Doctor check up

[Lockhouse]

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.

True: I had a proper check up at 45 for the first time. Discovered I had only one kidney.

[VectraMan]

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?

I agree. There was some bigwig on TV recently talking about all the work the NHS does in checkups to ensure people are healthy rather than just treating the symptoms. When? I'm 37, if it wasn't the fact that my ears seem to fill up with wax ever couple of years, I don't think I would have been in a doctors surgery my entire adult life.

Meanwhile I have to get regular dental checkups. I could be about to drop dead from any number of things, but at least my teeth are okay.

(Of course I have to pay for the dentist. Perhaps that's the reason).

[Ruprect]

True: I had a proper check up at 45 for the first time. Discovered I had only one kidney.

Jesus, where was the other one? Did you mysteriously lose weight while on holiday in vietnam?

[Lockhouse]

Jesus, where was the other one? Did you mysteriously lose weight while on holiday in vietnam?

Nope - never had one. Apparently it affects 1/1000 or something like that. Now know to watch blood pressure, have flu jabs and stuff like that so was useful to know!

[VectraMan]

Nope - never had one. Apparently it affects 1/1000 or something like that. Now know to watch blood pressure, have flu jabs and stuff like that so was useful to know!

Where do you go to get your kidneys counted?

[PRC1964]

Where do you go to get your kidneys counted?

http://www.pukkapies.co.uk/about-us.html

HTH

[Diver]

Where do you go to get your kidneys counted?

HMRC

[Lockhouse]

HMRC

No - they only do removals.