Comments on: Checkup

By: Garvey

Garvey — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:39:54 +0000

You don’t blow a load during the exam. Nice try, Lee.

By: Frank Schiavo

Frank Schiavo — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:49:47 +0000

Okay. My doctor told me you should get it annually, after age 40, and/or if there is a history of that kind of cancer in your family.

Is it fun? No, but you know what? Beats the holy sh*t out of Prostate cancer. That is an ugly, painful and not very pleasent death. Usually they give you a kit for the stool sample on the first visit then do Mr. FingerQuest on the visit after that lab work. If your doctor doesn’t at least ask you about it on the next visit, dump the quack & get another doctor. A doctor who isn’t try to help you stay well should stick to seeing Pham company reps and leave human beings alone.

By: stumpjumper

stumpjumper — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:16:54 +0000

This is all so silly. There is no pain, just apprehension about the possible pain, and the macho aspect of being somehow feminized.
The size of the hands make no difference. The finger still has to reach the prostate. Tiny fingers would only make the procedure more intrusive.

Just a personal note here, I went to a female doc twice for routine physicals and never once dropped my drawers. Once I finally found a good PCP I got a complete physical - hearing, vision, and prostate. I felt a lot better, and fortunately prostate healthy.

Trust me a good doctor has seen it all and could care less about anything but your health. Just do it.

By: Bartender J

Bartender J — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:19:33 +0000

I remember when I was like 10 and had a kidney infection, I went to a doctor and got probed. He told me to drop my pants and bend over the table and relax. He put on a glove. I, being young and naive, had no idea what was about to happen — and for some godawful reason, he didn’t bother to tell me! So I’m thinking you’ll at least be better steeled for this procedure than I was on my first time.

That said, it’s not unbearable. Once it’s over, it’s over. That’s the good part. Just make sure you do it when you don’t have the shits. That could be ugly.

By: D B

D B — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:47:51 +0000

I didn’t say you had to get a hard on. The hard on is in your brain!

By: Howie Luvzus

Howie Luvzus — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:03:28 +0000

D B,
You’re sick dude. Believe me, I understand about the small hands thing. I once scared a male DR because he was afraid I was about to pass out and crush him. However, for me, that wouldn’t be as bad as standing in front of my female Dr with a woody waiting on her small hand to enter my butt.
I think we’d both feel a bit awkward! Wait, that’s better than just me feeling strange. Nevermind.

By: Marion

Marion — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:39:16 +0000

I feel your pain B. Did in when I was forty as part of a massive call for Black men to be screened at LSUHSC…never been back…and I’m 48.

By: Julesb_town

Julesb_town — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:11:08 +0000

B don’t count on the PSA test alone. My dad was diagnosed w/prostate cancer w/the finger exam. His PSA levels were “normal”.
Peace-

By: D B

D B — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:49:27 +0000

It doesn’t have to be Scarlett Johanson. Nicole Richie would do.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:35:00 +0000

DB, I have to wonder about this female doctor who has such a hold on your imagination. The odds that B. will get probed by Scarlett Johansson in a lab coat are slim.