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Double Penetration
By Emmuttmax
13 September 2008
Double Penetration

Several weeks ago, my lovely primary care physician, Dr. K, encouraged me to have a camera shoved up my ass.

“I don’t think the Kodak digital I have at home will fit,” I told her.

She laughed, but insisted all the men in my age group were doing it, and I should also have the experience. In addition—because I am one of her favorite patients—she said she would see to it that I had a camera snaked down my throat into my stomach.

How could I resist this double intrusion? I agreed provided the same camera that photographed my…uh…rectal area was not used inserted into my mouth and I would be given primo drugs that would me unconscious during the violation.

Yesterday, while Mrs. Em was in Dallas with her sister, my nephew delivered my lily-white ass and sparkling clean colon to the surgery center. About an hour after arriving, I was wheeled into a small room filled with assorted medical equipment, computer screens, and a CD player that was playing low-key Bollywood music.

The doctor entered--a fortyish woman named Dr. D—greeted me, stuck a plastic mouthpiece in my face, and then she was ready to proceed with the photographic documenting of my innards. Earl, the anesthesiologist, slammed some drubs into my I.V., and within a few minutes I was in Morpheus’ arms.

When I awoke, I was in a curtained-off holding area, and my nephew was sitting beside me. I felt surprisingly good and a little stoned. After changing back into my clothes, Dr. D. came in carrying a few sheets of paper, some of which featured stills of my inner passageways. She handed me the photos and said, “We found some stuff.”

“We found some stuff” is not a sentence you want to hear your doctor say. We looked at the pictures together--which, by the way, all looked to me like shots of sea anemones—and she explained what the “stuff” was.

“Here,” said pointed to an anemone with pimple, “is a nodule in your stomach. We took a biopsy of it. “This,” she nodded at the second picture, “is your esophagus; nothing wrong there.” I must say I have a pretty cute esophagus. The next picture sort of looked like a scallop with a fang coming out of the middle. “That’s an ulcer in your stomach,” said Dr. D.  The final photo on that page appeared to be a large, red egg. It wasn’t. “That is duodenitis, and that’s not very good,” was the doctor’s comment.

She turned to the next page, which featured more sea anemones only these resided in my colon. “Diverticulosis and polyps,” said Dr. D., pointing out the maladies in several shots.

“Did you find any loose change?” I asked.

“What?” she replied?

“Never Mind. Ok, so what happens now?”

“Well, I took several biopsies, and we have to wait until the results come back to see where we are. In the meantime, here’s a prescription for Nexium, and I want you to eat a lot of fiber.”

My nephew drove me home, and I ate a tree limb.


Reviews

Written by Phil (6963 comments posted) 13th September 2008
Ouch. 
 
The delights of aging. Not pleasant - and I wish you best of luck with the results. 
 
I squirmed, I clenched my cheeks, I worried for you - but your writing still entertained. I don't know whether to feel guilty or jealous. 
 
All the best. 
 
Phil 
 
Incidently...
Written by Phil (6963 comments posted) 13th September 2008
...your title will guarantee a lot of curious viewers. For myself - I read everything on non-fiction - of course. ;)

Written by Emmuttmax (203 comments posted) 13th September 2008
Hi Phil, I doubled my efforts to come up with a title with a double meaning. Don't worry, I'll be fine.

Written by Nick (163 comments posted) 13th September 2008
Wow not very pleasant - but look on the bright side - at least it wasn't a triple penetration. A camera up your urethra is very unpleasant, I can assure you of that. 
 
Laughed at the line “I don’t think the Kodak digital I have at home will fit,”. 
 
Nick
Hello! Ouch!
Written by Katanga (1515 comments posted) 13th September 2008
I hope all is well now? 
 
Suffering from piles, haemorrhoids,I was once asked to 'present' for the first time. 
 
I gallantly knelt upon a medical table, my arse gloriously pointing upwards in the air (well, I thought I was being helpful). 
 
I waited for what seemed like hours in this position until the consultant arrived, accompanied by two angelically gorgeous female trainees. 
 
"No, no no, Mr Bevan - not like THAT!" 
 
I suddenly realised that the assembled company thought I was used to 'taking it from behind'. 
 
I never got a chance to explain . . .  
 
I have never felt so humiliated in all my life . . .  
 
Ho! 
 
John X  
 

Written by Phil (6963 comments posted) 13th September 2008
Somewhere to park the doctor's bike, anyway.
Yep, the title's an eyecatcher!
Written by Clifftown (642 comments posted) 14th September 2008
I enjoyed this, especially the opening lines (and "Did you find any loose change?") and of course the understated ending. I admire how you've made something as unpleasant as this experience into a funny and entertaining piece. Hope all goes well. 
 
(And some of the reviews were almost as entertaining as the piece itself!)

Written by mia_ms_kim (1057 comments posted) 14th September 2008
With the above reviewers, Mike. I enjoyed this very much though it made me squrim at times, and had a better idea what happens in a procedure like this. (Not as frightening as I thought - especially if you are out of it all through the procedure.) I hope the result comes back ok. My mother-in-law had the same thing done, and she had simple laser surgery to remove some things, and she was fine. Thank you for sharing this, it's very useful information as well as an enjoyable piece. 
 
Perhaps more medical pieces should be written in this style. It makes it easier to absorb the information. 
 
Mia 8)

Written by johniebg (553 comments posted) 14th September 2008
Your personal circumstances aside - this was a brilliant read. Probably the best first paragraph I have read since Jack Reacher jumped off a bus. 
 
Quality.

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