An uncomfortable conversation. Don't suffer in silence! Embarrassing!

[RSKY]

Men CAN get something similar to a yeast infection.

I have had a series of ear and sinus infections for the past two years. The "cure" for this seems to be a steroid shot and some strong antibiotics.

There are side effects!! And it is painful!!! The worst this year was six long sores looking like somebody had taken a box cutter to a part of the male anatomy. Did I mention that it was painful?

And it happens when you take a strong antibiotic. I had some cream to put on it that a doctor gave me nearly twenty years ago. This year it seemed to stop working and I had to suffer badly while on the antibiotics for the ear infections. So we were scheduled to go to a dermatologist checkup. Only problem is that the clinic is entirely female. And I was not about to discuss this problem with them. So I took a picture of the container the cream was in and when the checkup was ending I asked the Nurse Practitioner to write a prescription for more. That led to a series of questions and a command of "let us see the problem"! I replied that was not going to happen. And that the problem had gone away a week or so after the medicine was finished. But I needed the refill for the next time. They actually laughed and said that next to routine checkups THIS WAS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM MEN CAME TO THEM FOR. They said they had about one man a day come in with the problem and that the previous month they had three in one day. So after answering a series of questions, "yes, I still have a foreskin" and "no, there doesn't seem to be any scarring" she wrote me a prescription for some tubes of cream.

Makes me wonder about the scarring question and how they remove the scars...... I've had moles frozen off and...... Don't want to think about that.

I am glad this forum keeps you anonymous.

RSKY

 

[groundcover]

Finally a thread we don’t want pictures for !

 

[tacticalturnip]

I've got two skin conditions, one suffered primarily by elderly women, and the other suffered primarily by black women.

As a 38 year old white man, I am actually a strong, elderly, independent black woman who doesn't need no man.

I learned all this because I made myself go to the doctor for some embarrassing stuff. It's no fun, but these conditions would have gotten progressively worse.

 

[oosik]

My doctor is a very nice, young woman. For forty years it was two male doctors. Now a most kind and knowledgeable woman.

However - I DO understand the situation. Talking to a new doctor can be uncomfortable. Especially if it is some form of male plumbing problem.

I have developed a case of incontinence. I've found that my silence is not solving this situation. Once you "break the ice" - it's not all that bad.

This is not life threatening but it can be really tough getting any sleep at night.

 

[BackRoad]

That was handled delicately Mr. RSKY!

For anyone with urination or flow problems or even a "wake up to pee every night" routine - get your prostate checked! Your future self will Thank you.

Don't let "being bashful and modest" get you killed. Leave your timid self outside the door of the exam room.

And a butt of advice for anyone listening...a prostate exam is much easier with a woman practitioner...or so I have been told

 

[scootr]

2 home remedies that worked.
I had the all usual enlarged prostrate problems. My friend had some laser surgery for the same...Lots of pain and complications. Yuk.
At 70 yrs I finally started taking a Saw Palmetto supplement that over time has worked. Been a year on this this and I can sleep through the night and pee a strong solid stream again. Getting old has it's challenges.
I had a common toenail fungus. Doctors prescribed a medication that required monthly liver checks... then cancelled the medication for health reasons befor the infection cleared up. Result was it came back and new doctor told me to live with it ???
I started packing my toenails with triple antibiotic paste like wheel bearings Am and PM... you old timers know the method. After a month of that and a little digging cleaning and repeat the Chit died off. Simple and harmless. Freaking Doctors....

 

[bdhsfz6]

Finally a thread we don’t want pictures for !

I posted a picture of my hemorrhoids but it was deleted.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Scootr, tell me more. I could use some help in that area as well. How much time before you had good results ? How big a dose did you take, and what is the best time of day to take it ? Also, where do you get the best deal on it ?

 

[MossRoad]

Men CAN get something similar to a yeast infection.

I have had a series of ear and sinus infections for the past two years. The "cure" for this seems to be a steroid shot and some strong antibiotics.

There are side effects!! And it is painful!!! The worst this year was six long sores looking like somebody had taken a box cutter to a part of the male anatomy. Did I mention that it was painful?

And it happens when you take a strong antibiotic. I had some cream to put on it that a doctor gave me nearly twenty years ago. This year it seemed to stop working and I had to suffer badly while on the antibiotics for the ear infections. So we were scheduled to go to a dermatologist checkup. Only problem is that the clinic is entirely female. And I was not about to discuss this problem with them. So I took a picture of the container the cream was in and when the checkup was ending I asked the Nurse Practitioner to write a prescription for more. That led to a series of questions and a command of "let us see the problem"! I replied that was not going to happen. And that the problem had gone away a week or so after the medicine was finished. But I needed the refill for the next time. They actually laughed and said that next to routine checkups THIS WAS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM MEN CAME TO THEM FOR. They said they had about one man a day come in with the problem and that the previous month they had three in one day. So after answering a series of questions, "yes, I still have a foreskin" and "no, there doesn't seem to be any scarring" she wrote me a prescription for some tubes of cream.

Makes me wonder about the scarring question and how they remove the scars...... I've had moles frozen off and...... Don't want to think about that.

I am glad this forum keeps you anonymous.

RSKY

When I was a kid, our family Dr would take off every other year and to missionary work. So every other year we'd get a different Dr.

I needed a physical for sports in grade school. We go to the Dr. office. I'm sitting in the room, the door opens, and, well.....

just imagine if Julie Childs walked in and in an English accent told you to "Drop your drawers!"



I've been to a few female Dr's since. I just think of my body as a machine and she's the mechanic. You just gotta disassociate for a bit.

 

[1 Old Man]

What might help others reading this thread? Name the actual cream, triple anti biotic, medicine or
"cure" that helped with the issue described or discussed.
I'll start. Several years ago I went to a podiatrist for a ingrown toe nail. He fixed the toe nail, but, said
I had a form of athletes foot between my toes. Prescribed a gel/cream. It worked.
During some summers I can get what I call crotch rot from sweating, heat, material and skin friction etc
I tried everything to stop the insane itching but nothing worked. From Zinc oxide, Bisatracin, Desitine to Lotrimin.... nothing seemed to work. Finally tried the foot gel/cream, and it stopped the itch. Once
the 100+ temps start to ease off the rash will go away as the sweat conditions slow way down.
What worked for me Ciclopirox Gel 0.77%. Hope this helps someone. (getting old sux)