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Look beyond the man on the film set of this doctor's office. Notice anything on the wall you don't ordinarily see in a physician's exam room?
I think especially urologists should have that poster. Maybe it would ease the discomfort that men have when it comes to their boners. Maybe men wouldn't think they have to remain silent.
It's as if guys think their doctor doesn't know that the cock gets hard.
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Not me, and my P.C. is a woman.
Hello !
No I am not afraid to discuss this with my doctor and he is the one who suggested that I take Taldalafil regularly to improve my erections and that is great. Fortunately because at 74 years old I still find that life is good ....
I love your blog and check it out every day - Bravo continues
Jeff
Bordeaux
Well, given that I've visited a urologist, it's my boners what we have talked about LOL
My general doc, though, is a woman and I rarely talk about my dick with her. We did talk about it when I asked her to direct me to a good urologist.
BTW, my urologist's name is Dr. Andros. Yep.
XOXO
> Guys, are you afraid to discuss your boners with your doctor?
I'd be, actually, unless I had a very compelling and specific
medical reason for discussing the subject.
Some (most?) people are still "weird" about sex, doctors included.
Some (most?) people are still homophobic on some level, doctors
included.
Some anecdotes:
1. I was referred to a doctor back in 2003 for a general physical exam.
The doctor was someone I'd never seen before, nor have since.
This was in New York City (Manhattan), not in a more traditionally
benighted region of the country (or world).
I was fully clothed during the exam, but it happened that the
underwear I had on was not either traditional men's boxers or
"tighty whities" -- it was more along the lines of Andrew Christian
(not that specific brand, but a similar pair of briefs).
When the doctor was palpating my abdomen, he happened to reach
inside my jeans, slightly below the belt line. He then recoiled
in apparent anger, and demanded "Are you not wearing underwear?"
I replied, embarrassed (both by the question and the tone)
"Of **course** I'm wearing underwear." It was only later that
I got angry about the encounter -- why should it have mattered to
the doctor whether or not (or what kind of) underwear I was
wearing? Did he think I was attempting to solicit some kind
of sexual encounter? (Yes, possibly -- that would account for
the anger.)
2. A few years later, also in the 2000s, also in Manhattan, I
was seeing a psychiatrist (a "psycho-pharmacologist") who was
trying me out on antidepressants. During a discussion of the
side-effects of the drug I was on, I mentioned my inability to
climax (a well-known side effect of a lot of these drugs). Since
she (yes, the doctor was a woman) knew that I was unpartnered,
it's clear that I was implicitly referring to masturbation.
Her reaction was, I thought, unbelievably unprofessional --
she didn't bother to hide the fact that she was both amused
and embarrassed by my admission. (I kept seeing her though,
and she added Wellbutrin to the mix to address the orgasm
problem.)
3. The last example is from a recent YouTube video. There's
a guy (named Chris Shelton) who has a channel on which he
frequently interviews survivors of high-control religious groups,
cults, etc. His most recent interviewee is a woman who
escaped from a family situation involving both an abusive father
and a high-control religion. The father was (is) a doctor.
So no, you can't count on your doctor being any more "enlightened"
than the population in general.
And that is actually the good news, that everything is working just fine. I'm surprised doctors don't comment on that fact. In the meantime you have made us wary of everything that is sharp! Hugs and bisous.
My first comment to you although I read your comments over at sickoricko. I would discuss it with my doctor if the subject came up, so to speak. Actually, I just had to cover this with my doc after starting a new medication for depression. 8 days in I realized that I wasn't experiencing involuntary erections and physically could not stimulate an erection manually no matter how hard I tried. We decided to continue with the med and after my system was able to handle the drug, the blood is flowing back where it belongs and it's party time again. When I told the doc that sex for a gay 73 year old was kind of important and things were functioning again, he didn't bat an eyelash. Not sure how the female assistant taking computer notes took my revelation. Did the same thing with my mandolin, healed just fine, but realized that they are just small guillotines waiting to sever large chunks of your digits if we aren't careful. Learned my lesson, hope you did also. Good Luck!
Hell, I have popped them in front of my doctor.
But unbeknownst to him, they are because of him!!!!
How else do you get a prescription for generic viagra? :) Happy Pride. Enjoy your weekend. Kizzes.
Believe it or not, I've already discussed it with my doctor. And she's a female! But hey, you do what you gotta do! Health is and seriously has to be priority. 👏🏻
And yeah, you sure do have some awesome readers & commenters. 😉
@ jimf - Those were horrible experiences. It shouldn't matter if a patient is commando or not. Two doctors have asked me that - but for a specific reason and without any malice, so it didn't upset me. The psychologist? If that amused or embarrassed her, she shouldn't be seeing men.
@ Milleson - Nice to have you here and leaving comment, joining the conversation. I appreciate it. This is how we manage to help one another in an area few are able to discuss elsewhere.
@ Jean - I am, too. It's well-known that the lack of erections can be an indication of something serious. Every exam should include the question. Hugs and bious!
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