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[sailorjim]

Okay, on the one hand, I like that the VA is moving quickly on my little problem and has already scheduled me to meet and be evaluated by a surgeon.  It happens tomorrow at ten.

On the other hand, it means I have to display my asshole to yet another person.  Worse, one who might be wielding a blade near it in the not too distant future.  Which

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[dianavilliers]

A surgeon doesn't fall into the competent professionals one has spent a goodly sum on category? You must have met some spectacularly expensive, um, professionals along the way.

[kshandra]

And what if the surgeon checks me out and says, “Yup, that’s gonna need a good cut or two … hell, I’m not busy at the moment. Get up on the table and let’s get’er done!”

Would you believe gridlore's surgeon actually did that with him once? Better still, it was a lump in his groin - which is, admittedly, something you don't want to delay checking out when dealing with a lymphatic cancer (this was early '96, so he was barely done with chemo), but still, when we set up the consult, we sure as hell weren't expecting Dr. G to stick his head out of the room and ask his nurse to prep a set of tools for him. Hell, he didn't even ask me to leave! (It turned out to just be an inflamed bit of fatty tissue, nowhere near any of his lymph nodes...but in a case history full of weird medical experiences, that one will probably always rank near or at the top.)

[jilesa]

You have my sympathy, Jim, and my best wishes for a positive outcome. (Okay, I've tried several phrasings, and they ALL have double meanings, so I'm just leaving it.) I, too, have been dealing with my fair share of strangers handling, squishing, and puncturing parts of my body that have heretofore been reserved for very intimate friends, so hooboy do I know where you're coming from here.

[alpha_strike]

I hope all goes smoothly. Uh, that sounds wrong. Let's say I wish you well, and leave it at that.

what if the surgeon is a woman?

[feetnotes]

then she'll be a surgeon who happens to be a woman.
she'll most likely've seen, felt and handled plenty of recta already

and this brings us
- well, sailor_jim, at least -
to another advantage of women surgeons:

their hands are smaller.

you should be hoping...

believwe it or not, women who aren't surgeons (or g.p.s) get to see plenty of assholes - and plenty of recta.
about 100% of all human recta.