When the nurse finished taking my vital signs she said, "Dr. Rosen will be in in a minute," and left the room. I was perched on the examining table in one of those awful gowns that open at the back, which I always thought are specifically designed to humiliate you. I had to wait quite a while, with nothing to do except swing my legs forward and back.
Finally there was a brief knock and the door opened and she came into the room, wearing a white coat and a skirt. "Hello," she said. "I'm Dr. Rosen. It's nice to meet you. What can I do for you today?" She was around thirty-five, about five feet five inches tall, brunette hair down to her shoulders, olive skin, large, brown, very attractive eyes, and a slim, athletic figure. Her lips were full, coated with a rather shiny lipstick. She spoke and moved in a professional manner. She didn't smile, but nonetheless had a pleasant expression. I felt comfortable with her. She sat on a rolling stool in front of the computer and looked at it closely. Her legs were very shapely.
"Just an annual check-up," I said. "I saw another doctor for several years but he stopped taking my insurance."
She nodded knowingly while gazing at the computer screen where, presumably, my medical records were displayed. "I hear that every day," she said. "So, no serious health problems?"
"No, nothing serious."
"Have you had any fatigue, loss of appetite, poor sleep?"
"No."
"Joint pain? Night sweats? Headaches?"
"No, no, and no."
"Good. How's your sexual function?"
"Fine. Mostly."
She looked up with a interested expression. "Some sexual problems?" she asked quite kindly.
"Well, yes. I don't have any trouble getting an erection, but sometimes I'm unable to ejaculate."
"So when you have sex you get aroused, but it doesn't lead to orgasm?"
"Right."
"Does it make any difference whether you're with a partner or masturbating?"
She certainly didn't dance around the subject. She just assumed that I masturbate. Which, okay, I do.
"No, same thing happens. It's pretty frustrating."
"I imagine it is. Well, we can take a look at that and there might be some things we can do that will help you."
She stood up, put on a pair of latex gloves, picked up one of those gadgets with the light on it, and began the examination, shining the light in my eyes, my ears, and my mouth, then pulling out a stethoscope and listening to my heart and my breathing. She felt around my neck with her hands, looking for swollen lymph nodes, I presume, of which thankfully she found none.
"Lie on your back for me, please," she said, and I did so. "I just need to pull this down," she said, grasping the edges of the gown at my shoulders and gently easing it off my arms, turning it down to expose my chest and abdomen. She palpated my abdomen, telling me to let her know if anything hurt, then thumped it a few times. I never understood why they thump you.
"I'm just going to do a quick breast exam," she said, moving her hands toward my chest.
"Breast exam? I'm a guy, remember?"
She smiled. "Yes, but believe it or not, men get breast tumors too. It's rare, but it can happen."
With her fingers she explored the pectoral muscles, systematically circling them, then felt the nipples, gathering them in her fingers and palpating them, then brushing them lightly with the tips of her fingers. "I'm just checking your nipple arousal," she said, "because that's part of normal sexual response. Yes, they're getting a little larger and harder, just like they should." It felt nice, and although I didn't get an erection I could feel my cock stirring, rousing itself as if to look up and say, "What's up, hoss?"
She released my nipples and said, "Stand up for me now, please."
I got up off the table, gathering the gown around my waist. "Let's check your sensitivity," she said. "This may hurt a little." She took my nipples between the thumbs and forefingers of her two hands and squeezed hard, twisting them.
"Ow!"
"Sorry, but I had to check for numbness or poor response. Seems fine. Now let's check your erectile function. Just drop the gown on the table."