London Medical - Knightsbridge Doctors

[Vanitas 310]

After what I'd read before, I did wonder why I had to lay with my boobs out for most of the physical part of the medical, but at that point I was so relieved already that the mental health stuff was alright that when she was like "can you slip your robe down and lay back" I was just like, she's being nice, if she orders me to get my baps out for a while, I shalln't cause complications!

And LOL - Mine aren't Jordan-esque but not small, about 34C. Perhaps she wanted to check for scars or something. I did tell her I'd had chickenpox in March though so that's what the pinky small scars were.

First getting your bits out for the Doctor, now this! What next!? This makes my worry about the band pretty small in comparison. Though I hope when I have my medical at whatever point I just get a quick peek. Only one person I'll take my kit off for...

[vivalagloria 3]

EEEEEEK! MEDICAL TODAAAAAY!

[Cam54 84]

Had my medical at 10:50 today,

My thoughts are :

- the vaccination lady is lovely

- the x ray man is really rude and deserves a slap, tries to make you feel stupid when really he's just bad at giving directions, heard him mocking the next person who went in after me too, what am idiot .

- dr huang who did my physical was a strange fellow, didn't check my lady parts thank god but did delight in counting the spots on my back and mentioning that I had a podgy tummy, is this medically relevant... Lol. I liked him though.

Unfortunately they need more info on a surgery I had and a history of depression when I was a teen so my case is gona be delayed while I wait a couple of weeks for my GP to pass on the info to them

Overall found the medical centre a bit run down and unprofessional for the cost of it!

[Azsara 110]

EEEEEEK! MEDICAL TODAAAAAY!

How did it go!!??

Had my medical at 10:50 today,

My thoughts are :

- the vaccination lady is lovely

- the x ray man is really rude and deserves a slap, tries to make you feel stupid when really he's just bad at giving directions, heard him mocking the next person who went in after me too, what am idiot .

- dr huang who did my physical was a strange fellow, didn't check my lady parts thank god but did delight in counting the spots on my back and mentioning that I had a podgy tummy, is this medically relevant... Lol. I liked him though.

Unfortunately they need more info on a surgery I had and a history of depression when I was a teen so my case is gona be delayed while I wait a couple of weeks for my GP to pass on the info to them

Overall found the medical centre a bit run down and unprofessional for the cost of it!

Luckily I didnt have any of the people yesterday that u had today!

I also thought it was run down. Whats with the random reception "hole in the wall" ?

[vivalagloria 3]

Okay I'm back from London!

I was psyching myself up for a full-on, boobs-out, knickers-down medicalfest. FORTUNATELY it was nothing like that and I needn't have worried at all.

So I got to Bentick Mansions. My first thought was that it's a bit weird to have a medical practice in the building with a bunch of flats, but hey ho.

I went in and handed my forms to the receptionist, who was very pleasant. She told me to take a seat, and then a few minutes later the nurse came to collect me. I was taken into a quiet room and she told me that I was missing one vaccination, and that I could either get it done there, or wait until AOS, or they could prepare a letter for me to take to my GP and get it done there. I chose to just have it done at the medical, to get it over with.

Next, I was handed over to a rather jolly chap in the x-ray room. I went behind the curtain and had to take off everything from my chin to my waist, and then put on a robe, that actually turned out to be a really comfy dressing-gown type thing, it didn't feel clinical at all. I had to rest my chin on a thing, push my chest against a thing, hold my hands on my waist with my elbows out to the side like when you do the "I'm a little teapot" dance, and hold a thing behind me. That is the most accurate description of the x-ray experience that I can muster.

I was then taken in to see the doctor, and based on reading others' tales of their medical, I was really happy to see that my doctor was the happy Asian man. Still wearing my robe, I had to sit down and answer some questions as he filled out another questionnaire. Then he weighed me and measured my height, and blood pressure. Then I had to lie down on the bed, and he looked in my eyes and mouth and nose, and prodded my stomach a little (saying "you haven't had lunch?", felt my lymph nodes, and then listened to my chest a bit with the stethoscope. After this it was time to have my blood taken, which was over pretty quickly, then I got to have a nice lie down while I held the cotton ball against my arm. I thought at that point that I would quite like to stay there and take a nap.

And after all that fun and frolicking, it was time to leave, so I changed back into my clothes and had to go wait in the waiting room again until the receptionist had finished with my paperwork. FYI: when in the waiting room, sit on the sofa, it's way more comfortable than the chairs.

And that's it! I do have a history of depression and anxiety, which I did declare on my questionnaire, and I took a letter from my private counsellor as verification that I'm all right now. Unfortunately, they still want a note from my GP, so I dropped that into the GP on my way home and was assisted by a very nice receptionist, not the Dragon Lady who denied my vaccinations.

Fingers crossed for the all-clear from my blood/x-ray results, and for a swift response from the GP!

All in all, a good visit! But mostly because I took the opportunity of being near Oxford Street to go to the Hummingbird Bakery and get cupcakes.

[Azsara 110]

Okay I'm back from London!

I was psyching myself up for a full-on, boobs-out, knickers-down medicalfest. FORTUNATELY it was nothing like that and I needn't have worried at all.

So I got to Bentick Mansions. My first thought was that it's a bit weird to have a medical practice in the building with a bunch of flats, but hey ho.

I went in and handed my forms to the receptionist, who was very pleasant. She told me to take a seat, and then a few minutes later the nurse came to collect me. I was taken into a quiet room and she told me that I was missing one vaccination, and that I could either get it done there, or wait until AOS, or they could prepare a letter for me to take to my GP and get it done there. I chose to just have it done at the medical, to get it over with.

Next, I was handed over to a rather jolly chap in the x-ray room. I went behind the curtain and had to take off everything from my chin to my waist, and then put on a robe, that actually turned out to be a really comfy dressing-gown type thing, it didn't feel clinical at all. I had to rest my chin on a thing, push my chest against a thing, hold my hands on my waist with my elbows out to the side like when you do the "I'm a little teapot" dance, and hold a thing behind me. That is the most accurate description of the x-ray experience that I can muster.

I was then taken in to see the doctor, and based on reading others' tales of their medical, I was really happy to see that my doctor was the happy Asian man. Still wearing my robe, I had to sit down and answer some questions as he filled out another questionnaire. Then he weighed me and measured my height, and blood pressure. Then I had to lie down on the bed, and he looked in my eyes and mouth and nose, and prodded my stomach a little (saying "you haven't had lunch?", felt my lymph nodes, and then listened to my chest a bit with the stethoscope. After this it was time to have my blood taken, which was over pretty quickly, then I got to have a nice lie down while I held the cotton ball against my arm. I thought at that point that I would quite like to stay there and take a nap.

And after all that fun and frolicking, it was time to leave, so I changed back into my clothes and had to go wait in the waiting room again until the receptionist had finished with my paperwork. FYI: when in the waiting room, sit on the sofa, it's way more comfortable than the chairs.

And that's it! I do have a history of depression and anxiety, which I did declare on my questionnaire, and I took a letter from my private counsellor as verification that I'm all right now. Unfortunately, they still want a note from my GP, so I dropped that into the GP on my way home and was assisted by a very nice receptionist, not the Dragon Lady who denied my vaccinations.

Fingers crossed for the all-clear from my blood/x-ray results, and for a swift response from the GP!

All in all, a good visit! But mostly because I took the opportunity of being near Oxford Street to go to the Hummingbird Bakery and get cupcakes.

Phew that sounds fab im so glad it went well! Its so weird I didnt get weighed or height taken or anything but i guess different docs do different things!

[Cam54 84]

Okay I'm back from London!

I was psyching myself up for a full-on, boobs-out, knickers-down medicalfest. FORTUNATELY it was nothing like that and I needn't have worried at all.

So I got to Bentick Mansions. My first thought was that it's a bit weird to have a medical practice in the building with a bunch of flats, but hey ho.

I went in and handed my forms to the receptionist, who was very pleasant. She told me to take a seat, and then a few minutes later the nurse came to collect me. I was taken into a quiet room and she told me that I was missing one vaccination, and that I could either get it done there, or wait until AOS, or they could prepare a letter for me to take to my GP and get it done there. I chose to just have it done at the medical, to get it over with.

Next, I was handed over to a rather jolly chap in the x-ray room. I went behind the curtain and had to take off everything from my chin to my waist, and then put on a robe, that actually turned out to be a really comfy dressing-gown type thing, it didn't feel clinical at all. I had to rest my chin on a thing, push my chest against a thing, hold my hands on my waist with my elbows out to the side like when you do the "I'm a little teapot" dance, and hold a thing behind me. That is the most accurate description of the x-ray experience that I can muster.

I was then taken in to see the doctor, and based on reading others' tales of their medical, I was really happy to see that my doctor was the happy Asian man. Still wearing my robe, I had to sit down and answer some questions as he filled out another questionnaire. Then he weighed me and measured my height, and blood pressure. Then I had to lie down on the bed, and he looked in my eyes and mouth and nose, and prodded my stomach a little (saying "you haven't had lunch?", felt my lymph nodes, and then listened to my chest a bit with the stethoscope. After this it was time to have my blood taken, which was over pretty quickly, then I got to have a nice lie down while I held the cotton ball against my arm. I thought at that point that I would quite like to stay there and take a nap.

And after all that fun and frolicking, it was time to leave, so I changed back into my clothes and had to go wait in the waiting room again until the receptionist had finished with my paperwork. FYI: when in the waiting room, sit on the sofa, it's way more comfortable than the chairs.

And that's it! I do have a history of depression and anxiety, which I did declare on my questionnaire, and I took a letter from my private counsellor as verification that I'm all right now. Unfortunately, they still want a note from my GP, so I dropped that into the GP on my way home and was assisted by a very nice receptionist, not the Dragon Lady who denied my vaccinations.

Fingers crossed for the all-clear from my blood/x-ray results, and for a swift response from the GP!

All in all, a good visit! But mostly because I took the opportunity of being near Oxford Street to go to the Hummingbird Bakery and get cupcakes.

Oh yeh we should make everyone aware that there are no signs outside indicating that the doctors is in there at all!! I walked past the building about 5 times!

Also why do they check your shins, wish I'd asked now, wonder if he was checking for self harming because of my history of depression

[vivalagloria 3]

He didn't check me for any signs of self harm! And I don't know why he checked my height and weight, because I had it written on my form and he asked me about it, if those were recent measurements, and I said "I weighed myself yesterday when I was doing the form, and I've been this height for ages".

I'm glad it's over!

[QueenOfBlades 224]

He didn't check me for any signs of self harm! And I don't know why he checked my height and weight, because I had it written on my form and he asked me about it, if those were recent measurements, and I said "I weighed myself yesterday when I was doing the form, and I've been this height for ages".

I'm glad it's over!

So you didn't get no boobs out at all?

*Is starting to wonder a little about why my boobs were out for 60% of the medical (and didn't even require a breast exam)... XD*

Didn't you need to take your robe down when he checked your lungs?

Edited August 14, 2013 by QueenOfBlades

[Kiwinyc 62]

Okay I'm back from London!

I was psyching myself up for a full-on, boobs-out, knickers-down medicalfest. FORTUNATELY it was nothing like that and I needn't have worried at all.

So I got to Bentick Mansions. My first thought was that it's a bit weird to have a medical practice in the building with a bunch of flats, but hey ho.

I went in and handed my forms to the receptionist, who was very pleasant. She told me to take a seat, and then a few minutes later the nurse came to collect me. I was taken into a quiet room and she told me that I was missing one vaccination, and that I could either get it done there, or wait until AOS, or they could prepare a letter for me to take to my GP and get it done there. I chose to just have it done at the medical, to get it over with.

Next, I was handed over to a rather jolly chap in the x-ray room. I went behind the curtain and had to take off everything from my chin to my waist, and then put on a robe, that actually turned out to be a really comfy dressing-gown type thing, it didn't feel clinical at all. I had to rest my chin on a thing, push my chest against a thing, hold my hands on my waist with my elbows out to the side like when you do the "I'm a little teapot" dance, and hold a thing behind me. That is the most accurate description of the x-ray experience that I can muster.

I was then taken in to see the doctor, and based on reading others' tales of their medical, I was really happy to see that my doctor was the happy Asian man. Still wearing my robe, I had to sit down and answer some questions as he filled out another questionnaire. Then he weighed me and measured my height, and blood pressure. Then I had to lie down on the bed, and he looked in my eyes and mouth and nose, and prodded my stomach a little (saying "you haven't had lunch?", felt my lymph nodes, and then listened to my chest a bit with the stethoscope. After this it was time to have my blood taken, which was over pretty quickly, then I got to have a nice lie down while I held the cotton ball against my arm. I thought at that point that I would quite like to stay there and take a nap.

And after all that fun and frolicking, it was time to leave, so I changed back into my clothes and had to go wait in the waiting room again until the receptionist had finished with my paperwork. FYI: when in the waiting room, sit on the sofa, it's way more comfortable than the chairs.

And that's it! I do have a history of depression and anxiety, which I did declare on my questionnaire, and I took a letter from my private counsellor as verification that I'm all right now. Unfortunately, they still want a note from my GP, so I dropped that into the GP on my way home and was assisted by a very nice receptionist, not the Dragon Lady who denied my vaccinations.

Fingers crossed for the all-clear from my blood/x-ray results, and for a swift response from the GP!

All in all, a good visit! But mostly because I took the opportunity of being near Oxford Street to go to the Hummingbird Bakery and get cupcakes.

You got the same doctor as me! He must have the same schtick for everyone, he said the same thing when tapping on our stomachs (i was there with my kids) except it was the morning so he asked 'you haven't had any breakfast?' to all of us.

[Laura. 90]

You got the same doctor as me! He must have the same schtick for everyone, he said the same thing when tapping on our stomachs (i was there with my kids) except it was the morning so he asked 'you haven't had any breakfast?' to all of us.

I got this too! He commented that I hadn't had any lunch, I was like "What? "

[Azsara 110]

So you didn't get no boobs out at all?

*Is starting to wonder a little about why my boobs were out for 60% of the medical (and didn't even require a breast exam)... XD*

Didn't you need to take your robe down when he checked your lungs?

Im starting to wonder about why you had your boobs out half the time too hahah!

You had a lung check? She just felt my stomach up a little

[vivalagloria 3]

Hahaha I'm glad the doctor does his little routine for everyone! I wondered if he actually could tell that I hadn't had lunch yet!

I had a lung check, but I was lying down. My gown was slightly open but for the most part he just put the stethoscope under the gown to listen.

[Cam54 84]

I had my boobies felt but only cs if had a benign lump in there as a teen, he didn't point out that I hadn't had breakfast probably because of my belly fat lol but to clarify this I'm a size 10 and it was only slightly podgy cos I was wearing leggings lol

[Azsara 110]

I had my boobies felt but only cs if had a benign lump in there as a teen, he didn't point out that I hadn't had breakfast probably because of my belly fat lol but to clarify this I'm a size 10 and it was only slightly podgy cos I was wearing leggings lol

Hahah! I have that problem too, trick is to tuck the belly in, cant go wrong

In other news: the docs is open for another 3 hours and no news from them about any problems with my medical, have been scaring myself reading the thread about people needing repeat xrays. Think I may call them