New opportunity for romance

Posted by bluegill @bluegill, Nov 27 11:26am

Yet another benefit of PCa: it opens doors to new encounters.

We just finished travelling overseas, and to be on the safe side I used an absorbent pad in my underwear in case I ever found myself away from a bathroom for more than an hour. I have to say that it gave me peace of mind, even though I never really had to use them. There were a few close calls, though.

Of course, no one else knew--except my spouse--that I was wearing a diaper. Until it came time for the airport security check.

After getting scanned in their big vertical MRI tube, I was pulled aside and told that there was an irregularity in my scan. The nice young men (this happened on two occasions, both here in the U.S. I had learned the word for "diaper" in Portuguese, but I never got to use it) discretely showed me the computer screen, and there it was: an unmistakable glowing red square covering my private parts. I immediately confessed my medical condition, and they looked sorry and spoke to me in hused tones as they adjusted their rubber gloves. "We can do this in a private room if you prefer," they offered. I looked at my spouse, and I decided that after 35 years of conjugal fidelity there was no sense in having any private affairs now, so I said "let's just do it right here."

So I stood there, took a deep breath, and decided to try to enjoy it right in front of spouse and God and everybody. They explained in careful professional detail where they were going to pat me down with the back of the hand and with the front.

It was a short and impersonal affair. I never even knew their names. It wasn't bad, but not really good for me, either. I didn't bother to ask if it was good for them, and they just waved me on when they were finished, without making eye contact, as if I were just another john.

So I guess I can cross "get felt up by a strange man in public" off my bucket list.

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xahnegrey40 | @xahnegrey40 | Nov 27 12:44pm

as Robert Redford said in Little Faus and BigHalsey " once its cool, twice its queer" ;=)

steelman48 | @steelman48 | Nov 30 5:48pm

My wife got pulled aside and patted down because she wears an incontinence pad but I also wear a pad and was not pulled aside. I believe the difference is maybe that she’s 72 and I’m 77.

bluegill | @bluegill | Dec 1 8:53am

I guess I should feel flattered that I look too young to have a pad in my undies.

jimgaudette | @jimgaudette | Dec 1 10:59am

Been there, done that. At least your “friends” were discreet. I’ve been with security people who weren’t. That is thankfully a thing of the past since I got a AUS (artificial urinary sphincter) implant. I no longer have to travel with a separate suitcase for my pads! I can also do all activities without worrying about leaking.

rlpostrp | @rlpostrp | Dec 2 11:48am

I would not have been so obliging. I would have pulled the pad myself (preferably wet in this instance), and laid in their hands, with the admonishing tone of "do you do this to the many women who routinely wear such pads in middle- and old-age due to urinary incontinence? Nest time...right before you know you have to go their TSA security, find the closest bathroom, pull it out and discard it, then put in a fresh one once you are on the other side of the security screening process.

tallguy18 | @tallguy18 | 23 hours ago

same happened to me at jfk. Back of hand, in public, too old to care.

jeff1963 | @jeff1963 | 21 hours ago

Preparing myself for similar experiences next week. RARP surgery on Tuesday at Mayo Jax, will fly back home Thursday with catheter (that's the plan anyway, surely will be a long and painful day). What can I expect going thru TSA with a foley catheter?

surftohealth88 | @surftohealth88 | 18 hours ago

Pfffft, I was patted several times in my life, even though I do not wear any pads !
Those guys are buffoons IMHO
Last time they flagged my carry-on for inspection - officer took things out and than said : "Oh, you have a banana - I guess they thought it might be a gun" .... Oh myyyyy dear looooord lol lol - if they can not distinguish shape of a gun from the shape of a banana, than may heavens help us all ...
My family always teases me that I probably look like KGB agent ahahhaaaaaa....