As some of you may know, I recently turned 40.

As others of you may know, my pops is just about 64 and he has prostate cancer. His Doc is optimistic that radioactive seeding is going to do the trick, but it means I have a farking history now...

So I go in for my physical today. BP is perfect 125/65, pulse rate is ridiculous... 45 bpm. Yeah... 45. Heart is very efficient, or so it seems.

I put on the gown and wait for the inevitable. Doc comes in and looks in my ears, eyes, nose... has me take deep breaths... everything seems great.

Then... he checks my nads, has me cough a few times and that seems fine.

Then he says, alright, time to check the back side...

"WHOA!" "HEY!"

Done.

Everything is normal.

I'll have the blood test results in a few days. I'm thinking my cholesterol will be better, since I dropped a few LB's.

Wasn't as bad as I thought, but I never want to do it again.

I think prostate cancer is a slow grower, so signes will show up early.

Nevertheless, the test still sucks tho. At the very least they could bring you chocolates, or buy you a free meal before they do it...

Violated,by your own choice!!!!! I know had it done 3x!!!! One Jewish dr Pulled off his glove and said to me ,"Ahhhh another notch on my bed frame......."Real professional......... Jackazz..........

****!

My **** would have to pucker up the size of a grapefruit before I even THOUGHT of having THAT done!!!!

Yeah? Wait'll your dad has prostate cancer.

You'll see how fast you'll change your mind and decide a little discomfort is worth a little piece of mind.

It wasn't so bad... but then... I'm a sailor, sooooo...

So, how exactly did he check your prostate with a hand on each of your shoulders?

Wait until you turn 50.

Hell MACS, with where I work they'll have to strap a 2X4 on the Dr's azz just to keep him from falling in...

Just got an e-mail from the lab.

My PSA is 1.03, which is good. Normal range is up to 2.5.

Whew.

Still awaiting the lipid panel and the glucose, etc...

I have to imagine that since I've dropped some weight my bad cholesterol has gone down and my good has gone up. We shall see.

^ good news so far Shawn, glad to hear.

I saw the doc today for my Cholesterol. I have been on lipitor for a yr or so now and mine went up WTF??? My good choloesterol is a little low but my bad cholestrol went down. My overall cholesterol is around 220 and my triglycerides are a little high too, 229. Think I need to try that weight loss thing you did. The nurse asked me if I excercised at all? I said look here bitch, I just ran my 1.5 mi in 11:00...ok I didn't quite say it like that. Guess I need to cut back on the intake, this unfortunately includes BEER...damn.

Good luck on the results of your other tests, hope your are better than mine.

You can't tell me in this day and age that they haven't come up with a better test than sticking a finger in your ass!

There has got to be something better or at least something in the works.

LOL, so Doc had both hands on your shoulders when he did the anal analysis? Oh you Navy guys.

Hey it's cheap and easy.

You just need to invest in a good fisting kit!

i am 34...i get it checked. that is the cancer i would least like to get. i do not want troubles with that area in general. incontinence, no erections, cannot pee.

damn worth 1 finger poke per year.

"Wasn’t as bad as I thought, but I never want to do it again."

why, did you get a 'lil stiffy?

Holy crap MACS.......a bpm of 45 is really low!!

Thats kinda what tri-athalon and long distance runners have I think?

Test results for the glucose and lipid panel are back (damn that was fast).

The sugar worries me... 70-99 is normal and mine was 98. Both parents have diabetes due to being overweight, so I was hoping it'd be lower, but it's something to watch, I guess.

Overall cholesterol was 171. Good. Triglycerides was 59. Very good. The HDL was 52. Decent. The LDL was 107. Crap... should be under 100. Can't have everything, right? LOL!

Liver and kidney function kick ass, surprisingly. I figured that one would be skewed to the bad, given my recent beerfest. LOL!

So overall, some damn good news, thankfully.

Did the doctor say he's going to need to check your prostate every Friday and Saturday night?

ScottHar

I'm covered....my dentist checks mine...of course he gasses me first so I don't feel any discomfort. It must be hard work..he's always sweaty when I wake up.

The last two times I had a digital exam,it was done by a woman but ya gotta pay extra for that. X :~)