First visit with new provider

After being with my last medical practice for over 10 years I decided to switch providers. The practice I had been going to was very large and the visits seemed to be getting shorter and shorter, mostly just bloodwork and a very quick cursory exam. I only received a prostate exam and check of my testicles by requesting it. No other clothing was removed, no skin check, no reflex check, no range of motion. It was nothing like this when I first went to this practice. Maybe this is just how medicine is practiced now. This isn’t even a fetish thing, I feel like it’s a waste of my time for this to be an annual physical. I guess I will find out later today when I go to my new provider, the new provider is a DO instead of an MD, not sure if that will make a difference.

I moved providers when I first moved to the city I live in. My first provider would have me in my underwear and a gown on top. I went to one annual exam with this provider and it was fine. Very basic, didn’t really do a comprehensive exam. Just checked my testicles at the end, but no rectal or anal pap at the end which I need because I am an active gay man.

I switched to a new provider the following year and it was remotely different. I stripped to just my underwear (I was wearing a jockstrap), no gown. Very comprehensive exam, a lot of questions, a lot of poking and touching. Got a thorough testicle check and an anal pap at the end.

I think sometimes moving providers is the correct decision. I’ve been with this provider for now 4 years. Every exam is the same as the first and I’m very comfortable with him

My new PCP is a DO and she did a fully nude exam, so maybe DOs are just better. The concept seems better, focusing on the whole instead of part by part, symptom by symptom.