hantsbear | It's What Your Right Hand Is For... (Reply)

Some may consider this a rather delicate subject, but what the hey, why mince words? I am going through the motions to see if I am eligible to become a sperm donor. My first introduction to the Andrology Laboratory at the Queens Medical Center and its facilities were less than impressive. I was interviewed by one of the staff, given a plastic pot and asked to go into "the other room" to produce a specimen. To be honest, the room provided was less than, shall we say, helpful. There was a toilet, a sink, a chair which was covered with a long paper towel, a waste paper bin and a box of gentleman's magazines. Not magazines of gentlemen. Alas, thinks I, it's down to the old imagination. So, I try to get comfortable and take matters into hand. It took a bit of contortion to get into the right position to eventually aim a sample into the pot.

The results came back quite quickly; apparently I have plenty of little sperms and they respond well to being frozen. So now I have a medical to go through just to find out that there are no nasty hidden genetic defects lurking within and then a counselling session.