I recently had a very interesting doctor's appointment.
It had almost been 10 years since I had been to the doctor and my wife was bugging me about getting a physical. At 54 years old, I could see the wisdom of her concern with all the problems men my age had with cancer and heart disease. When I finally relented, I found out my retired military insurance had changed and I had to find a new doctor off base. My HMO gave me a list of doctors to choose from, but all of the doctors close to home were not taking any new patients. I finally found a doctor about 13 miles away in a small town just to the west of the city who agreed to make an appointment for me in a week. It was on the way to work, so I asked for an early appointment, and the receptionist booked me for 8:00 am the following Monday morning.
I arrived at Dr. Pat Frazier's office about ten minutes early for my appointment, and went through all of the preliminary paper work requisite to starting a new patient file. Once that was complete, the nurse escorted me back to an exam room and took my blood pressure, which was slightly high, and temperature, which was normal. She told me the doctor would be with me shortly.
I sat down in a chair and began to read all of the charts on the wall, learning about breast exams, cervical cancer, and other woman related medical conditions. It was almost as if I was in an OB-GYN clinic.
Before long I heard a knock at the door so I stood up, and to my surprise the doctor, wearing a white lab coat over a pink silk blouse and white pleated skirt, was a woman. She introduced herself as Patricia Frazier as she stuck out her hand. She was slightly plump, about 35 years old, and had a pretty face with soft reddish brown hair cut in a school girl pixie style. I shook her hand and sat back down as she pulled a chair over in front of me and sat down.
"Well why are you here today Mr. Roberts," she asked?
I explained that it had been over 10 years since I had been to the doctor and my wife felt it would be a good idea to get a physical. She agreed, and noted my blood pressure was slightly elevated. She recommended some dietary changes before she would consider medication. I asked her what was her opinion of the Atkin's diet, and she enthusiastically endorsed it. She then explained that she was going to give me a thorough physical, but that she recommended I see a specialist to get a colon exam as well, since I was over 50 years old, and they were recommended every five years. She also said they would draw some blood and send it off to the lab for some routine tests.
With that she stood up and told me to take off my shirt and my shoes and socks and sit on the exam table. As I began to unbutton my shirt, she turned toward the sink and began to wash her hands. I took this opportunity to look her up and down from the rear, and was pleasantly surprised to see she had a very curvaceous rear end. She also had very nice looking calves with thin ankles. As I sat down on the exam table she turned around I was able to sneak a quick glance at her ample bosom which filled the front of her lab coat. I also noticed the conservative V-neck pink silk blouse allowed just a hint of cleavage to show, but was very professional looking.
She began by listening to my heart and lungs. Her hands were very soft and warm to the touch on my back as she moved her stethoscope around on my chest. She then placed her hand on my chest and asked me to take several breaths, in and out, as she moved the cold stethoscope around my back. My nipples had hardened under the soft warm touch of her hands as she listened intently to my breathing. She then looked into my ears with one of those little pointed flash lights. Instinctively I breathed deeply through my nostrils in an attempt to discover what she smelled like as she hovered over me. She had a nice clean, freshly showered scent.
"Well every thing sounds OK and your ears are clear. Lie back an the table and lets take a look at your stomach," she said. Obediently I lay back and she began to probe my abdomen with her soft hands. The touch of her hands on my bare flesh caused me to develop goose bumps. "Are you cold," she asked? Of course I wasn't, but I nodded in the affirmative, "A little bit." She also check my feet, ubbing them inher soft warm hands.
"Well every thing seems to be fine so far," she said. "We'll go ahead and do a testicle exam, then check your prostate. Do you perform testicular exams on yourself," she asked. I told her I did not do it routinely, but I had been told by my former doctor that it was a good idea. She agreed it was an important part of preventive medicine as testicular cancer was more prevalent than one would think. She told me to look for any knots or bumps on my testicles which could be tumors. She also explained she was going to check my prostate, but that she would need to call in the nurse during the procedure. I told her that would not be a problem.
"Just wait here a moment, and I'll be right back," she said as she left the room and closed the door behind her.