Undressing for rectal or prostate exams

Do DREs for prostate health still happen? Or is it all blood tests now? Im in my early 30s so I do wonder if ill ever get a DRE with the way tech is going. I hardly get touched furing my physical for example.

@Desperatepatient my last DRE from a PCP was in 2008 at age 50. She died so in 2015 I saw a new PCP and she came right out and told me she usually only examined females and sent me to a urologist. He did my last DRE. They also always ordered PSA tests as does my current PCP with no DRE. What is odd is medicare does not cover the PSA, but I'm never billed for it. My brother is 10 years older and has had chemo for prostate cancer and recently an ablation. He did inform me that he was genetically tested for prostate cancer and it was negative. Good news for me.

The only DRE I had was with pants and underwear to my knees, on the side. I wasn’t prepared for this and it was quite a surprise. But I had treatments for coccyx and pelvic pain for many months last year and it was nothing under the waist, on my back, legs spread with about nearly nothing to cover my private parts.

My previous PCP gave a DRE at every physical, but he has retired (and I had to switch provider networks). I'm pretty sure the computer that runs Kaiser doesn't recommend any sort of examination. My new doctor hasn't even had me take off my shirt, and he's the most 'old school' in the building as far as I can tell.

I don't want to ask for one because a) that's probably a red flag and b) the whole point is that I don't have a choice in the matter.

I've only had a total of 5 rectal exams that I can remember. Three from a PCP during annual exams, and 2 from a colo-rectal surgeon, one before a surgery, and one after at the follow-up. Both doctors were male, I've yet to receive a DRE from a female doctor. My PCP just had me drop my pants for the genital exam, then after, I waddled over and rested my forearms on the table while I bent over it. The rectal doc had me lie on the table on my back, he covered me with a paper drape while I lowered my pants to my knees, roll onto my left side, and bring my knees up to my chest.

Just had to lower my pants and lay on my side