Doctor check up

[Pickle2]

Silly me for hoping for a sensible response

I see what you did with those smileys now.

[Ruprect]

I see what you did with those smileys now.

Perhaps this works better:

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[rootsnall]

Perhaps this works better:

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I've been thinking of having an MOT but my mate is my GP and the

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bit puts me off. Apparently it needs to be smooth and round if you fancy doing a DIY job.

[Old Greg]

If you've got no symptoms, or alarming family history, there's probably no point. I don't think there's any evidence that check-ups are beneficial (on average). As has been pointed out, lots of people will have findings which are innocent but which will prompt further investigation. Don't get sucked into the system.

[Ruprect]

If you've got no symptoms, or alarming family history, there's probably no point. I don't think there's any evidence that check-ups are beneficial (on average). As has been pointed out, lots of people will have findings which are innocent but which will prompt further investigation. Don't get sucked into the system.

Fair comment. I'm not near 40 yet, so will avoid

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as long as possible!

[SandyDown]

Top Tip. Take out a large life assurance/critical illness policy BEFORE you go for a full physical.

That way, if they do pickup on something very nasty, you are covered for the future. Then if you get the all clear you can cancel the policies. Once you are diagnosed, you won't get cover in the future.

HTH

[Diver]

I get checkups regularly.


Every time I cut something off

I'm actually surprisingly healthy according to the doctors. excellent recovery rate, good set of lungs, optimum blood pressure, low cholesterol.

Just that my appendages have taken a hammering over the years.
holes in me, bits burnt and cut off, shrapnel enough to set off metal detectors at airports. Oh! and a brain the size of a pea

[tim123]

I've just moved house and changed doctors and at the "new patient" clinic, all the nurse did was ask a few numpty questions and take my blood pressure.

They didn't even give me a little bottle to fill up for a diabetic check. As I'm over weight and over 40, I'm in a high risk group so would have expected this.

Thus, I doubt I'm in line for a "well man's" clinic any time soon.

tim

[TimberWolf]

I've just moved house and changed doctors and at the "new patient" clinic, all the nurse did was ask a few numpty questions and take my blood pressure.

They didn't even give me a little bottle to fill up for a diabetic check. As I'm over weight and over 40, I'm in a high risk group so would have expected this.

Thus, I doubt I'm in line for a "well man's" clinic any time soon.

tim

It's amusing when you see Doctor programmes (or Dr wannabes) on TV saying how you should do this and that when in reality it's probably like totally not going to happen and everyone knows it is bullcarp. For instance imagine asking for a GP for regular health check or a urine test. A GP would probably think you're some kind of loony, winger or a hypochondriac good for ignoring if you ever darken the surgery again within a decade. Or at least it feels that way in my minuscule experience of them, though presumably a nurse could do those checks. Don't they use various abbreviations for patient types too?

[Cyberman]

I saw a report today that said that there are many guys around 45 years of age that have heart problems but are unaware. This was a quote from a surgeon that had just performed a triple-bypass on a 47 year-old asian guy whose heart was so fatty that the surgeon had difficulty finding his arteries.

It seems to me that 45 is an age to have a good check-up.


The best thing though is to have a healthy, low saturated fat diet with lots of fruit and vegetables and a good exercise regime. Then you should hopefully have few worries anyway !!