Neglecting your own health

[PepperminTrish]

Am I the only one that does this??
Puts off calling the doctor when I know better, using lame excuses and saying "I'll call tomorrow". But then I don't call.

I just got back from the doc and now I don't know why I put it off. I was in and out in inder 20 minutes, prescription for antibiotics in hand. I'm kicking myself for not going sooner. If I had, the last 4 weeks would have been much more pleasant!

You'd think I'd have learned by now to take better care of myself.

Trish

 

[Bluesboy2]

I do it

Im thinking by 50 Ill be unable to live a good life so I wanna make sure Im not around much after that

 

[sabbathstorm]

I've been putting off a visit to my doctor too. I should go but I really can't afford to take a day off work right now. Half days aren't an option there either. I figure I'll get there once I get back to school.

 

[PepperminTrish]

Bluesboy, I don't even know what to say. You NEED to take care of yourself, that way you can live a good life after 50.

Sabbathstorm, are Saturday appointments available. At least you have a valid excuse about work. I just didn't go and had no good reason.

 

[sabbathstorm]

That doctor only has office hours once a week in the afternoons. I can't go on an outpatient basis either. I missed the scheduled appointment already and had my regular doctor nag me about it.

 

[Bluesboy2]

Bluesboy, I don't even know what to say. You NEED to take care of yourself, that way you can live a good life after 50.

Sabbathstorm, are Saturday appointments available. At least you have a valid excuse about work. I just didn't go and had no good reason.

As bad of shape as I am in now and the stuff I did when I was younger, old age will just be torment. I lived hard and did a lotta things that others never even dream of doing. I am not afraid of death at all, Im afraid of old age.

 

[SweetCherry]

I put off for nearly a year going in for chronic heartburn. A simple prescription anda few days later and I feel wonderful.

 

[Cheyenne]

I did this for a long time, but now I know better. I go to the doctor for my regular checkups and I follow the orders that I'm given.

I think it had to do with turning 40 and realizing the odds had switched to being against me in some cases now that youth was gone.

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

Am I the only one that does this??
Puts off calling the doctor when I know better, using lame excuses and saying "I'll call tomorrow". But then I don't call.

I just got back from the doc and now I don't know why I put it off. I was in and out in inder 20 minutes, prescription for antibiotics in hand. I'm kicking myself for not going sooner. If I had, the last 4 weeks would have been much more pleasant!

You'd think I'd have learned by now to take better care of myself.

Trish

I do.

 

[PepperminTrish]

Thanks for the replies ya'll. On one hand, I'm glad that I'm not alone in doing this but on the other, it makes me sad that we don't take better care of ourselves.

Cheyenne .......... I plan on doing the same thing now. I'll be shceduling a complete physical. Hubby reminded me that I haven't had one in many years. 40 isn't that far off for me and I want to be around to enjoy my boys and hopefully the beautiful grandbabies that they are going to give me in the future.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

its damn near like we live by a saying of "what we dont know wont kill us".

 

[PepperminTrish]

its damn near like we live by a saying of "what we dont know wont kill us".

Sometimes, it's exactly like that. If I don't know what's wrong, I'll be fine. You'd think we'd be smarter than that.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Sometimes, it's exactly like that. If I don't know what's wrong, I'll be fine. You'd think we'd be smarter than that.

you are giving us way to much credit. yes, we are this dumb

 

[PepperminTrish]

you are giving us way to much credit. yes, we are this dumb

That was basically what I meant.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

That was basically what I meant.

yet let our car make a freakin ping noise and we are at the mechanics faster than prunes pass through an old man

 

[PepperminTrish]

yet let our car make a freakin ping noise and we are at the mechanics faster than prunes pass through an old man

Not me, thats' the little Mr.'s department. For me it's the kids, him, and even the dog. One little sneeze and I'm on the phone to the doc. (OK, I'm not quite THAT bad).

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Not me, thats' the little Mr.'s department. For me it's the kids, him, and even the dog. One little sneeze and I'm on the phone to the doc. (OK, I'm not quite THAT bad).

oh kids are diff, they even look droopy and off they go

 

[PepperminTrish]

oh kids are diff, they even look droopy and off they go

Puh-leeezzzeee, you DID NOT need to tell me this. I already know that you're a wonderful Dad and the boys are well taken care of. I just meant that I put the rest of the family ahead of me.

 

[Orwell84]

I confess, I'm one of those people who hates to go to the doctor's office. I'm not really sure why, though. It's not like I had a bad experience or anything. I just don't like seeing the doctor. Maybe it's a phobia, if there is such a thing.

 

[Nigel]

The main reason that I'm slow in going is that I don't have health insurance.....

Well.....and when there MIGHT be something terribly wrong.....I put off going so I can stave off hearing the bad news......

Stupid really...but insurance would help...

 

[phrodeau]

Taking care of your health and seeing doctors are two different things.

The body can do a pretty good job of healing all by itself. Doctors and their drugs and treatments may speed up the process and make a short-term fix, but in the long run you could be better off letting nature take its course. We have recently come to realize this in the case of antibiotics, where resistant bacteria meet weakened immune systems.

Medicine is an art. I support art and artists in a variety of ways, but I don't trust them very far where my health is concerned.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Puh-leeezzzeee, you DID NOT need to tell me this. I already know that you're a wonderful Dad and the boys are well taken care of. I just meant that I put the rest of the family ahead of me.

LOL thats what I was meaning also, sheesh, drink some coffe hun

 

[PepperminTrish]

LOL thats what I was meaning also, sheesh, drink some coffe hun

I'm out of coffee ..................... run to the store and get me some more please.