Poll of the Day > How often do you go to the doctor? Why?

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I've never been on any medication and haven't gotten sick outside of a cold in as long as I can remember.
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Once a year or whenever something is going on with me
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Not often enough.

Related fact: my old doctor closed my file at his clinic because I had not go in 6 years.
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Hopefully one day i can go
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I go to a psychiatrist every three months. Mainly just to get refills, I'm in the appointment for maybe ten minutes.

As for a doctor for physical maladies the last time was a turn and cough physical for a construction job. That was 15 years ago.
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Hardly ever.

I guess a couple years.

I don't really have much faith in doctors outside of specialists, surgeons and the ER.

Prescription drugs are also a mixed bag.

Every day for my bunions
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Depends. If I'm trying new drugs(only tried them twice) it's on a regular bases. However I've stopped taking the pills so haven't been in several months. Without being a guinea pig it's very rare. Maybe once a year at best.
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I have to go every 4 months to make sure my liver is still functioning properly thanks to a side effect of one of my medications. So unless I'm super sick, I don't have a reason to go otherwise.

Only when I need to renew my pilot physical.
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Once a year at least, just for a quick review on the medication am on and get another years prescription
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I think the last time I went to the doctor was when I blew out a disk in my spine. They did an MRI, I had surgery, and the last time I saw the doctor was the follow up. That was about 1 year and a half ago.
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Not often fortunate enough to have good health
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Annual checkups which are "free" under my plan (using the word "free" very loosely, considering those costs are baked into the plan itself), so it'd be a waste of money if I didn't use them. In the past few years, I've seen my doctor (or perhaps a nurse practitioner at his office) once for a tick bite and then I think one other time for something.

Other than as an aftermath from a doctor appointment, I don't really get sick... well, from colds. I'll occasionally have stomach problems from bad dietary habits, etc.
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Only when I'm sick which doesn't happen very often.

The last time I went was for bronchitis about a year ago.
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Doctors usually find what they are looking for so never.

I see my psychiatrist every three months. Haven't seen a family physician in about a year. He retired and I'm on the list for a new doctor which is absurdly long.
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dedbus posted...

Doctors usually find what they are looking for so never.

"Don't want to visit someone who knows his shit, he might see I'm ill!"
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Never. I live in America and I'm too poor. I'm probably gonna die of some preventable or curable bullshit before I'm 40 because of the for-profit healthcare system in this shithole country.

CaptainStrong posted...

Never. I live in America and I'm too poor. I'm probably gonna die of some preventable or curable bullshit before I'm 40 because of the for-profit healthcare system in this shithole country.

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old_school227 posted...

Hopefully one day i can go

Every 6 months for routine preventative care, like everyone should.
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GP at least once a year, dentist at least once a year, OB/GYN at least once a year.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

dedbus posted...

Doctors usually find what they are looking for so never.

"Don't want to visit someone who knows his shit, he might see I'm ill!"

He might also be more inclined to prescribe certain drugs and issue certain procedures depending on the incentives they are getting which is apparently a health crisis going on right now with painkillers and such.

My last job gave us a quick health screening (cholestrol and blood pressure) and hearing test. Beyond that, and the time I spent in a hospital after a bad car accident in 08, I haven't been to see a doctor in almost 15 years. Partly because I'm lazy, but mostly because I don't have insurance.
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Three months. I am on medication that requires frequent blood work
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I stopped seeing The Doctor entirely during the Matt Smith era.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I stopped seeing The Doctor entirely during the Matt Smith era.

tbh, I had been tempted to toss a Doctor Who joke in there and now I missed my chance!

And, for whatever reason, I also stopped during the Matt Smith era. Possibly because I finished a season (the first Clara one) and never got back to it =x
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Unfortunately, I don't go enough. I go only when I have no choice.
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Given I have multiple chronic health problems, both mental and physical, and am a 90%-to-full-time wheelchair user... less than most people would probably expect me to.

Most of the time, my prescriptions continue as usual, even the weekly one for my pain meds, unless I need to get something altered or have my annual check on them. I have physiotherapy exercises I do at home & see the physio at my local hospital every 2 to 3 months or so, but I see my GP maybe 3 or 4 times a year unless we've got something specific in the pipeline (like now I need to make an appt with him to talk about an MRI scan he sent me for) or they request to see me.
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Zeus posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I stopped seeing The Doctor entirely during the Matt Smith era.

tbh, I had been tempted to toss a Doctor Who joke in there and now I missed my chance!

And, for whatever reason, I also stopped during the Matt Smith era. Possibly because I finished a season (the first Clara one) and never got back to it =x

They completely wasted the next Dr (Peter Capaldi) with awful writing and shows. It was more about Clara than the Dr. I never finished his run. It was just one bad episode after another for the most part. I liked him though and his portrayal.

I would recommend a yearly physical if you are able to, especially once you hit your 30s. Blood work and urinalysis.

This way you can keep an eye on things and any changes in your body. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Zeus posted...

And, for whatever reason, I also stopped during the Matt Smith era.

It's because the writing sucked.



CTLM posted...

They completely wasted the next Dr (Peter Capaldi) with awful writing and shows. It was just one bad episode after another for the most part. I liked him though and his portrayal.

This is where I sort of am. I liked Matt Smith as the Doctor. I like Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. I don't even entirely mind Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, though it feels like they handled every aspect of that situation in the worst possible way, ensuring there was going to be backlash.

The real problem is that the writing has been getting progressively worse and worse ever since Steven Moffat took over, and despite a lot of people hoping things would get better after Moffat left, it seems like Chris Chibnall is just making things even worse.

It doesn't matter whether or not I like a given actor as the Doctor, if I don't like any of the stories they're in.

Basically, they took 8 years to utterly kill any interest I once had in a show I'd previously been a fan of for almost 30 years.

At this point, even if they got a new showrunner, a new Doctor, and the scripts radically improved, I doubt I'd even bother trying to get back into it again.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Zeus posted...

And, for whatever reason, I also stopped during the Matt Smith era.

It's because the writing sucked.

CTLM posted...

They completely wasted the next Dr (Peter Capaldi) with awful writing and shows. It was just one bad episode after another for the most part. I liked him though and his portrayal.

This is where I sort of am. I liked Matt Smith as the Doctor. I like Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. I don't even entirely mind Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, though it feels like they handled every aspect of that situation in the worst possible way, ensuring there was going to be backlash.

The real problem is that the writing has been getting progressively worse and worse ever since Steven Moffat took over, and despite a lot of people hoping things would get better after Moffat left, it seems like Chris Chibnall is just making things even worse.

It doesn't matter whether or not I like a given actor as the Doctor, if I don't like any of the stories they're in.

Basically, they took 8 years to utterly kill any interest I once had in a show I'd previously been a fan of for almost 30 years.

At this point, even if they got a new showrunner, a new Doctor, and the scripts radically improved, I doubt I'd even bother trying to get back into it again.

The last episode I watched was the "eye dust" monsters. I just barely finished the episode, kept saying out loud "I'm done" after a few "this is so stupid" and I have never seen another one since.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Zeus posted...

And, for whatever reason, I also stopped during the Matt Smith era.

It's because the writing sucked.

CTLM posted...

They completely wasted the next Dr (Peter Capaldi) with awful writing and shows. It was just one bad episode after another for the most part. I liked him though and his portrayal.

This is where I sort of am. I liked Matt Smith as the Doctor. I like Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. I don't even entirely mind Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, though it feels like they handled every aspect of that situation in the worst possible way, ensuring there was going to be backlash.

The real problem is that the writing has been getting progressively worse and worse ever since Steven Moffat took over, and despite a lot of people hoping things would get better after Moffat left, it seems like Chris Chibnall is just making things even worse.

It doesn't matter whether or not I like a given actor as the Doctor, if I don't like any of the stories they're in.

Basically, they took 8 years to utterly kill any interest I once had in a show I'd previously been a fan of for almost 30 years.

At this point, even if they got a new showrunner, a new Doctor, and the scripts radically improved, I doubt I'd even bother trying to get back into it again.

Wrong thread, guys.

If you're going to rant about Doctor Who, make another. =P Though to some extent I agree (re. Chibnall, who should never have made showrunner).

Besides which, whatever you think of Matt's acting in that role, the guy himself is a sweetheart (I've met him a few times now).

Now, non-fictional medical doctor thread?

I just got a message from one of the GPs at my practice poking me to get my morphine dosage reviewed - again. I think she misread the review due date on my record, since it says July 7th 2020. But if I don't do it today, she won't issue my weekly repeat, and I need that. Sigh.
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I doubt if most people go as often as they should and that's due to lack of insurance or maybe due to the inability to pay etc. I also think most people what for symptoms before going to a doctor.
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BUMPED2002 posted...

I also think most people what for symptoms before going to a doctor.

What now?

I have always and will always have to go to the doctor all the time. I was a failure to thrive baby, a sickly kid, a sickly teenager, and a sickly young adult. I always gotten sick more often, more easily, worse, and for longer than everyone around me.

I had a few years in the middle there where I didn't get sick much, and even a really short time where I felt healthy. Then I got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and it all went downhill from there.

Add that to losing my mind a couple years ago, and I'm going to be seeing a neurologist and a psychiatrist several times a year for the rest of my life. As well as the GP when I get sick because my immune system sucks. And regular trips to hospitals and/or imaging places for MRIs. And vial after vial of blood tests.
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Assuming I'm not sick, at least once a year for my physical and bloodworks.
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BUMPED2002 posted...

I doubt if most people go as often as they should and that's due to lack of insurance or maybe due to the inability to pay etc.

Which is generally untrue.

BUMPED2002 posted...

I also think most people what for symptoms before going to a doctor.

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I have to go to a clinic at least once a year just to get my inhaler refilled.

I've had a good last few years though and haven't had to go to the hospital for one thing or another. There was quite the stretch where I felt like I was spending a ridiculous amount of time in hospitals for someone who was in their early 20's.
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almost never
if I die, I die
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I haven't been to the doctor since my police physical like 8 years ago.
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Trialia posted...

Wrong thread, guys.

If you're going to rant about Doctor Who, make another.

Feel free to mark the posts for off-topic, then.


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I've been twice in the last 15 years or so, iirc. Haven't had health insurance in a long time. If I could afford to go, I'd have been more times for sure.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Trialia posted...

Wrong thread, guys.

If you're going to rant about Doctor Who, make another.

Feel free to mark the posts for off-topic, then.

You're the only one I don't have on ignore, as it happens. It still takes up a load of space though. Had I been less distracted when quoting I would probably have deleted most of it when I posted.
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a lot.

because im diabetic and i have hepatic cirrhosis.
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only for ear cleaning cause of ear wax
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