Do you go to doctors?

[JohnR7]

They say that people with hypochondria live longer, because they run to the doctor over every tiny little thing and when it does turn out to be something, doctors can do more early on.

But I am wondering, do you go to doctors right way or do you wait and see if nature will run it's course and you will get better on your own?

 

[Pete Harcoff]

I go maybe once a year.

I don't run to the doctor every time I have a cold or sore throat. However, I do go for more serious things (for example, I discovered a hernia I ended up requiring surgery for).

 

[Micaiah]

I have a brother in law who is a doctor. I see him every couple of days, so in a sense I visit the doctor regularly. Hehe

 

[Duane Morse]

No money, no insurance, no doctors. So I place my trust in the Lord and He keeps me healthy enough not to need them.

 

[Annabel Lee]

I wait and see if I will get better on my own. I'm fairly healthy and rarely get sick.


Do dentists count? I go there all the time for preventive exams.
And root canals, and cavities, and special cleanings.

 

[Micaiah]

Today at 02:01 AM Annabel Lee said this in Post #5 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=662831#post662831)

I wait and see if I will get better on my own. I'm fairly healthy and rarely get sick.


Do dentists count? I go there all the time for preventive exams.
And root canals, and cavities, and special cleanings.

Hope I'm that well at 94 LOL What's the secret?

 

[Evening Mist]

I hate to go to the doctor. I see a group of nurse midwives for female stuff though, and I never mind going there in the least.

I take my kids for check-ups, but I often wonder why since they inevitably pick up a virus in the waiting room.

When the kids are sick, I do my very best to ride out the illness before resorting to the doctor. But when I get worried and call the pediatrician's triosh nurse to make sure I'm doing okay for them.

 

[Humanista]

I didn't vote, because I visit the doctor somewhere between "all the time" and "every year or two". All the time was not qualified..every week? every month? Is 2-4 times a year all the time?

I don't get sick much, but I get a yearly checkup and if I am very sick, in a lot of pain, or injured, I would not be so masochistic as to not seek relief and care. Sometimes the dr will save your life. Try ignoring chest pains when you reach a certain age and see if your heart attack "just goes away".

 

[wildernesse]

I visit healthcare providers several times a year, when I have insurance that helps pay. Dentist every 6 months, GYN once a year, dermatologist every couple of months--plus, if I've got an infection I'll go to the doctor for antibiotics.

Unfortunately, we don't have very good ins right now ( my fault--I'm working on that) so not even those preventative checkups and treatments right now until I get insurance for us thru my job. If I begin graduate school in the fall, we will have to go back to no insurance/only for cutting our arms off insurance.

If I'm sick, I usually drink lots of fluids and sleep. I'm usually only sick with colds/flu every 5 years/random 24 hour sickness every other year--in other words, viruses that the doctors can't really do anything for anyway. I'm young, in good health--I don't need to go to the doctor.

--tibac

 

[jon1101]

I go a handful of times per year, so somewhere between "all the time" and "every year or two."

-jon

 

[Praxiteles]

Doctor schmoctor.

I'm far too full of bullspit machismo to visit a doctor. If my leg falls off I may give it some thought....

 

[Evening Mist]

Yeah! Me too. Bullspit machismos!

(not actually.)

 

[Praxiteles]

Hurrah for machismo!!!

Uh, Evening Mist? How exactly do you pull that off?

 

[Evening Mist]

I don't really. I just sounds more impressive than feeling intimidated by medical professionals.

 

[Praxiteles]

Egad! Are you saying that there are professionals in the field of medicine? How come I only ever seem to cop the amateurs?

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Today at 08:29 PM Praxiteles said this in Post #11 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=663764#post663764)

Doctor schmoctor.

I'm far too full of bullspit machismo to visit a doctor. If my leg falls off I may give it some thought....

Yeah, my roommate has the same attitude. Then he recently discovered he has a long-standing sinus infection (which he's apparently had for years).

And he kept wondering why his nose was always dripping and stuffed up...

 

[Evening Mist]

and the amatuers are the GOOD ones!

 

[Praxiteles]

Today at 01:29 PM Pete Harcoff said this in Post #16

Yeah, my roommate has the same attitude. Then he recently discovered he has a long-standing sinus infection (which he's apparently had for years).

And he kept wondering why his nose was always dripping and stuffed up...

Feh.  What a big girl's blouse. 

In all seriousness, if I developed a chronic discomfort or other condition I would see to it, but fortunately longstanding good health has not given me the need.

 

[Praxiteles]

Today at 01:31 PM Evening Mist said this in Post #17

and the amatuers are the GOOD ones!

 

 

[Evening Mist]

Feh. What a big girl's blouse.

I don't get it.