Examination | Sports physical exam form inc…

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I think physical exam forms should be private. when i was 13 I had to get a sports physical at school for wrestling. I was uncircimcised, and the doctor wrote, 'uncircumcised genitalia, foreskin retracted w no phimosis, tanner stage 3' on the comments section next to the genitalia section.

the sports physical took place during normal school hours, and i was given a hall pass to go to the nurse's office. After the exam was complete, she handed me the form back, and told me to drop them off at the admin office before next week.

I dropped off the form during lunch hour at the admin office, and there was a female student assistant there who was in a senior class, and she was helping with paperwork and minor admin stuff for extra credit since she was ahead of the class for taking some placement exams.

she asked me if i need help, and i told her that i'm just here to drop off the form, and she said that she'll take it and file it with the rest. she took it, and flipped through it, making sure that it was signed, and she said, ok, we'll file it.

I was more than surprised when couple of days later when I was taking books out of the locker for next class, two girls came up to me and asked me if i really had an uncircumcised penis. i was dumbfounded, and ignored the question and walked away, but then i figured that the only person who could have seen the form was the assistant at the office. Then i remembered that the two girls sometimes hung out with the girl from the admin office. the girl obviously looked through the exam form and found out that i was uncut, and told her friends about it. The girls asked me the same question four different times on different days, and i finally said, 'no i don't', but then their reply was 'you are lying'

i told my counselor about the incident and told her that the assistant was looking through the exam form which is supposed to be private, and she said that she will talk to her. Apparently she talked to the student assistant, and she denied it, and after that the issue sort of went away, and there were no more questions from the girls.

Now looking back i would have wondered if it was reversed with a guy looking at a girl's examination form and babbling to other guys about the girl's development and whatnot. i think that would have been dealt with more seriously.

bobsie

@bobsie HIPAA is US LAW. Adpet is from Japan. How on earth would a US law apply in Japan? It doesn't!

From Japan but living in the USA at the time . As I understand post 6.

But the information and advice stands for all living in the U.S.

agracier

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I am Christian and thus was circumcised within a few days of birth by my actual pediatrician.!

Why the 'thus'? Being Christian does not imply undergoing mandatory circumcision. In fact, since Christianity became a more or less established religion in Antiquity, circumcision has been expressly proscribed, that is virtually prohibited by Church fathers and doctrine. This the better to distinguish themselves from (circumcising) Jews and later from the 7th/8th century onwards from Muslims. Only with the many break-away Protestant denominations being established (in the US) was this relaxed and ignored, and then only early to mid 19th century.

So, just saying that Christianity and circumcision do not go together historically, and that for some 1600-1700 years on end.

agracier

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On the form that the doctor filled out after he examined me, he marked the "Uncircumcised" checkbox and wrote "Redundant prepuce" next to it..

I seriously believe that all American doctors believe a foreskin to be redundant. I bet they never ever write 'essential foreskin' or how about 'natural/normal foreskin'? ...

These are some of those little instances in which use of particular words and phrases betrays a person's mindset and thinking.

uncutforeskin

I was required to have a physical exam for PE class when I was in the 10th grade. I was 15 y/o and aware that my fellow classmates were mostly (if not all) circumcised. I was fearful that the doctor would recommend that my foreskin be circumcised. Before proceeding to the doctor's office I retracted my foreskin and stuck my penis back in my pants. When the doctor asked me to "drop your drawers", I eagerly complied to show the doctor my normal "circumcised" penis. At that moment my foreskin decided to slide forward covering my glans. I was embarrassed. The doctor proceeded to have me cough twice, felt my testicles, retracted my foreskin, and squeezed the tip of my glans to look into my pee hole. He filled out the form, placed it in an envelop and sealed it, then gave it to me to return to the school. All very confidential. I would have been interested to see what his comments were with regards to my foreskin.