As observant readers of this blog know, I've been having troubles sleeping well as of late. Mostly the problem has been, if I go to bed before 12, I need to go pee at 12 which is fine because that's how my body regulates liquids whatever. But then I have to go to the restroom again at four or five in the morning to urinate no matter how early I quit drinking any matter of liquid whatsoever. This has caused me great suffering and annoyance, and has forced me to take up the habit of smoking what is colloquially called the devil's lettuce in the recent days. I don't particularly enjoy the sensation of being high anymore, it gives me mild anxiety turns me into a talkative mess and more importantly, I feel groggy and lazy for the several following days. Bad times altogether.
In either case, I got some medication to fix my sleep cycle, and was talking to roommates BB and PK about the conundrum. That I need to get up early in the morning to piss no matter what and I have a great amount of trouble going back to sleep because it's just one of those times. To which BB brought up the possibility that my prostate may be enlarged.
I quickly brought up the webmd our trusty old doctor, and it seems I've got all the symptoms! I've got to use the bathroom way more often, and other things.
The fear is, there's only one 'good' way to get one's prostate checked for enlargement. And that's going to the doctor, who'll put on a globe and lots of lubricants and penetrate one's rectum and anal cavity and get a good feel around for the situation of prostate to figure out if it's of normal size or has been...enlarged. The medications, or whatever invasive surgical procedures that may be required, are apparently quite simple and safe, don't warrant any kind of concern whatsoever.
Roommate BB was quite comfortable with the fact, but I don't know...being probed down there, even if it's a doctor and for strictly medical case, seems a bit too...excessive. They should really develop less invasive procedures to have these things figured out.
In any case, we got talking about being uncomfortable with our private parts being deeply probed, and BB mentioned if we'd ever been screened for testicular cancer. We haven't been. He says you can look up how to self-screen for it and then go to the doctor, but you cannot self-screen for enlarged prostate.
What a BUMmer.
I figured there'd be videos out there, you know instructional guides that kind of material teaching men about exploring their bodies and providing self-diagnosis for the most...probing health issues, but that seems to not be the case. It appears it's a specialist task, and they highly recommend you go see your GP and have them to it for you.
I dunno, I dunno, I mean yeah I'd rather not die and be probed down there but why's this bullshit choice even a thing, can't medical science come up with better options? Or maybe they all enjoy the act of bum-poking, hmmm.
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