Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	London Medical - Knightsbridge Doctors	Hi All Just wanted to add my experience of the medical I had yesterday..... Arrrived into London at 7.00 a.m. and made my way to Bentinck Mansions (my appointment was at 8:50 a.m., but grabbed a coffee at the Starbucks on Bond Street before heading over for my appointment at 8.30 a.m.) I was a wee bit concerned about getting there too early, but there was a woman who arrived shortly after me who's appointment wasn't until 10.30 a.m. and they seemed happy enough to see her. Went to the first window where the receptionist (who was very friendly) took my passport, photos, questionnaire and vaccination records. I then sat in the main waiting room for a couple of minutes. I was then asked to fill in another questionnaire. This questionnaire is the official Department Of State medical questionnaire. I was asked to fill in the first page (the doctor fills in the second page during the medical). I was also asked to sign the HIV consent form. Handed the forms back to the receptionist and chatted to a couple of the other people waiting. About 10-15 minutes later, a gentleman called my name and took me for my chest x-ray. This was done quite quickly, and i was asked to sit in the waiting room again until I was called for my examination. Another 10 minutes passed. The blonde woman who I had seen walking around reception area for the last while (who I assumed was a receptionist) then called me to the examination room, and it turned out she was the doctor (she was foreign - possibly Eastern European). She asked me to remove my shoes and was weighed and had height measured. Then had eyes tested (was asked to read the second bottom line with each eye - my contact lenses weren't even mentioned and no questions were asked about my eyesight beyond the rudimentary check). She then shone a light in my eyes and mouth (for literally a second each) and asked me to strip to my underwear and lie on the couch. Listened to my chest with her stethoscope and then checked glands in neck and pressed on stomach. This took a couple of seconds and she then asked me to cough and took a cursory glance in my underwear. Next was the blood test, which wasn't too bad, but did leave a bit of a bruise. Asked to put clothes back on, and that was it. Was asked to go and sit in the waiting room again and was then called to make payment. The girl at reception explained that they were happy with everything and I would only hear from them if they had any queries concerning the x-ray or blood test. Paid the fee and was free to go. In all, it took me about 45 minutes and wasn't very intrusive at all. Hope this allays anyone's fears about the medical. Cheers Anthony Edited by BrookNTwon, 13 August 2009 - 04:04 AM.	BrookNTwon	Not Telling	United Kingdom	2009-08-13 04:01:00