For 30 years my annual physicals would start with me stripped to my boxer shorts, which my doctor eventually would have me drop at the end to check for testicular cancer, check for hernia and perform the DRE. Then my doctor retired. My current PCP, not a young man either, doesn't even have me take off my shirt to listen to my heart. In the time that it would take to check for testicular cancer, he recites that the US Preventive Services Task Force no longer suggest that be done. When I ask him to check to see if my right inguinal hernia has gotten worse, he does so grudgingly saying if it isn't symptomatic it doesn't need being done, even though my surgical history says a hernia on the left side required surgical repair. Instead of a physical exam, as part of the annual Medicare wellness exam, his nurse has me draw a clock face as part of a cognitive test! My current doctor has seen me naked in the locker room at the gym that I go to, so I don't think he thinks I am too modest for a thorough exam. I can't believe how much the annual physical has changed. I'm tempted to search for an old school doctor nearer retirement age.