Getting a physical - DPChallenge Forums

10/18/2005 12:15:08 PM · #1

I'm 25 and tired a lot, so I'm going for a physical after work today. I know I have to pee in a cup, but will he have to touch my nuts? What can I expect?

doctornick

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10/18/2005 12:17:41 PM · #2

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

I'm 25 and tired a lot, so I'm going for a physical after work today. I know I have to pee in a cup, but will he have to touch my nuts? What can I expect?

Yeah they'll touch your nuts...you are in the age range where testicular cancer shows up...You'll be saved the prostate exam though...

Konador

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10/18/2005 12:18:05 PM · #3

They often check for testicular cancer I've heard, which does involve feeling. Might not be a 'he' tho :P

sabphoto

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10/18/2005 12:20:57 PM · #4

Originally posted by doctornick:

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
I'm 25 and tired a lot, so I'm going for a physical after work today. I know I have to pee in a cup, but will he have to touch my nuts? What can I expect?

Yeah they'll touch your nuts...you are in the age range where testicular cancer shows up...You'll be saved the prostate exam though...

unless you get one of those really happy, touchy, feely doctors..."you'll feel slight pressure"...YEAH RIGHT!

On a more serious note, a long while back I was always tired real easy and where I worked I had to go up and down about 10 steps. Well one day I climbed the steps to my office and the IT guy and my supervisor were in there so I sat across the room totally exhausted. My supervisor looked at me and said "you ok? You are much whiter than usual, and don't look good". I saw myself in a mirror and I was sort of greenish looking...was scary.

I went to the er across the street and ended up that I had a couple bleeding ulcers and had lost a lot of blood. They pumped my stomach...oh joy joy there. Then sent me to another hospital where they burned them closed and gave me a unit of blood. I ended up back in another hospital the next evening (they were barely able to get my blood pressure on the monitor) and got another unit. I still seem to get winded very easy but not as bad as that was.

I really hope yours is much less dramatic and you can get well quickly. Good luck

Message edited by author 2005-10-18 12:28:54.

Brad

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10/18/2005 12:22:16 PM · #5

Bring your own.

Message edited by author 2005-10-18 12:25:02.

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10/18/2005 12:24:18 PM · #6

Do I have to get nekkid for him (yes him) to touch my nuts or will the cancer show through my pants?

Also, can't I just rub my nuts and tell him what I feel?

Message edited by author 2005-10-18 12:24:44.

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10/18/2005 12:25:34 PM · #7

Think paper gown with your arse hanging out... that's the rage in all fashionable doctor's offices these days. ;)

You gotta strip down honey, it's just part of it.

10/18/2005 12:26:01 PM · #8

Originally posted by doctornick:

You'll be saved the prostate exam though...

*a deep deep sigh of relief*

I figured as much, thank goodness! I'd rather have the whole population of my hometown lining up to squeeze my nuts than hear the *snap* of that rubber glove!

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10/18/2005 12:26:56 PM · #9

Originally posted by laurielblack:

You gotta strip down honey, it's just part of it.

Ok, fine...oh...um...uh...sorry, I thought you meant right now.

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10/18/2005 12:27:08 PM · #10

I feel so privileged to have been able to share in the reading of this thread. :)

Riponlady

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10/18/2005 12:28:35 PM · #11

Men!!!!

Thank God you don't have to give birth - the population would be diminishing rapidly!

I cannot believe your nuts are so fragile - or is it just your ego????

LOL
:))
P

Spork99

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10/18/2005 12:31:58 PM · #12

Originally posted by laurielblack:

You gotta strip down honey, it's just part of it.

Anything for you....

hanneke

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10/18/2005 12:32:00 PM · #13

Originally posted by mk:

I feel so privileged to have been able to share in the reading of this thread. :)

yeah, me too! I feel very happy right now! wauw, what a feeling. I think (not sure) it feels like winning a ribbon :P lol!

Spork99

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10/18/2005 12:34:14 PM · #14

Originally posted by thatcloudthere:

Originally posted by doctornick:
You'll be saved the prostate exam though...

*a deep deep sigh of relief*

I figured as much, thank goodness! I'd rather have the whole population of my hometown lining up to squeeze my nuts than hear the *snap* of that rubber glove!

I bet if you ask nicely, you can get a colonoscopy. That should more than make up for missing out on the prostate exam.

10/18/2005 12:34:17 PM · #15

Originally posted by biteme:

I feel very happy right now! wauw, what a feeling. I think (not sure) it feels like winning a ribbon

If I hear my doctor say anything resembling the above words I am out of there! Gown and all...

Tom

Canon EOS-5D

10/18/2005 12:34:42 PM · #16

Look at the top left one...

Telehubbie

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10/18/2005 12:35:18 PM · #17

I had my prostate examined once, I just wonder how the doc did it with both of his hands on my shoulders? :-/

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10/18/2005 12:35:56 PM · #18

Originally posted by WaterMark:

Look at the top left one...

hehe...

Message edited by author 2005-10-18 12:36:27.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

10/18/2005 12:36:32 PM · #19

Originally posted by Telehubbie:

I had my prostate examined once, I just wonder how the doc did it with both of his hands on my shoulders? :-/

You sure that wasn't the IRS man?

rscorp

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10/18/2005 12:38:30 PM · #20

25 and tired a lot to me spells thyroid problem. VERY common and a lot of idiot doctors don't think to test for it. Simple blood test to check it out and relatively easy to cure.

As long as your balls check out okay, suggest that to the doc and get your thyroid checked.

hanneke

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10/18/2005 12:39:17 PM · #21

maybe you should sing "let's get physical" from O. N. John while he's touching you. perhaps it calms you down ;)

Pedro

Nikon D200

10/18/2005 12:39:28 PM · #22

The answer, of course, is to send your wife to med school.

"C'mon honey...I need another physical!"

"again?"

"Yup...I feel a 'lump' coming on."

:D

Message edited by author 2005-10-18 12:40:11.

10/18/2005 12:40:31 PM · #23

Originally posted by rscorp:

Yep, that's what we think it is...both my father and little sister have thyroid problems and I haven't been fully awake and aware in years. I always (not kidding) thought it was the marijuana use but I haven't smoked up in 3 years and still feel sluggish all the time, though a little less hazy.