I know some of you guys have been through this, but it was a first for
me.  My uro has moved to Chicago, and when I went in for my six month check
(RP on 5/1/02), last Wednesday, the Nurse Practitioner did the exam.  I knew
a woman would be doing the exam, and I was a bit apprehensive. Her name is
Jacqueline ___, and a very good looking young woman.  She came in and
introduced herself as "Jackie" (Why would I have preferred her to introduce
herself as "Jacqueline+last name")  Well, I told myself that I have been
exposed to the world in the hospital and poked and probed by female nurses.
Just regard this as the same.  The digital went fine---I didnt have to look
at her. Actually, it was easier because she has small fingers.  But then I
had to sit on the table while she checked out my equipment.  I have two
spermatocoels (Do any of you have those?) That was when I noticed one of the
office nurses was also in, watching.  My wife tells me that it's SOP when
the male doc does a pelvic to have his female nurse in with him.  Certainly
understandable. But the witness bothered me more than the NP.  As she was
manipulating my testicles, I looked over her shoulder and kept telling
myself that she's just doing her job.  But it was the other nurse watching
her manipulate my testicles that bothered me.