Prostate cancer checks...

[Krayy]

Current medical advice is that all men over the age of 40 should have yearly prostate exams. This comprises a trip to your doctor, a rubber glove and, hopefully, some lubricating jelly

Apparently this is the best time, as biologically at age 40, your sense of shame has gone.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10599244

[riffer]

Honestly guys,

is your manhood so threatened you'd have a problem with this?

I'd rather have someone's finger up my arse occasionally for a second or two than face life (or death) never being able to use my dick again for the purpose it was designed for.

[MadDuck]

Pretty sad that such a serious issue is in Jokes and Humour.......

[Clockwork]

Ummmm, I thought I heard on TV last night that there is now a blood test which give far more accurate results than the more personal examination, so all in all the digital test should be pretty much obsolete now shouldn't it?

[Supermac Jr]

This comprises a trip to your doctor, a rubber glove and, hopefully, some lubricating jelly

its when the doc puts his other hand your shoulder that you should be worried...

[Mr Merde]

Got my blood tests all booked for November 3rd. The whole works.

3 days after that I'm booked in to the doctors for the physical exam.

I'm 53 years old that month and havent had a check for 9 years.

The doc told me the blood tests can only give an indication as to any problems and will give a start marker for any future changes.

[ckai]

Honestly guys,

is your manhood so threatened you'd have a problem with this?

I'd rather have someone's finger up my arse occasionally for a second or two than face life (or death) never being able to use my dick again for the purpose it was designed for.

Have you had a check up? Unfortunately I'm at that age where I'm not eligible to have a "poke". BUT from what I've been enlightened with, it ain't 1 or two seconds! They have a good old feel around.

But what amazes me is that they haven't come up with a less "intimate" way of having a check. Chicks have a machine to make a booby sandwich, and we get a finger up the jacksie (just using the comparison of the similar cancers)? Granted it's the best way, at the moment, to do the check, but surely there's someone bright enough that create a machine that can x-ray ya or something.

Shit, then I'd have a check up every 6 months just like 100% of the male population. And that's the truth! Make it no fuss for the patient AND the doc and you no longer have issues with guys not going.

Why do chicks not like having their woman bits checked? Same reason, private parts are just that. Make that less violating as well and you're onto a winner. No one says woman are wimps for not getting checked out.

Of course, I'm not smart enough to invent such machines but I'm sure, with all the smart buggers on here, they should be able to come up with something.

[kerryhare]

Ummmm, I thought I heard on TV last night that there is now a blood test which give far more accurate results than the more personal examination, so all in all the digital test should be pretty much obsolete now shouldn't it?

The blood test is not always accurate and can give false positives and false negatives. Sorry guys the best way is the finger up the rectum. Or a biopsy of the prostate. Also done up through the rectum. They can feel for any bumps lumps and size etc, which cant be done by xray. Just like women going for a pap smear, no better way of doing that either.

[ManDownUnder]

Have you had a check up? Unfortunately I'm at that age where I'm not eligible to have a "poke". BUT from what I've been enlightened with, it ain't 1 or two seconds! They have a good old feel around.

I have, and I can confirm it is indeed not a big deal... and I can also confirm 1 or 2 seconds is EXACTLY what it was.

No one says woman are wimps for not getting checked out.

I beleive the charge would be more of being insecure than a wimp. Guys just need to get some perspective - we're talking life or death, we're talking about an issue that affects a HUGE proportion of men as they head toward old age... and that has a really high cure rate if found early... vs. a non painful procedure that I can understand some find uncomfortable... for 30 seconds

[Clockwork]

The blood test is not always accurate and can give false positives and false negatives. Sorry guys the best way is the finger up the rectum. Or a biopsy of the prostate. Also done up through the rectum. They can feel for any bumps lumps and size etc, which cant be done by xray. Just like women going for a pap smear, no better way of doing that either.

At the risk of quoting a TV Current affairs show as an authoratative source, they definately reported that this blood test gives the best idicator yet of one's true risk profile and will even work before any other symptoms can be found.

[Flatcap]

From personal experience my only advice is to avoid doctors with hands like a lumberjack

[XxKiTtiExX]

Why do chicks not like having their woman bits checked? Same reason, private parts are just that. Make that less violating as well and you're onto a winner. No one says woman are wimps for not getting checked out.

It might be something to do with this.....

http://img1.tradeget.com/sarwar%5CQA...l_speculum.jpg

To be honest I'd rather a quick finger up the jacksie if it means possibly saving my life...

[XxKiTtiExX]

At the risk of quoting a TV Current affairs show as an authoratative source, they definately reported that this blood test gives the best idicator yet of one's true risk profile and will even work before any other symptoms can be found.

They did also report that it throws to many false positives and false negatives.

[Mom]

You should get a base line PSA blood test taken at 40. When you go for regular check ups it will be taken again, but nothing beats the trusty physical examination.

Honestly, I dont understand what the fuss is about getting a finger up your bum for a little while.

Try being a woman! The PAP smear test is not exactly a pleasure to have done, trust me. If you were into the kind of kinky sex where your bits are stretched wide open and peered up, under a bright light, then scrapped with a friggen stick to add an extra bit of spice, you just might enjoy it, but it is not something that is particularly nice or comfortable either physically or mentally but we still go and have it done. For addded measure some of us of a certain age go and get our poor boobs squashed flat as a pancake, while the person responsible for the of the process calmly walks behind a screen and tells you not to move! MOVE!!! You have got to be bloody joking, breathing is enough of a challenge.

Honestly some of you men are pathetic.

No apologies for the content of this post either, just go and get it done any of you that are 40 plus! Then do it as often as you are advised to!

[short-circuit]

Pretty sad that such a serious issue is in Jokes and Humour.......

I don't think so - being all po faced about issues just puts people off.

cheers for the red BTW...just confirms that you need a sense of humour transplant