Part 1: Health Checks at the Gym
Part 2: No Secrets from My Wife
Part 3: The New Landscaping Crew
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Part 1: Health Checks at the Gym
My gym was doing a month-long recruiting drive for new members, and I'd volunteered to help out with the health checks of the men interested in signing up. I hadn't actually finished medical school, so they assigned me to work with one of the doctors, helping him out as needed.
My wife had suggested that I volunteer, when I told her about the recruiting drive. "I know how much you like the atmosphere there," she'd said. That was true--since I'd joined the gym a few months ago I definitely had more energy. "And you should put some of your healthcare knowledge to good use."
Full truth be told, though, I was in a bad mood when I arrived at the gym that Saturday to volunteer. My pool-and-lawn-care guys had quit, so on top of all my usual weekend stuff I'd have to mow the lawn and clean the pool myself until we could find replacements. My wife is great helping out around the house when we can't hire the jobs out, but I knew that she was swamped with a big work project so the lion's share of the chores would fall to me.
At least I'd be able to work out after my volunteering session with the new members. I wore a light t-shirt and jogging shorts so that I could hit the running track as soon as the five or so scheduled health checks of the new recruits were done.
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"How can I help?" I asked the white-coated doctor I'd been assigned to. A good-looking guy, a little older than I am. I'd seen him around the club. We were in a smallish room just off the gym's shower area. The room's only furniture was a low stool and a side table with some basic health-check materials--swabs, ointments, latex gloves, and so on.
"The new members will come in here directly from taking a shower," the doctor said to me, "and while I'm checking their lungs and heart-rates, I'd like you to do a quick check of them ... down below."
"What do you mean?" I asked?
"You can sit on the stool," he replied, "which should put you at about the right height, and just take their temperature using this thermometer." He handed me a standard glass-tube one.
"You mean ..." my voice fading as I realized what he meant.
"Yes, it's an anal thermometer. They give the best results," he said matter-of-factly.
My jaw dropped, as I imagined myself sitting on the stool while a series of men, still wet from the shower, presented their posteriors to me.
"Here," the doctor continued, handing me a tube. "Use this lubricating ointment. Just spread a quick dab of it around each man's anus, so the thermometer slides in smoothly. That way everyone's comfortable."
Comfortable did not describe my feelings at that moment.
"Actually," I said, "I'm not sure I'm comfortable about that."
"No need to be prudish," he admonished me. "You've had some medical training, so let's just be professional about it."
I didn't have a good reply, but I could feel my own temperature rising.
"It'll take about a minute for the thermometer to read each man's body heat, and while you're waiting, I'd like you to ask each man to turn around so you can do a groin exam."
"What??" I exclaimed.
"Yes, that's the best use of our time. It'll take about a minute for me to read each guy's chest vitals and blood pressure, so while you're ... umm ... down there waiting for the thermometer, just give each guy's penis and testicles a once over. If you spot anything unusual, just let me know and I'll take it from there."
Before I could reply, an assistant poked his head around the open door and said
"The first of the men is coming out of the shower now. Are you two ready?"
"We are," said the doctor, and then he guided me to sit down on the stool and handed me a pair of latex gloves. "You'll probably want to wear those."
I hesitated, then slipped the skin-tight gloves on, just as the first man came in from the shower room, his bare feet leaving damp marks on the floor and his body steaming slightly in the warm air.
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"Come here between us and stand facing me," the doctor said to the man. The doctor was standing a couple of feet in front of me, which meant that when the nude man stepped in between us his buttocks were about in front of my face.
"I'm going to check your heart and lungs," the doctor continued explaining, "and while I'm doing that Steven here"--the doctor gestured toward me--"will take your temperature anally. Do you have any problem with that?"
The man glanced back over his shoulder at me and said, "None at all."
I took in the sight of his firmly rounded cheeks with the long crack running up the center. Very fit guy, I noted. But I could not see his anus. How am I supposed to position the thermometer accurately? The best solution seemed to spread his cheeks slightly with one hand while placing a dab of lubricant there. I was wearing latex gloves, after all, so that would be okay.
The man's cheek muscles contracted slightly when I first touched him, and then relaxed. Using my fingers firmly I was able to spread his cheeks enough and ... there it was. I had never seen one so close before. There was something fascinating about it. I felt a bit frozen in this position, my finger poised with some lube on it.
I glanced up and noticed that while listening to the man's heartbeat the doctor was looking down at the expression on my face. That jogged me into action. I quickly smeared the lube on the man's opening, reached for the thermometer, and inserted it a few inches. The man seemed entirely relaxed about it and even leaned his body forward some, causing his buttocks to move backwards closer to me.
At that point, the doctor said to the man, "Turn around 180 degrees, please, so I can check your back and Steven can perform a brief scrotal exam. Are you okay with that?"
The man nodded easily and swiveled to face me, bringing his hanging penis and testicles into sight immediately before my eyes. The view was another first for me, as was the clean musky scent that entered my nostrils.
I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be looking for, but everything seemed normal. His cock was perhaps a little larger than average, but it was soft, so who knew. I slid my fingers under it to raise it, noting the two perfectly normal testicles hanging below, and then circled my fingers around the penis to pull the foreskin back, checking under there for completeness. With that movement, the man gave a little sigh, and I could feel his penis start to stiffen between my fingers.
I quickly let go of it, thankful that I was wearing the latex gloves, and said, "You can--can--" something seemed stuck in my throat, and I coughed lightly to clear it--"you can turn around now." The man complied, and I retrieved the thermometer from between his cheeks. I noted the temperature (perfectly normal), and then wiped it on a cloth and put it in the sterilizing jar.