I posted this a few months ago in a thread about anoscopes. It recalls my first time experiencing the scope…
I just recently enjoyed the experience of receiving an anoscopy exam. It was the first time any object, other than a finger, has been up my butt (not including colonoscopies and surgery when I was unconscious), so it was definitely a new sensation. Here's a picture of the table I was examined on, and the anoscope that was used.
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I must say, it is quite intimidating to be staring at that table, the anoscope, and a big glob of lube while waiting on the doctor to arrive. I've read stories and seen videos of the tilting table sometimes used for these exams. So needless to say, anxiety was definitely through the roof.
The doctor was a male colo rectal surgeon, which is just the current term for proctologist, early 40's. After asking if he could "take a peek" told me to go to the table, lower my pants and underwear to my thighs, lie on my left side, and bend both knees. I was actually a little disappointed I didn't get the experience of bending over the tilting table and the embarrassment that goes along with it. He covered me with a drape, gloved up, and placed a device on his head that held a light on his lower forehead. He spent a long time just looking and touching my anus, all without lube. He was really stretching, poking, and felt like he inserted his finger partially into my anus. That was the worst part of the whole exam, it was a little on the uncomfortable side. He then informed me he was also going to do a “gentle” exam and take a look. I heard him wheel over on his stool to retrieve the lube and scope.
This was my first time to experience a DRE while lying on my left side. My PCP always examines my prostate with me standing, bent over the table. To be honest, I never really feel much when my normal doctor does it. For some reason, I felt every bit of this doctors finger. When he first penetrated me, I thought it was the scope. I originally thought it was odd that he didn't start with his finger, but who am I to complain. I felt every movement his finger made in me. Twisting it, pulling partially out and then reinserting, more pressure here and there. I'm definitely a fan of DRE on my left side! Even though he didn't examine or even touch my prostate, that was way better than what my PCP has ever done in my rectum.
Him pulling out was a… weird feeling. I thought to myself, “that wasn't so bad”. I didn't realize he had just used his finger on me until he said, “almost done”. Suddenly I felt something else knocking at my backdoor. OK, I thought, he needs another look at something. “Deep breath”… And in it went. It wasn't painful, not really even uncomfortable. Not sure I would say it felt good, just a kind of weird, different, fullness. When he pulled out, it kind of felt like I was pooping. I didn't like that feeling.
He was also the first doctor to ever wipe the lube off me. He actually spread my cheeks and really got in there too. It went on forever, he made sure to get all of it. It was actually starting to feel a little uncomfortable. While I appreciated his effort, and vigor, I was a little disappointed. I kind of enjoy walking out of the doctors office with that squishy feeling between my cheeks. I love the gentle reminder of what just happened.