Exam and blood tests

[Hash (imported)]

My doctor wouldn't refill my compounded testosterone prescription until I made an appointment to see her. She knows I'm castrated and it wasn't a big deal with her before. She had another eunuch patient at that time. It had been two years since I've seen her last, hard to believe. So I made my appointment and I had to do the usual, put the gown on, sit and wait. I waited for almost 20 minutes past my appointment time and she finally came in, apologizing for being late. I'm the good patient, seldom complain, so I tried not to act mad, but I think she knew I was. Anyways, she asked me some questions, told her I felt pretty good, some knee and hip pain, nothing terrible. Then she asked me to sit straight up, put the stethescope on my back, had me breath deeply several times, cough, etc. Then she had me lie down and checked the plumbing. She lifted the gown, looked around, but didn't move anything or even say anything, but it seemed like an unusually long time of looking. Finally she pulled the gown down and I said, "Everything o.k.?" She said, "Yes, but your penis seems pale." Then she asked whether I was getting erections or if I wanted viagra, since she had prescribed it two years ago. I told her no thanks, I didn't want it. Finally, she looked at me and asked me how I felt about being castrated? I told her I felt good about it and only regret not being castrated earlier. She just shook her head up and down. We talked about some other things, my cholesterol and getting older. She's probably teetering on 60 now, but she's thin with no fat. Excellent shape. As I was walking out, she stopped and said, "Most men wouldn't understand why you like being castrated." I said no, but if more men were castrated the world would be safer. She nodded again and added, don't forget to get your blood tested before you leave. Which I did. Got my results just today and my cholesterol is good, though my triglycerides are a little high. My testosterone was a little high too, 136mg's, but I did rub the cream shortly before I left for the exam and blood test. I think my doctor is curious about my being castrated, I think she'd like to ask more questions. I'm still wondering why she took so long looking at my plumbing. Maybe as a woman she just couldn't believe I was really castrated, who knows.

[Lasander (imported)]

Very curious, thats more interest than any of my doctors.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Of the several doctors I have had only one was female and she had to have a look see, go figure.

River

[SplitDik (imported)]

I think it makes sense for a doctor to examine something like that extra carefully, even if she had seen it two years before. It technically is a wound and various complications can happen. Like she said she thought maybe the bloodflow to your penis was a problem -- it can be because nightly erections are supposed to help keep the oxygen going to the penis flesh, and without those it can be a problem over time despite penile tissue being fairly resilient to low blood flow. It seems like she asked the right kind of questions. Even the question about "how do you feel" is appropriate because a good doctor would be looking out for depression issues (either due to the loss of testosterone, or due to other issues related to the "loss").

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

I would also add that having a castrated patient would be an anomaly for any doctor, so it is understandable that she'd take extra time and be as thorough as possible. Also Testosterone is a controlled substance and she would be remiss not to see you at least periodically and keep prescribing it. Not to mention the DEA could give her grief if she was audited for [prescribing without seeing you.

[kristoff]

Actually castrated patients are not that uncommon - my GP sees about 10-12 he says. What is unusual is a Voluntary eunuch - that's likely got her baffled.

[janekane (imported)]

It can also baffle physicians when someone who understands biology better than they do explains the choice of voluntary castration as preferable to continuing a family tradition of developing terminal cancer prior to cancer diagnosis, thereby avoiding the prior family tradition of waiting until it is terminal cancer when first diagnose so physicians can help a person suffer more and longer.

I have had conversations with physicians of the form, Physician, "How did you know you would develop terminal cancer prior to its diagnosis?" Me, "I didn't, and I chose to never know whether I would already be dead from cancer had I not voluntarily chosen to do everything practicable that I thought might reduce my cancer risk...."

Bayes Theorem applied to cancer risk minimization also tends to baffle many physicians, or so I have noticed.

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

It can also baffle physicians when someone who understands biology better than they do explains the choice of voluntary castration as preferable to continuing a family tradition of developing terminal cancer prior to cancer diagnosis, thereby avoiding the prior family tradition of waiting until it is terminal cancer when first diagnose so physicians can help a person suffer more and longer.

I have had conversations with physicians of the form, Physician, "How did you know you would develop terminal cancer prior to its diagnosis?" Me, "I didn't, and I chose to never know whether I would already be dead from cancer had I not voluntarily chosen to do everything practicable that I thought might reduce my cancer risk...."

Bayes Theorem applied to cancer risk minimization also tends to baffle many physicians, or so I have noticed.

You know, I just realized, despite reading about your reason before, I've heard of a women getting mastectomies in families with a history of breast cancer. While I realize testicles would be in-line with ovaries, breasts are a defining female characteristic. It seems like a double standard, yet at the same time maybe not...cancer prevention seems reasonable enough of a reason though.