last time you went to the doctors?

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Going this Arvo to have a check up after having my wrist in plaster for weeks.

I suffered with depression for years and dealt with it myself... Eventually I went to Doctor after a particularly dark bout and was prescribed anti depressants...have not had a recurrence since. Don't care if I'm medicated for ever if I don't have to go through that shit again.

 

[Storer 68]

How did you overcome your dentist phobia? Only reason I ask is I'm absolutely terrified of them

Try eating with no teeth. That's alot more difficult than having someone prod around your mouth for an hour or so every six months.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I HADN'T gone for about 2 1/2 years but I actually went 3 weeks ago as I had a WELL FAT ELBOW.

I had landed on it playing football and it had grown to the size of a Golf ball . Was quite funny. Just liquid. Had a fun few days freaking people out over it.

Bursitis or 'Students elbow'. Anyway he joked (as this was a saturday) that I might land on it on the sunday and burst it playing footy again instead of getting it drained on the wednesday. Queue me doing a slide tackle and feeling a sensation siilar to a falling on a water balloon.

POP and it had burst internally.

It has come back twice but not to the same effect and each time i've burst it myself by punching it.

 

[Old Hadlothian]

I hadn't been for at least 15 years either.... then had a virus which knocked me out. Went to the surgery & after 2 minutes max, was told I had a virus. Had to go back the following week as the virus had led to sinusitus (spelling ?) - so twice in as many weeks
Haven't been back since though (tempting fate now !)

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Today - well the nurse, anyway. My monthly blood test and yearly flu jab.

Was last in hospital last Friday, have had 4 operations this year, probably had at least 20 hospital visits this year and seen maybe 30 doctors. Next year will be worse.

Bit of a change, before the last couple of years, I never had any days off sick from work.

 

[ofco8]

Last time I went to doc in mid-summer ended up in Acute Medical Unit in RSCH and stayed one night.

The whole saga in the A & E initially was like an episode of Shameless.(i.e. arrested crim with police escort, foul language, stupid drunks falling off bikes etc..)

Following morning I was assessed as having had "cluster migraines", i.e. one after another. Funny thing is I had never had a migraine before and not since!!!

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I have never had a problem with the quacks, especially after a locum identified a problem that led to to a resection for bowel cancer. That was 10 years ago and I am grateful to still be here with no recurrence. If you've got a problem - get there and get it sorted soon as.

 

[upthealbion1970]

Try eating with no teeth. That's alot more difficult than having someone prod around your mouth for an hour or so every six months.

Had I not been butchered as a 10 year old by an orthodontic surgeon I doubt I'd have any difficulty with dentists at all.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Used to go to the doctors about once every 5 years.

Now at age 59 find myself going a lot more often, not for anything particularly serious - or at least not life threatening. Much of it hearing related, and then when I went lst time it was "let's check your blood pressure", which was high so I went back this morning to get it checked again, and it was high again, so will be going back again very soon to get it sorted.

But I would rather know about it and deal with it than ignore it, hope it goes away.... and die. Same with dentists - would rather take the minor discomfort of the dentist's chair occasionally than risk major toothache. If you get a good dentist anyway, they won't hurt you.

 

[chrissyboy01]

Are you Vicente or Hoskins?

Haha

 

[empire]

Does that mean your not going tomorrow? FFS Empire!!

i be there sunshine,you with your track record!!!!!!

 

[Questions]

I went recently and the Doctor said," Hello, I haven't seen you for a while"

I said, "No Doc I've been ill.

 

[tgretton87]

I had a Inguinal Hernia for over a year. The reason I didnt go to the Docs straight away was I had just started a new job....anyway when I got to the Docs and showed him this lump sticking out my groin he asked when did this pop up I told him around months ago.

Fair to say he was in shock and it did hurt a bit.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Couple of months ago for my Thailand jab

Before that about 20 years, since I was a kid

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I went recently and the Doctor said," Hello, I haven't seen you for a while"

I said, "No Doc I've been ill.

Is that a Tommy Cooper Joke?