Before my mother's appointment, my sister and I got into a discussion

[conuly]

wherein she suggested that my mother would have to take off her mask to have her temperature taken and I wondered when the last time my sister saw the doctor was, because even pre-pandemic it's been ages since they took your temperature under the tongue. Before all this it was in the ear, and now - at least at the door, I don't know how they do it during the appointment - it's the forehead check.

The forehead check always makes me itchy. Or, I say itchy, but it's more like a tickle. Is that just me?

Poll #24999 Is it just me?

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Does having your temperature checked with the forehead thermometer do this to you?

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Yes
4 (5.7%)

No, how could it - it doesn't touch?
50 (71.4%)

Maybe? I don't know, I haven't had my temperature taken this way
16 (22.9%)

If yes, is it itchy or tickly? Pick as many as you've experienced

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Itchy
3 (7.5%)

Tickly
4 (10.0%)

Something else
3 (7.5%)

I clicked no or maybe, but I wanted to vote
36 (90.0%)

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[shadowkat]

Every single doctor appointment, even the gynecological one. They hand me the thernometer and tell me to put it under my tongue. Then put the gadget on my finger to test oxygen levels.