much more at ease about his medical when it happens :-)

Edit: by this morning, I mean my USA morning lol

Edited May 1, 2014 by bdrew612

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

My husband told me he read your blog this morning about your medical appointment. He feels much more at ease about his medical when it happens :-)

Edit: by this morning, I mean my USA morning lol

That's good to hear, hopefully he gets the same Doctor! Also nice for him that he lives so close to London, I'm jealous after my 8 hour travelling today and again in two weeks lol

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Good luck Otter, may you be hotter (but not so much hotter as to disturb the doctors at KB) !

QueenofBlades, you said your husband was with you at the medical? Could he attend all parts of it with you, or did he have to wait in the reception area? I'll be able to go to Jake's medical so I was curious.....!

I can answer that, there was a guy (early 20's) waiting with his mum at the same time as me and he asked if she could attend the examination with him and the Doctor said "we usually do these one on one".

[phem0r 16]

Imagine a day when you have a blood test, an x ray and you lie on a bed naked as a female doctor examines your family jewels and you pay £235 for the privilege. Welcome to my Thursday!

Just this ^^ lol, exactly my sentiments when i had mine

[bdrew612 1,071]

That's good to hear, hopefully he gets the same Doctor! Also nice for him that he lives so close to London, I'm jealous after my 8 hour travelling today and again in two weeks lol

Hubby had another question; how was the nurse on a scale of Margaret Thatcher to Kelly Brook? lol

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Hubby had another question; how was the nurse on a scale of Margaret Thatcher to Kelly Brook? lol

I didn't see the one everyone refers to! Either that or their taste in women is very different to mine lol

[phem0r 16]

I found the nurse i had (can't remember her name) to be a little impatient with her requests but i put that down to doing the same thing every day..

[bluebird74 34]

Hello there. We have just received my wife's LND # and are now ready to complete the DS-260 and schedule her medical. My question is, how long do we have to wait for the medical appointment and can you choose the date that suits you best?

Medical is tomorrow, am getting the 3AM coach from Exeter as the train was like £90 to get into London before 9AM so I'll probably be too sleepy to be stressed! Wish me luck, I'll write a review after I'm done

I feel fro you. It sucks for those who have to travel far. Wish you best of luck.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Hello there. We have just received my wife's LND # and are now ready to complete the DS-260 and schedule her medical. My question is, how long do we have to wait for the medical appointment and can you choose the date that suits you best?

Yes you can choose a date subject to availability (if you want one as soon as possible you won't have as much choice of course) and they offer a choice of appointment times the day you ask for as well. As an example I called them on the 18th of April and they had dates available from the 30th onwards.

[bluebird74 34]

Yes you can choose a date subject to availability (if you want one as soon as possible you won't have as much choice of course) and they offer a choice of appointment times the day you ask for as well. As an example I called them on the 18th of April and they had dates available from the 30th onwards.

Ok, thank you. Good to know, for we have a scheduled vacation and will not be back until the 20th. I guess, it would be good to call Knightsbridge now and see if we can schedule for a certain day, right after we come back. I noticed your interview was scheduled around 3 weeks after your medical. Would it be safe to assume that we will have that good 3 weeks after medical before the interview? I'm still waiting for some documents to arrive from the U.S.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

You have to lie on the bed naked? Don't you even get a sheet to cover most of yourself up with? o.o I mean, I know they're going to be examining your entire body, but a little dignity wouldn't go amiss...