GUM clinics

0 likes 6 May 2009

I am just going to assume that we all going and get a full MOT at the GUM clinic regularly.
I went for my 6 monthly check up.. the works:-
HIV
chlamydia
Thrush
bacterial vaginosis
Hep C
Syphilis
and I think a couple of other things.
It all started off straight forwardly.... 'when was the last time you had sex?'
'Sunday'
'Who was that with?'
'My female partner'
'how long have you been together?'
'roughly 3 years :shock: '
then it started to get a little tricky.
'when did you have sex before that with someone other than your partner?'
'Sunday'
'are they a regular partner?'
'nope'
'what was their name'
'ummmm @@@@ I think'
then trickier still.
'in the last 3 months how many sexual partners have you had?'
'ummmmmmmmm perhaps 5 or 6 maybe more'
'what were their names?'
'ummmm I don't know... '
he then went on to ask about using protection etc.....
do other people struggle to provide the detail they ask for at the clinic.. or do you just lie ?

poshkate

Sex God

0 likes 6 May 2009

Quote by splendid_
do other people struggle to provide the detail they ask for at the clinic.. or do you just lie ?

Nope, they're used to me. but if I ever have a different member of staff I bring my circumstances up before they start asking the questions so it doesn't get quite so complicated. smile

Dirtygirly

Sex God

0 likes 6 May 2009

Nope... I don't struggle either. I made the Consultant blush when I went and blurted out that I was swinging. Apparently I don't look the type. lol

*removes melting butter* :twisted:
(Good reminder... I need to go back for my Hep B check)
:thumbup:

Sara_2006

Sex God

0 likes 6 May 2009

told my gum clinic i swing ... no complications other than providing the number of partners all they asked at first was ... do i get paid .. i said no and they was happy with the answer

Unknown User

0 likes 6 May 2009

ahhhh so I just say up front that I am a swinger.
Right- that is what I will do.
thanks chaps.
my clinic has just started sending results by text. How cool is that ?

Unknown User

0 likes 6 May 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly
Nope... I don't struggle either. I made the Consultant blush when I went and blurted out that I was swinging. Apparently I don't look the type.
*removes melting butter* :twisted:
(Good reminder... I need to go back for my Hep B check)
:thumbup:

...is that in a 'postman rings twice' kind of manner?
lp

Freckledbird

Sex God

0 likes 6 May 2009

Quote by splendid_
ahhhh so I just say up front that I am a swinger.
Right- that is what I will do.
thanks chaps.
my clinic has just started sending results by text. How cool is that ?

Best idea - that's what I did - and they haven't asked for names.
Mine sends results by text too.

Unknown User

0 likes 7 May 2009

Quote by __random_orbit__
Nope... I don't struggle either. I made the Consultant blush when I went and blurted out that I was swinging. Apparently I don't look the type.
*removes melting butter* :twisted:
(Good reminder... I need to go back for my Hep B check)
:thumbup:

...is that in a 'postman rings twice' kind of manner?
lp
Or more of a 'Last Tango In Paris' way? ;-)

Redpantherman

Sex God

0 likes 7 May 2009

Cant see the point in asking names! :shock:
Will the consultant be giving them detention & writing a stern letter to their parents?
My regular consultant knows I have multiple partners & non of the other consultants ever bat an eyelid when I explain why or when I turn up for checkups!
Will this not be a data protection issue?
Or even impinging on the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice? dunno

Unknown User

0 likes 7 May 2009

nah, my file is all number coded etc... so no confidentiality thing.
I think the Dr may have been wondering if we had shared partners wink

which basically means I have no idea why I was asked.

Witchy

Sex God

0 likes 7 May 2009

Catholic.

fem_4_taboo

Sex God

0 likes 7 May 2009

they ask the names in case its their husband lol

xx fem xxx

sexkittenhfx

Orgasminator

0 likes 7 May 2009

i was asked names a couple of years ago and was told it was so they could share information with other clinics to monitor whether the people id slept with had also been checked out, in the event of any of my tests coming back positive.
unless theyre going to start knocking on peoples doors and saying "you slept with so and so recently and we feel you need to be tested..." what are they going to do with that information? what about that persons privacy? where is their name kept? how long for? who sees it? what happens with it? is their name crossed off most wanted list in a central office when they turn up? would i be able to check with them that someone who's name id given in had been in, tested and what theyre results were?? you know, just in case i didnt believe them or whatever?
i chose to maintain the privacy of my partners as the advisor couldnt answer my questions.
ive never been asked names since funnily enough...it must have "awkward cow" scrawled across my file wink

Sara_2006

Sex God

0 likes 7 May 2009

i had a friend once who was tested possitive for something (not too nasty) and the clinic offered the service of contacting the other parties and saying that they believe that someone they slept with tested possitive and advised them to get checked out and also offering them a timeslot in one of their or their closest clinic of their choice .. not sure how this would impact on someone whos wife answered a partners mobile phone who didnt know the partner was a swinger lol

Kinky__babe

Warming the Bed

0 likes 7 May 2009

I've worked a few shifts in our GUM clinic. They ask names first, so that if you test positive for something like HIV,they can then go on and contact the partners for you...as when faced with a positive result, the last thing you want to do is contact old lovers.
Cant say I agree with it tho and on a personal note, I would never give the names of my partners and dont bat an eyelid when people refuse to give them! Then again, I wouldnt let an un-condomed cock near me....nothing like working in the GUM clinic and seeing syphilis cock and genital warts to put you off unprotected sex wink

Unknown User

0 likes 8 May 2009

Quote by Kinky-babe
Then again, I wouldnt let an un-condomed cock near me....nothing like working in the GUM clinic and seeing syphilis cock and genital warts to put you off unprotected sex

I just want to state for the record m'lud that I go to the GUM clinic as a belt and braces job, nothing to do with having an unclad cock.
cool

Angel_Chat

Sex God

0 likes 8 May 2009

Quote by splendid_
Then again, I wouldnt let an un-condomed cock near me....nothing like working in the GUM clinic and seeing syphilis cock and genital warts to put you off unprotected sex

I just want to state for the record m'lud that I go to the GUM clinic as a belt and braces job, nothing to do with having an unclad cock.
cool

Same here.
I feel it should also be pointed out that a condom will do absolutely nothing to protect anyone from either a syphilis sore or a genital wart that isn't covered by the condom. Eg. on the outer labia or scrotum.

Unknown User

0 likes 8 May 2009

Quote by Angel Chat
Then again, I wouldnt let an un-condomed cock near me....nothing like working in the GUM clinic and seeing syphilis cock and genital warts to put you off unprotected sex

I just want to state for the record m'lud that I go to the GUM clinic as a belt and braces job, nothing to do with having an unclad cock.
cool

Same here.
I feel it should also be pointed out that a condom will do absolutely nothing to protect anyone from either a syphilis sore or a genital wart that isn't covered by the condom. Eg. on the outer labia or scrotum.
you have a cock too??

Angel_Chat

Sex God

0 likes 8 May 2009

Quote by splendid_
Then again, I wouldnt let an un-condomed cock near me....nothing like working in the GUM clinic and seeing syphilis cock and genital warts to put you off unprotected sex

I just want to state for the record m'lud that I go to the GUM clinic as a belt and braces job, nothing to do with having an unclad cock.
cool

Same here.
I feel it should also be pointed out that a condom will do absolutely nothing to protect anyone from either a syphilis sore or a genital wart that isn't covered by the condom. Eg. on the outer labia or scrotum.
you have a cock too??
Nope. I just borrow other people's from time to time ;) 8-)

Unknown User

0 likes 8 May 2009

Quote by Angel Chat

you have a cock too??

Nope. I just borrow other people's from time to time ;) cool

wanna borrow mine? :twisted:

Joewally

Orgasminator

0 likes 10 May 2009

GUM clinics? ffs this is so complicated ....and in any case , my teeth n gums are fine .