First prostate exam

It wasn’t the first rectal exam that I remember and I can’t swear that it was my first prostate exam; however, the first prostate exam happened when I was around 14 or so. I don’t remember the exact age, but I was a freshman or sophomore in high school.

My mom took me to the ER because I had some blood in my urine and it was after hours. After vitals and giving a urine sample, a resident examined me. She did the normal things including an abdominal exam and then made me take off my underwear to do a genital exam. (Which was embarrassing since it was in front of my mother.)

Then she told me that she was going to do a rectal exam to check my prostate and that I should roll over. I assumed it would be like getting a rectal temperature and rolled on to my stomach, but she had me roll on my side instead. She inserted her finger and pushed on my prostate for a few seconds and that was it.

I never got a definitive diagnosis, but they assumed it was a stone since I did not have an infection.

Strangely enough, when I followed up with the urologist a few days later, he did a prostate exam with me laying prone.