Next exam at age 27

So, every 5 years I have to renew my FAA medical license. I was now 27, and living in a different city. I found a doctor on the list and made an appointment.

I showed up dressed in navy chinos, a button down shirt and tee shirt, and blue boxer briefs. After the typical long vision check and preliminaries with the nurse, I was sent to the restroom to provide a urine sample and then back into the exam room to wait for the doctor. I wasn't told to remove any clothing.

He entered and sat down at the small desk as I sat on the table. We exchanged small talk for several minutes and he reviewed my file. He was a white man, early 60s, dressed in casual-professional clothes.

The exam started, again with me fully clothed. I quickly noticed how fast the exam was progressing, and how it seemed like this would only be a cursory exam and not as detailed as my last one. He listened to my breath sounds through my shirt, and I was never asked to removed any clothing. He had me lie back, and again listened to my heart. He remarked that my heart rate seemed to be pretty fast (i was nervous about what might be about to happen, and I could feel my heart beating out of my chest). He moved on to do a cursory abdominal palpation for just a few seconds and then I was asked to sit back up.

He sat down at his desk and again started talking about my elevated heart rate. At this point, then entire exam had taken all of maybe a couple minutes, and I had still remained fully clothed. I started figuring that the exam was over and I wouldn't need to expose myself given how brief everything had been.

Then, he changed topics, reached over for some gloves, and said, “Okay, let's do a quick hernia exam. Stand up and drop your pants for me.”

I swallowed hard, knowing that I was about to expose myself to this older man and worrying I would get an awkward erection. I stood up on the platform at the end of the bed (like what Dr Dean always has patients do), and started to undo my pants. The doctor saw this, and told me he wanted me to stand down on the floor. I stepped down, finished undoing my pants, lowered them to mid thigh and held up my shirt with my left hand. I looked down as he rolled up in front of me, inserted his index finger into my right inguinal canal and told me to cough. I did, then looked down to see my exposed penis start to show the first signs of a erection. It still very much looked soft, but was starting to fill out and I could feel it moving up. He repeated the exam on me left side, and then told me I could pull my pants up. I got my pants up and sat back on the table, now with a full erection hidden by the fabric as he started concluding the encounter.

Overall, it was a very fast exam. That gave me a false sense of security early on that a genital portion wouldnt be included. Even the hernia exam was very very quick. But still, interesting that he didn't even see my chest but still saw my penis.

A couple years later, my good friend Matt was getting into flying and went to the same doctor for his medical. Matt told me that he trimmed his pubes and shaved his balls that morning, so he was “all clean when the doctor saw me.” Matt is my age, very fit, tall/dark/handsome type. I've never seen him naked. Funny to think that this older doctor has seen, touched, and examined both of our genitals and yet I don't even know what Matt's penis looks like.

When I got home from that exam, I took a picture recreating what it looked like as I stood there ready for the exam. It can be found here: https://en.zity.biz/gallery/image/129980