Male Exams At Planned Parenthood

Have any males had an exam at a Planned Parenthood?

Im going for an exam soon at planned parenthood and was wondering if they ask you to strip and wear a gown or just pull down your pants during the exam?

Im going for a "Testicular and Prostate Cancer Screening” which is on their site under “Men’s Health Services”. It also says "Testicular and prostate cancer screening will require a genital or rectal exam."

Never had one there so can't answer your questions. I wonder how many men they have take them up on a "testicular and prostate cancer screening"? I understand the importance, and having had them both done I know they aren't as big a deal as they seem to someone who hasn't had them done, but still I can't picture it being a big draw.

I imagine that they use a gown. It seems to be generally accepted medical practice in the US now.

Hmm only seen the testicular part not the prostate on their site.

The exam costs $80. I hope it's a thorough exam.

Def keep us updated if u don't mind..can u choose which Doc? At least the gender of the Doc?

I did request to see a female doctor and they said they'd put it in my notes. So we'll see!

I wonder how many men they have take them up on a "testicular and prostate cancer screening"?

I imagine that they use a gown. It seems to be generally accepted medical practice in the US now.

I would say if they're willing to have an exam at or for planned parenthood, they're gonna go all the way with testicular and prostate screening if offered.

Because planned parenthood strikes me as a progressive kind of organization, I also would imagine they use gowns.

The exam costs $80. I hope it's a thorough exam.

$80 just for a testicular (and maybe) a prostate exam? That's outrageous, especially when you consider that our collective tax dollars are going toward this organization.

I would say if they're willing to have an exam at or for planned parenthood, they're gonna go all the way with testicular and prostate screening if offered.

Ok, I can see it as a part of a larger exam. I think I'm more okay than most people with having people poke around my butt and privates, but me calling up to schedule just a testicular and prostate screen with someone I've probably never met before if there wasn't something going wrong would be a bit uncomfortable.

$80 just for a testicular (and maybe) a prostate exam? That's outrageous, especially when you consider that our collective tax dollars are going toward this organization.

Medical billing in general is crazy, but if you want to compare consider that a simple office call with a doctor usually sets you back $150+ around here (of course insurance can change this, but that's "list"). Planned Parenthood is also a "sliding scale" provider, so some people aren't paying $80. There's a strong case for overhauling the whole deal, but not as strong a case for coming down on one organization for doing the same sort of stuff everyone does.

I think I would be far more comfortable going to my own doctor.

There's a strong case for overhauling the whole deal, but not as strong a case for coming down on one organization for doing the same sort of stuff everyone does.

There's a huge difference between PP and my local doctor's office. PP is a non-profit and receives a ton of public funding (AKA my tax dollars). My local doctor's office doesn't. So yes, I do feel there is a case for pointing out that a non-profit that we're all funding is charging exorbitant prices for services. That's all.

I have had three Planned Parenthood appointments in the last 15 years, two specifically to be checked for STD's and one for STD and a UTI. In all three situations the doctors were female. For the first two I was asked to take everything off from the waist down and given a sheet to cover up. The third and most recent exam the doctor just had me pull down my pants and underpants. No rectal exam at any of the appointments, but I did not go for a prostate issue. The STD check just involved a thin q-tip in the urethra and a cursory exam of my penis. The third also involved giving a urine sample. Very professional, personable doctors. Keep us posted re: your experience.

I never knew that Planned Parenthood even did male exams.

Don't most people in the US have a very charged reaction to any mention at all about just about anything at all to do with Planned Parenthood? I mean, talk about demonization ... even here in Europe we are aware of all the clashing and shouting going on.

If you don't believe everything you read/see about us in the news then we won't believe everything we read/see about you. How's that for a deal?

Certain subgroups are very aware of how to get plenty of media attention.

PP is a non-profit and receives a ton of public funding (AKA my tax dollars)

And spends a lot of this public funding supporting certain political campaigns!

Don't most people in the US have a very charged reaction to any mention at all about just about anything at all to do with Planned Parenthood? I mean, talk about demonization ... even here in Europe we are aware of all the clashing and shouting going on.

Agracier, you are right about that. And, sadly, it's not just planned parenthood either. Pick your topic, it doesn't matter what it is. Even in a Pepsi versus Coke debate, you will have screaming and maybe even physical violence over it. We as a country have become so divided over every stupid little thing, I fear the damage is irreparable. This has been building for years now, and is only getting worse. Every nation has many things they don't agree on, but the rhetoric and even violence over every little thing here is ridiculous. I can't even watch the news anymore without my blood pressure boiling over. But from what I have seen on the news here, we aren't alone with these problems. It is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Hopefully, future generations will be smarter and more civilized than people of today.

Hopefully, future generations will be smarter and more civilized than people of today.

That's a nice hope. But I believe the reality is that civilizations tend to devolve instead of evolve. Once the vast majority of people have a sense of entitlement (e.g. I want this, I need that, no I won't pay for it myself), then that particular civilization has reached the tipping point and there's no turning back. You end up with more people demanding things that they don't earn or produce than the producers. And in no small way, that's what we're seeing throughout the world. People just feel entitled without any real basis for feeling that way (e.g. I'm entitled to free healthcare, I'm entitled to move to this or that country just because I feel like it).

Next step: Soylent Green is people!

There's a bunch about Planned Parenthood that I don't agree with, but there is some that I do. They provide sliding-scale care to people, and in the US we need that now. Medical (insurance+deductible+copays+other stuff) takes up a crazy amount of my pay, to the point where someone on even slightly better than minimum wage COULDN'T afford it - and don't give me some crap about "if they were responsible..."

When I was in school they did the Sex Ed, and while it wasn't exhaustive it gave the basics, and let's face it - kids do need valid information on sexuality, because they will be in a position where they need to make a choice on it.

that particular civilization has reached the tipping point and there's no turning back. You end up with more people demanding things that they don't earn or produce than the producers.

Other more serious tipping points happen to civilizations when the elites/ruling classes insist, against better judgement, on taking more and more, much more than they realistically need, without they themselves really producing anything. Especially in modern times when their income comes from financial speculation or banking.

An example in history is feudalism. Nobles and ecclesiastical elites did not produce anything in the way of goods, products or consumables. The nobles ran a protection racket over serfs and peasants and villagers - pay up or we run roughshod over you and rape your females and burn your houses. The church did something of the same on a psychological level, scaring people into compliance, while they themselves paid no taxes, enjoyed privileges and often hypocritical lifestyles in opposition to what they preached. Feudalism did not work out in the long run.

And btw: there is no 'free' healthcare in the world. Everyone pays into the cost of a healthcare system in Europe, the same as with any other type of collective insurance. It is mandatory to contribute. Healthcare is not free. There are usually modest co-pay mechanisms built into healthcare systems to remind people that it is not free. But: it is not run for profit and hence much cheaper. Healthcare systems are run as government overseen collectives or mutuals with voting input from various interest groups, medical associations, pharmaceutical associations, unions and patient organizations as well as government reps.

It is a huge misconception to talk about free healthcare. Everyone pays into the cost of running it. Hence it is anything but an entitlement.

It is a huge misconception to talk about free healthcare. Everyone pays into the cost of running it. Hence it is anything but an entitlement.

Oh absolutely, I agree with that. But not everyone pays into it. People that work for a living and actually pay something in taxes pay for it. Again, my point is that there are a lot of dead beats in the world today, probably far more than ever before in human history.

Oh absolutely, I agree with that. But not everyone pays into it. People that work for a living and actually pay something in taxes pay for it. Again, my point is that there are a lot of dead beats in the world today, probably far more than ever before in human history.

It's sad but true that we have more deadbeats now more than ever. Only in America do the deadbeats have a much higher proportion of obesity than the working and upper classes! Why bust your hump for minimum wage when you can live at around the same level collecting the government dole? That's why I respect anyone who works for a living, no matter how skilled or menial the job may be. Digging ditches for a living is hard, honest work. The person doing it is earning their living, and they have enough respect for themselves to work instead of being a leach.

I used to live in a low income neighborhood, and I saw the cheating leaches firsthand. Some of them should write a book on how to cheat the system to score all the freebies. And very rarely was anyone ever caught and arrested for it. The people who lived in that neighborhood and worked for a living like me felt like we were being robbed, and essentially we were, through our taxes. While we worked lots of overtime and were taxed even more for it so it could go to the leaches, just so we could afford a vacation or a newer model car, the leaches were kind enough to keep us up at night with their loud music and hooting and hollering. I am so grateful that mine and my wife's hard work finally did pay off, and we were able to move the hell out of there, to a nice, quiet area, with other hard working people, no leaches to be seen anywhere!

Sorry for the rant, I'll get off my soap box now!

Oh absolutely, I agree with that. But not everyone pays into it. People that work for a living and actually pay something in taxes pay for it. Again, my point is that there are a lot of dead beats in the world today, probably far more than ever before in human history.

We have homeless people here too, they are said to be 'administratively deceased' as they have no fixed domicile. And since they have no fixed address or income, they do indeed not pay into national health insurance. However they also have no rights to health care at reimbursed rates either. They have to pay the full monty, which is a hefty sum indeed. Anyway, mostly they don't consult doctors anymore making the discussion about them statistically irrelevant.

Other people in unusual situations, such as being invalided or disabled, or unemployed, still have to pay their contributions to social security. The sums are automatically taken out of their compensation.

Never gone there for an exam. But I used to deliver a gay newspaper to their location here in my town. They keep the doors locked, and you have to be buzzed in. They have cameras all around their building, due to the religious waco's who protest there at times. I went one time when a young couple was in there front waiting room filling out paper work.

The couple was talking and evidently looking at getting more serious, and the girl wanted him checked out. So he was having a full exam done.

I once went during college several years ago because I was afraid I got an STD and wanted to go to a clinic right away (it might have been a weekend). Like @MedFan15, I also was told to strip from the waist down and cover up with a sheet. The NP who came to see me was very angry because she had somehow read my medical questionnaire incorrectly and thought that I never used condoms/protection. But once I clarified that I did (most of the time, anyway), she calmed down and then looked at my genitals for a while, could not detect anything, ordered blood work, and sent me on my way. I got my (negative) results in the mail. I'd be curious how the testicular/prostate exam goes!

@Drcupid7 Spoiler alert: we don't learn how his exam went. The thread, from 7 years ago might be of interest now given funding changes at Planned Parenthood, and new posters might have had experiences there.