This week for me instead of Fatherhood Friday I am calling mine Fondlehood Friday. The reason I am saying this is because on Wednesday I went for my first full physical since playing football in high school.
Now I am only 35 years old but I am extremely worried about dying young and trying to stay as healthy as I can so I broke down and got a full physical. The worst part of the whole process was the 12 hours I needed to fast before giving blood. I needed to get blood work for a cholesterol test and all of the other stuff they go over. I had to actually go to the medical center 30 minutes away from my house last Saturday to give blood because with me getting up at 2am and the medical center not opening until 8:30am there was no way to fast during the week and this was the only medical center open on Saturday.
Wednesday comes and it is time for my physical. The male doctor comes in and is very high strung and a little off but very nice. We talk for a while about family history and stuff like that then over the results of my blood work. Come to find out I passed with flying colors. My cholesterol was so low that the doctor told me even if I had heart disease which I don’t my cholesterol would still be very good. Hearing that kind of information made me extremely happy because I now know where I stand health wise. Then we moved on the the rest of the physical where he checks my ears, throat and nose and my heart. Then he checks my reflexes and joint movement. I also got the flu shot while I was there.
The fondle part comes in when I told him I thought I had a hernia. He tells me to drop my short which I do and now I am standing there in all my glory. He puts on his gloves (thank God) and begins to touch my boys all over. I must admit I know he is a doctor but it is still very uncomfortable when a grown man is fondling another grow man. Can you believe after all of that he didn’t even ask me to dinner. LOL. Come to find out I have a slight hernia which needs no repair now but might one day if it gets worse.
I feel like a car that went in for its yearly maintenance. I feel better knowing I am healthy and everything is fine. It was a pain to fast and get the blood work done but in the end it was well worth it. So to all of you men out there. If you have never had a full physical with the blood work and all go get one. You are doing yourself as well as your family a huge favor and it will put every ones mind at ease.
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