How old are you and how often do you go for a medical checkup?

Temptamperu wrote: »

If you dont go to the doctors you dont know if your sick so its grand.

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39. Had my first check up in February gone since 2003. Only went because the wife forced me.

34 . Was at the doctor towards the start of the month as i had just not been feeling myself the last few weeks, bit lethargic few upset stomach issues which is out of sorts for me.


Got full check up, bloods, chat on mental health stress, diet and to be fair he suggested a food diary and it did twig with me since the whole covid 19 thing and working from home my dairy intake is up a bit, Yoghurt once a day, the odd bowl of cereal , an ice cream in the hot spell etc.


Sure enough i have really cut back on some elements of dairy that are high in lactose and im feeling alot better in myself. I have got the Lactose free milk this week and will give it a go, i tried the almond milk last week and it was ok. Also got the Skyr yoghurt which is meant to be much lower in lactose also.

Late 30's
From mid 20's to maybe early 30's I went every second year, blood work, blood pressure etc. My Gp did it all. Smears as needed.

Now annually, include breast check also.

Ive no underlying conditions but I believe in being proactive.

Mrs Corners dog has better health care than me getting regular check ups , though hes due to get debollocked shortly.

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I thought doctors didn’t believe in food allergies? They done nothing but scoffing when I wanted a gluten test and it took about 5 visits of convincing to let me have one.

Lactose intolerance is much better understood and accepted in comparison to alot of allergies .

39 now and have been getting yearly checkup including bloods for the last 6 years, since the first of the kids arrived.

Met the Missus when I was 35. She was astonished when I admitted I'd never had any check up ever.

After much pestering I promised I'd get one when I hit 40......Somehow that didn't happen. Anyway I promised 45. That shored up the situation at the time..

Anyway, I'm drifting thru the years, Smoking, drinking, eating all the wrong foods & not doing any form of exercise.

In my defense I was slim, my job was physical & my family history is good.

45 rolled around & somehow I got away with it......again!

A year later I started to feel stabbing pains in my chest & numbness in my left arm.

Of course I carried on as normal till one day when I took the kids to the local park.

I was playing & running around with them & suddenly I was brought to my knees with massive chest pains.

I laughed it off when I got up, but was embarassed at the thought of pegging out in front of the kids in public. Worse still, some randomer trying to revive me with the kiss of life!:eek:

A few weeks later I got a bit drunk & admitted what was happening to the Missus.................Next day I was literally frogmarched to the local Doctor.

My file was slim. Something to do with an ingrowing toenail in the '80s & that was it.

As I was there I demanded every test known to man. Might as well face the music & all that..

The Doctor was initally symphatetic but by the end basically told me to 'Get the fook out!'

It turned out that I pulled a muscle in my chest (due to my physical job!):rolleyes:

Anyway, I'm 52 now & seem to be doing okay physically.

Mentally? Well that's a whole other story!:D

51 years of age. Male. I'm so ****ed up it's unreal.
Cerebral palsy
Gout
Sciatica
Ulnar nerve contraption
Carpel tunnel syndrome
Chronic back pain
Neck pain
Mental health/depression
Metal pins in leg after very bad accident 12 years ago.

Get bloods taken before but not religiously. Had 3 MRIs for some of the above conditions but nothing conclusive showed up (600e down the ****in swanny).