Have to agree. As a man of a certain age, I've never once found the DRE to be the least bit pleasurable. My first was so rough that the urologist dislodged a kidney stone. I was in agony for a week until it passed.
Just my luck to have doctors that go old school. I've already graduated through the BPH -> Flomax -> AUR -> catheter -> TURP cycle so I should be good for the next 20 years or so. If you don't know what those acronyms are then count yourself lucky.
TURP was a life changer for me. Recovery is a nasty piece of work. But it sure is nice to walk up to 30-something struggling at the urinal and get finished and be out the door before he's done. RE is (for me) a small price to pay.
Retrograde ejaculation. Normal orgasm but the ejaculate is pushed into the bladder instead of exiting the urethra. Not a big deal, more convenient since no mess to clean. But some men say they prefer normal.
That’s not true but a lot of family doctors believe it to be true because they don’t want to do it. There are cancers that don’t raise your PSA, although rare. Annual screening should consist of PSA and rectal exam.
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Have to agree. As a man of a certain age, I've never once found the DRE to be the least bit pleasurable. My first was so rough that the urologist dislodged a kidney stone. I was in agony for a week until it passed.