LPT: If you are a man and going to get a prostate exam, ask your doctor about the four different ways to do it. After my first is was convinced that I would never have sex again.

Local ER Doctor said it was required to run a bunch of tests given my symptoms. I though ok no big deal. The first PA came in and started without saying anything. For those that don't know it is a doctor sticking their finger 4-5 inches into your anus. The PA hit me kinda high on the exam and I was screaming in pain. Thirty seconds later I had blacked out and fell off the table. <br>Other doctors came in and had the PA pull their finger out. They talked about how to do the exam better and tried it the same way. They hit the same area with less force and still hurt like hell. An older doctor walked in and said there are four ways to do this exam. Let me show you them is his first words. The first was the traditional way that I was given. Then the doctor dropped to his knees, put his his fingers in my ass, held an ultrasound to his head and did it without touching anything. The forth was the same thing without the ultrasound. <br><br>So LPT - there are different ways to have a prostate exam. So if you have your first like I did ask for a different doctor. <br>Follow up - thank you everyone for the awards. It is nice to see that almost four hundred people went for gold and that so many people loved this post. <br><br>Local ER Doctor said it was required to run a bunch of tests given my symptoms. I though ok no big deal. The first PA came in and started without saying anything. For those that don't know it is a doctor sticking their finger 4-5 inches into your anus. The PA hit me kinda high on the exam and I was screaming in pain. Thirty seconds later I had blacked out and fell off the table. <br>Other doctors came in and had the PA pull their finger out. They talked about how to do the exam better and tried it the same way. They hit the same area with less force and still hurt like hell. An older doctor walked in and said there are four ways to do this exam. Let me show you them is his first words. The first was the traditional way that I was given. Then the doctor dropped to his knees, put his his fingers in my ass, held an ultrasound to his head and did it without touching anything. The forth was the same thing without the ultrasound.<br><br>So LPT - there are different ways to have a prostate exam. So if you have your first like I did ask for a different doctor. <br><br>[Edit] - I have no clue how this went to RemoteException on r/All. <br>Strange edit - I seem to be getting a bunch of requests for Clarification. This is a prostate exam. It is where a doctor or PA puts their finger into a male's ass to look for additional issues. There are two ways they do it. The first is the finger is pushed to a 10-15 degree angle. The second is the finger is held level. I could not find this online. But I felt it was important to talk about. Also, please don't be rude you don't have to read the thread if you don't want to.<br><br>Ok for the 1000th time. The finger goes into the butt.