Anyone else not go to doctors?

[halfwaynowhere]

i go when i need to go. i don't like doctors, but i'll go when necessary. i had to go to urgent care a few weeks ago because i have no insurance and didn't know where else to go, and had a nasty infection from a nasty cat bite.
when i have insurance, i go to the dentist. i used to not go, and have gone years without seeing a dentist, and i'm paying the price for that. better to go and have maintenance done than have to have root canals and extractions from lack of care (and be in excruciating pain while waiting for your appointment!).

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

When I need my meds I go but they don't see me otherwise.

 

[mamawolf544]

OMG I have 5 yes 5 Cardiologist alone. And not in the same building, they all take care of different parts of my heart. 1 Hemotoligist for my Lupus and then a family doc. I gooooooo to the doctor.

 

[Laurajean]

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That's ridiculous. Every time I have my thyroid levels checked I always have them do an entire panel, cholesterol, tri, iron, etc. It's so much easier to have it all drawn at once. I'm actually not real thrilled with my current doctor, but at least he doesn't give me a hard time about that.

 

[debilorrah]

Last October our company changed to a PPO plan and I couldn't be happier about that. I had a doctor years ago that I just loved. She quit the HMO practice and started her own accepting only PPO's. Now, 10 years later, I can finally see her again and she still rocks!!!!

 

[la-pro]

I go to the doctor but I often don't take the doc's advice. Last time I went they tried to put me on blood pressure medication. I was having trouble sleeping at the time because I had some major tests I was studying for, I'm sure that's why it was a little elavated, but it wasn't that bad. I took one pill, felt like I was gonna die all day (dizzy and just weird feeling) so I threw the rest out. What a waste of time that was. Once my tests were over and I was back on my regular sleep schedule the bp went back down.

I do have an endocrine disorder that I have to keep an eye on (adrenal glands). I have to take a very low dose steroid every day to keep the bad bad symptoms at bay. But I do my best to not see the doc about it. Last time he wanted to re-check my blood before authorizing a refill, I arranged to just go and have blood drawn and have the results sent to his office.

 

[DuckLover179]

Well, be careful about NOT going to the doctors. I go ALL the time!

But that's because there's always something wrong with me. My grandma didn't go to the doctors before, and we found out last year that she has cancer, which could have been prevented if she had gone to the doctors. It's always good to be cautious!

 

[shadowpaints]

i dont go often either. i am supposed to see the nuerologist 2x a year for a check up and a mri for my chiari, but every time i went they were pushing another surgery and or more pills (the pills they want me on is topamax it makes me VERY ill.) i dont feel i need another surgery if i am not having serious symptoms.

i dont like that there are so many doctors that want to put you on every pill imaginable, and i really dont like people poking and proding me when i feel fine..

i think that if you feel OK and dont feel a need for a dr, that you dont need to waste money .
last time i was at the dr was when i had pnemonia, last winter

 

[HHandbasket]

I have always been pretty good about seeing a doctor regularly until this last 9 months or so. We don't have any health insurance, and I have no idea when I will have some again, maybe this fall. Until such time as I have insurance again, I'm just really careful not to have any accidents or put my health at risk.

For those who choose not to go, there are still health screenings available frequently through free clinics, the VA for those who are veterans, and oftentimes, there will be free cholesterol and blood pressure checks at various health fairs throughout the country. Keep your eyes and ears open for that sort of thing. That way, if you do have an underlying condition that can be found and prevented by having a regular health screening, it's better to know than not. I believe people can live healthy lives for years without seeing a doctor per se, but I think having a regular basic chemistry panel, CBC, cholesterol, blood pressure check, and urinalysis done at least once every other year, more frequently if you start to feel "off", are great preventative measures. Those are all things (except maybe the urinalysis) you can usually get done at a health fair, so at least keep your eyes/ears open for events like that.

Keeping chickens contributes to a healthy lifestyle. Being outside with the chickens, engaging in maintaining coops and the needs of your flock is good for the heart and can be good exercise. To me, that's as good a reason as any to keep chickens.

 

[flnatv]

I was that way until last year.
Not feeling up to par and ended up I had type 2 diabetes. Have been diet controlled until well... TODAY... I start my meds.
Now I am scheduled every 3 months.

I don't like doctors (no real reason, other than sometimes I feel all they want is money).

Hopefully, I have a long time yet to still deal with them... I'm 41 (like the OP), but my grandmother just turned 95, her mother passed away at 106, the numbers keep going. And at 94 my GM was still living on her own... recently moved to assisted living as she couldn't keep up the housework and was scared of falling again after a hip fracture this past fall.

I still make excuses NOT to go.