March 23, 2006

• Ah, this should be fun.
• proctologist please stand before me and don't close that goddamn door!
• If you get a colonoscopy, they'll give you a printed color pic of the inside of yr butt...I know, cause we have one of mr. medusa!!!!!!
• In ancient rome, they did it for the asses.
• some people want to boldy go where no one has gone before?
• This question warrants deeper analysis.
• I can't wait to see how this thread comes out.
• -insert bodily function jokes here- -insert sexual innuendo here- Someone had do do it.
• A proctologist pulls out a thermometer from his shirt pocket. He looks at it and says, "Shit, some asshole has my pen."
• I assume it's handed out on Match Day.
• I asked once a young woman about her chosen profession; she was a dentist. 'Why? Well, I liked medicine, but always was fascinated with teeth from a young age. Disgusting? well, the whole human body is organic, messy. Why did you choose your kind of job? And the money's good.'
• I had a med student explain his choice of proctology to me--he thought the diseases of the bowel were interesting, there was a demand for specialists in the field, and he wasn't grossed out by it at all. This wasn't in the U.S., so there was no match day.
• Pftttttt....Coffee all over my screen!!That ougt to teach me not to drink coffee and read MF at the same time. "Some asshole has my pen" indeed! Thank you so much Argh...the laugh of the day
• A man goes to a proctologist for his very first rectal exam. The doc tells him to wait in the examination room. Once inside, the man notices three items on the desk: a tube of K-Y Jelly, a rubber glove, and a beer. When the doctor comes in, the man says, “Look, Doc, this is my first exam. I know what the K-Y is for, and I know what the glove is for … but what’s the beer doing there?” The doctor looks at the beer and turns red with anger. “Nurse,” he screams. “I said a butt light!” Thanks, I'll be here through Sunday...
• some people just like butts
• To actually attempt to answer this question, I'd guess two possible causes: 1)Someone was profoundly affected (or had a friend/family member who was) by some disease of the bowel and so decided such a field would be the logical choice, or 2)What Flagpole and patita said. It's all teh grossness, doctors don't really care, and if it's a field where doctors are needed, doctors will go there. Besides, a lot of GPs do prostate exams.
• Proctologist: A doctor who puts in a hard day at the orifice.
• Rectum? Damn near killed 'em.
• A semi-reliable answer... I know someone who's a urologist, which is not that much different of an experience, and this subject has come up. Some of his responses are likely equally applicable to proctology. 1) Demand. They aren't too many guys eager to spend all their time handling other men's privates, yet almost every guy has prostate problems eventually, and many many people have kidney or bladder problems eventually. You don't have to love the work, you just have to not be bothered by it. 2) Work Load vs Stimulation. Urology is a specialty requiring skill and advanced training, including surgical, so the intellectual challenge is ongoing. Yet the field is narrow enough to make keeping up with developments not overly daunting. The surgical workload is similarly stimulating, while being not too physically draining. As compared to orthopedic surgery, for example, which is often hard work. 3) Pay and reward. Because demand is high and advanced skill is required, urological specialist pay is apparently pretty decent comparatively. The doctor also gets the satisfaction of helping many of his patients recover almost completely from very uncomfortable conditions.
• On public health note... If you have problems with your private parts, swallow your embarassment and see your doctor. My friend's worst stories almost always involve people who ignored a little problem for months or years, until the only solution left for the doctor was chopping parts off.
• Oh, my God, yes. Speaking as a proud patient of a local urologist, if your manberries be achin', let the good gentleman in the white coat fist you. Afterward he'll give you pills that make you feel better. /dead serious
• Anyone who works these areas of medicine must be strange. I say this because there is one fella in Boise that has a license that reads PROCDOC, and another with a plate on his BMW that reads BUMMER. And they're both short and bald. Cowinkydinks? I think NOT.
• Re chopping of parts: allow me to chip in with a very forceful suggestion that all female monkeys get yearly pap tests, or else! There's not much scarier than getting an irregular one, and it's important to catch the irregular ones in timely fashion. That is all.
• By all means yes, go to the man(or woman)parts doc if you have problems. My dad was having problems a couple of years ago and thought it was run-of-the-mill prostate issues. When my mom finally convinced him to go get checked out, they found a congenital defect in his urethra that was worsening with age. When they went in to fix that, they found that he had bladder cancer. Had he not gone in they would not have found it because it was symptomless (the symptoms were from the unrelated congenital problem), but since they caught it early he had (a really lot of) surgery and is now doing pretty darn well. /public service announcement
• Not to mention that there is a surreal, otherworldly level of humor that you've never reached until you've tried light chit-chat with a man who's doing the "come hither" motion with his index finger inside your asshole. I mean, it's comedy gold.
• Why does a doctor decide to specialize in proctology? Hey, don't ass me, man.
• Soapbox: Mom's currently in the hospital with colon cancer. Get your colonscopies!
• Next exam, I will be loudly cursing your name, MCT... *ouch* : )
• I'm just kinda thinkin that this is the ultimate middle finger you know - when someone in the traffic truly p''s u off and u have to display it then hell - u know exactly where it has been and how much it means!
• Working where the sun don't shine.
• What is the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer? The taste.
• Is it safe to say that somebody had a bad proctology experience? Why the demeaning of these docs?
• These guys get paid to put their finger up mens arses; whats not to demean?
• Police in Washington state were amazed to discover the amount of contraband one prisoner was able to smuggle into a jail by hiding it up his rectum.
• They were impressed by the tobacco? I was astonished that anyone would put no less than eight tattoo needles where the sun don't shine.