My Physical Yesterday

Posted on February 6, 2015

Doctor's first comment: "I'm glad you are here. Did your wife set this up?"

Me: "Yup."

'Nuff said.

Seriously though, a physical (and the associated man-probing) is not my idea of a good time, but I suppose annual physicals are good for everyone. All you ladies out there I know get far more invasive treatments than us dudes ever do, so I will try not to whine too much.

One happy part of yesterday...I step on the scale...The nurse says: "Nice...down 5 pounds since last time you were here 6 weeks ago." (Yay!)

I'm fasting this morning...need to go do some blood test this morning. I'm actually pretty darn healthy (other than weight), and I really want to stay that way.

My wife is a nurse, and she mentioned to me that labs and bloodwork often show problems before people ever recognize it. If you get cancer, sometimes your white blood cells will go off the charts, and can be detected super early with a simple lab. This is good stuff to reflect on that us mere mortal non-medical people should think about. Whens the last time you saw a doc? Hows your cholesterol and blood pressure doing?

Its important to get labs and see the doctor, even if you feel good. <end of my public service message>

Have a great day all! :)

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Abbie

02/06/2015 5:41AM

I went for my physical last September and honestly, I CAN'T WAIT to go back - my doc and I are on the same page as far as losing slow and steady and more importantly maintaining that healthy weight. My BP is normally a little low - yay - thanks Dad, for that! And my cholesterol was teetering on the high end of normal - I'm looking for it to be on the low low low end by the time I go back. And yeah - from us girls... pleeeeaaasse no whining about the "check up" I've often wondered why they went that direction to check my tonsils but yeah... stop! LOL - all joking aside - good advice - see your doc early and often. And if you don't like your doc - personality clash, whatever - find one you do like and one that will support you!

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Nathan A.

Tonsils... I almost fell out of my chair on that one! LOL!

Ruby541

02/06/2015 5:40AM

Great advice! For women, annual testing don't only show cancer but other infections too like STDs and HPV, all very treatable... And you would be surprised how many women think it can never happen to them. We have seen it so often as I work in the life science sector of the medical device industry. We all hate physicals but it's imperative the older we get that we take advantage of diagnostic pioneering especially since most plans cover preventive care. It can be embarrassing to go to the doctor but such a weight off when you know you're ok!