An A-Ha Moment
When I was in medical school, one of my professors used to tell this story all of the time. He was giving a routine exam to an 18-year-old girl who was about to go off to college.
Before the exam began, he noted that she had a very athletic build, healthy complexion, and was very good-looking.
After viewing her medical charts, he noticed that she was not on birth control. Since she was rather pretty and about to go off to college, he asked her about it.
Apparently, this 18-year-old girl had never actually had a period. When growing up and going through puberty she visited other doctors who told her to keep waiting because her body fat percentage was too low to have periods. My professor had one of those “A-ha” moments.
So, he asked her if she would like to have a pelvic exam and she agreed. Halfway through the exam, he discovered a “nub.” That’s when it hit him. It all made sense; “she” was actually a “he.” This beautiful 18-year-old girl was actually born a boy with high amounts of estrogen and had inverted genitalia.
It was quite the discovery. Instead of breaking the news himself, my professor referred her to another, more sensitive, female doctor. I don’t know how that conversation went.
“Hey, you’re actually not a girl. You’ve been a guy your whole life and you need to have your inverted genitalia surgically removed because they could turn into cancer. Oh, and you probably shouldn’t go to college right now.” mattiboi41