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I didn't say it was, if you bother to read.
I am quite educated on the subject, as my husband gave many a lecture on prostate issues. I am his proofreader
Women get pap smears, which also involve taking tissue from an area. And we all get that done annually. A few men getting one IS a walk in the park.
Did you read the article?
What I am objecting to is your statement, in your earlier post that I quoted that said "A prostate exam is a walk in the park". Unless you've had one, I'd say you still don't know what you're talking about.
After approximately 50 pap smears myself, where they gently scrape a wooden spatula across your cervix to collect a few cells, I'd say that's not the same as sticking a scope up your butt, while poking up to 25 needles through the skin of the perineum and then into the prostate to take samples. I've also never read of a pap smear requiring general anesthesia as my DH's prostate biopsy did, or having anywhere near the same kind of side effects afterwards. I saw what DH went through and it left him with pain, swelling, blood in the urine for several days, and temporary ED. Hardly a "Walk in the park".
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Oh, please, how about annual pap smears, and annual pelvic exams? A prostate biopsy is a walk in the park...
Then there are mammograms... and childbirth.
And the other poster is correct... the doctors have seen hundreds of private parts and there is no need for shame.
People suck it up and get it done!
At least you don't have to study for your exams now....
Men never know about labor and delivering a baby vaginally -- pain, shame or modesty.
Yet, most women do not complain.
What I am objecting to is your statement, in your earlier post that I quoted that said "A prostate exam is a walk in the park".
Nope... you are wrong.
I said:
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Oh, please, how about annual pap smears, and annual pelvic exams? A prostate biopsy is a walk in the park...
Then there are mammograms... and childbirth.
And that was in reference to the OP stating how he feels violated and ashamed.
I was merely telling him that women go through similar procedures on a routine basis.
And as someone who has had multiple uterine, thyroid, and other biopsies, one prostate biopsy IS a walk in the park to me.
Of course I try to take it with humor. Putting humor on our dramas makes them more bearable. Sure, getting a colonoscopy is stressful and embarrassing. A beautiful young nurse was in charge of applying that... behind me. I know that at my age this will be the only way for a girl like that to do something about my private parts, but anyway I prefer to pass.Thanks
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Originally Posted by TheShadow
A prostate exam (finger in the rectum) is not a biopsy. That is a routine screening exam. A biopsy is only performed when there is a sustained high PSA result indicating some likely stage of prostate cancer. Read here about it.
Thanks for the link. I read it all and it's very instructive. I, as your husband, had to go through that. They didn't put me under anesthesia. I felt each and every cut for the sample as a tear inside. And afterwards I suffered the consequences you describe for your husband. I wouldn't wish it even to my worst enemy. Horrible.
Of course I try to take it with humor. Putting humor on our dramas makes them more bearable. Sure, getting a colonoscopy is stressful and embarrassing. A beautiful young nurse was in charge of applying that... behind me. I know that at my age this will be the only way for a girl like that to do something about my private parts, but anyway I prefer to pass.Thanks
Thanks for the link. I read it all and it's very instructive. I, as your husband, had to go through that. They didn't put me under anesthesia. I felt each and every cut for the sample as a tear inside. And afterwards I suffered the consequences you describe for your husband. I wouldn't wish it even to my worst enemy. Horrible.
Just a "walk in the park". :^(
I hope your biopsy results and treatment were successful. Best to you!
I hope God preserves your health, you never have a sustainably high PSA and you don't have to have a prostate biopsy. Because in that case I think you'd change your mind.
We all gotta go at some point.
My dad died at 82 of COPD because of his 2 cigar/day habit. Without the cigars he probably would've lived to 90 and died of alzheimers instead.
Of course I try to take it with humor. Putting humor on our dramas makes them more bearable. Sure, getting a colonoscopy is stressful and embarrassing. A beautiful young nurse was in charge of applying that... behind me. I know that at my age this will be the only way for a girl like that to do something about my private parts, but anyway I prefer to pass.Thanks
Thanks for the link. I read it all and it's very instructive. I, as your husband, had to go through that. They didn't put me under anesthesia. I felt each and every cut for the sample as a tear inside. And afterwards I suffered the consequences you describe for your husband. I wouldn't wish it even to my worst enemy. Horrible.
I did a double take. "I, as your husband" means a relationship. "I, as your husband did" is a comparative.
I can't imagine that anesthesia wasn't used. You might want to find a different healthcare provider.
As a side comment, comparisons between the pain males and females have to go through is not helpful, off-topic, and painful in itself. Most of us get to feel pain in our lifetimes. Some of it is worse than others. No badges of honor are handed out for having experienced the most pain.
Oh yeah, I forgot. If you are offered a "virtual" colonoscopy - pass on it. Turning your colon into a party balloon and putting a cork in it for portraits is more painful than Mr. Snake, and if polyps are found, Mr. Snake has to visit anyway.
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