What is your biggest fear when going for a real exam?

Most of us love the exam experience or we wouldn't probably have a med fetish in the first place. However, no matter how much we like the exam experience, what fear, if any, is at the back of your mind when waiting for your exam. I know I always worry if the doctor will find something wrong and would that mean surgery for me and a long recovery period.

I find it running through the back of my mind during my annual physical: Am I going to get some bad news today? It seems rather foolish. I have had yearly physicals most of my life and walked away with a clean bill of health every year. I do my best to minimize my risks as I still run 6 miles per day 5 days per week and I am semi careful regarding what I eat which in turn keeps my stress level down. Still when I sit in the exam room in my boxer briefs waiting for the doctor to arrive the worry factor does start to get to me.

In my youth, it was fear of getting an injection. It wasn't the shot I feared so much as where I would get it because I deemed injections in the bottom humiliating, especially when I had to bend over the receptionist's lap for them.

Mine is definitely the doctor finding something seriously wrong that they can't treat .

Used to be about having an erection during the exam, the doc would just be getting started and I would feel myself growing, by the time he got to the actual genital exam I was hard as a rock. Came to realize this probably happens to a lot of guys so he's seen plenty of erections.

I just hated bending over the exam table and having that fat long finger slide in deep. It hurt when first inserted but after a few seconds it felt really great

DR BOB

My fears are similar to what others have already posted. When I was younger, it was fear of getting an erection, or getting a shot. I remember sometimes it was also the fear of being seen either undressed or just in my underwear by the nurse. For some reason being seen by the doctor wasn't that big of a deal. Now days, it's the fear of my doctor finding something seriously wrong. Or the fear of my dermatologist finding yet another mole that she wants to cut off! Now it's also the fear that my doctor or their nurse will discover that I really like it each time when I see them 😃

Anything to do with needles, you can do almost anything else to me , but i really hate needles, if you need my blood i have a pocket knife, it will bother me less to have a cut than get stuck with a needle, weird i know, but that's the way it is and i would guess it will never change.

As a child, it was needles, but the Navy cleared that one. Currently, no fear. Earlier this year, as a two-year side of a prescribed drug for high blood pressure, symptoms developed that led to a series of tests. An anomaly was noted and I got called in to see a young doc, who told me I had liver cancer and to waste no time getting my affairs in order. With a smile, I thanked him for being candid. Following an immediate, more detailed CT scan, I received a phone call from my doc the following week and was told there was no liver cancer.

Mine was the whole idea of getting naked in front of the doctor. even as a kid I was very shy. doctors rarely cared of a child's modesty and humility so the total check up without pants was a horror for me.

the way my baby genital were checked and anal examination was very gentle but the idea of getting my seen by a doctor was not a good thing for me..

When I was told at 40 that I was getting my first prostate exam, I was so scared I was going to ejaculate. My doctor knew it was the first time and she explained everything and then gently put her finger into my rectum. She told me it was rare for men to ejaculate just from mild stimulation of the prostate, but that prolonged massaging would bring about ejaculation. I always have the sensation of wanting to urinate, but have never ejaculated during a prostate exam.

My biggest worry is that the doctor will not be thorough enough. I actually had my annual physical today, and the PA was going to skip checking for testicular and prostate cancer.

I'm always worried they are going to find something seriously wrong with me. I'm pretty healthy, but I always worry they will find something out of the blue. I also worry about getting a hardon when having to sit on an exam table too long.

Receiving a diagnosis such as ALS or something similar such as a type of cancer with a very high mortality rate. While that would be horrible to have a diagnosis like this, I have more concern for the family and friends of the person who receives such a diagnosis. How they cope etc etc etc. I believe that also becomes a great concern and worry for the one with this type of diagnosis.

Just my humble personal opinion.

I actually had my annual physical today, and the PA was going to skip checking for testicular and prostate cancer.

Did you convince them that you needed/wanted that checked? Did they end up doing it?

For me personally its the worry of a high BP or diabetes, runs in the family so gotta keep an eye on it! Oh or skipping the genital or rectal exam 😉

My biggest fear would be getting an erection when it came to examining all places south!

Pretty much them finding something wrong with me... i wish i would go to a exam and the dr tell me i need to bend of the table and get a rectal exam.. i cant wait till im old enuff to have that done

What a great question! My biggest fear is like what others have mentioned, mainly the fear of finding something serious. So far, my health has been perfect and my blood pressure is excellent. But, I know someday it will change with more advanced age.

Lady Teddy, who likes to enjoy everday, but we never know when it will end 😃

My biggest fear is pretty much the same. I had a heart issue 20 years ago. I fear the will find a new heart problem. Last time, I almost died. I fear that Is going to happen.

I've always had the fear of getting an erection during the physical, although it's less now than it used to be, but still, the idea is embarrassing. Masturbating before going to the appointment, if possible, helps.

I am afraid of pain and I don't want to be told I need an injection or need to have my blood drawn.

Besides something seriously wrong, getting an erection

Biggest fear is the doctor finding something seriously wrong with me.

Other than that in the days I had group exams or as an easily embarrassed teenager/young man it was the fear of getting an erection. These days I've learned to live with that happenig and so long as it is just me and the doctor I'm not bothered. I would however be very embarrassed if I ejaculated during an exam. I've come close during prostate check but always try to masterbate before the exam to reduce the chances of spurting uncontrollably.

Another fear is large and painful needles especially if they have to be jabbed in an ass cheek. That fear dates back to GG shots at school.

The doctor finding anything that can't be cured or is difficult to cure, I guess.

I definitely don't look forward to any embarrassing procedures, but they aren't really a fear.

Going for a full exam and getting a cursory check up

For me, there are 2 main fears -

First is that the doctor will find something bad. With increasing age, those chances also increase.

Second is doctor incompetence, either due to simple idiocy or having their hands tied by insurance company interference.

Jds4med,

You have eloquently explained it very well. I AGREE!

Karma for you.

Andie

Painful shots in the ass are also one of my fears which goes back to similar shots we used to get from the school doctor.

For JDS, pre cum, which was my response to being stripped to underwear and examined, being interpreted as an std requiring a nurse coming in to help with obtaining a sample for a slide.