I enter the examination room, and am surprised to see you. "No offense... but you're not my regular doctor, and I wasn't expecting someone else for my physical."
"Oh... I see. Ummm... let me check your chart. Hmmm... yes, I see... but your doctor isn't in today... there must have been a scheduling error. Would you like to reschedule?"
"No, I'd hate to have to do that... it takes so long to find an opening that fits my schedule... I guess if you don't mind, I don't. It's not like you're not a doctor, right?"
"Ha, ha... very funny. Go ahead and strip to your shorts, please, and we'll get started."
I've stripped down so many times over the years that it doesn't bother me anymore, whether it's a male or female examining me. I know it has to happen, and it's clinical, so I just go with it. Sometimes I have wished it would be less clinical and more personal... but I know the doctors can't look at it that way, so I honor their attitude and try not to joke about things too much. I recognize that it's inappropriate.
You are different, though... you don't start with the blood pressure and the pulse, as almost all the others do. You have me stand on the scale for weight, and ask my height, and then pick up an instrument from the counter and use it to look in my ears and in my mouth (anyone can say "say ah" after all) but I don't think much about your approach until you ask me to lie back. I do... and you start tapping my ankles, then my knees, then my elbows with the funny little rubber hammer that docs love... and then you start feeling my arms and legs asking me if anything hurts. Not only does it not hurt... your touch is somehow less clinical, less diagnostic... and more of a caress. You slide your fingers over my chest, and ask if I've had any heart issues. You slide your hands over my stomach and ask about indigestion... but your lingering touch is almost ticklish. You run a hand down one leg and up the other... and I'm sure I've never had this type of examination before... but it feels nice.