my father died of prostate cancer about 12 years ago. My mother preceded him in death by 12 years from tuberculosis. please don’t tell me that you are one of those who believe that if you FEEL and SMELL ok, that you are probably healthy, bc I will have to go into a primal scream mode. I think annual physicals with routine blood work is a PRUDENT thing to do to monitor one’s health in middle age and beyond. I don’t fear doctors, I don’t idolize doctors, I also don’t believe that they are out to line their pockets at my expense. I am an educated consumer of medical care.
Not so. But, there was an expression in my family that if a person was “doctoring” they weren’t long for this world. And that was true, for the most part.
I see the doctors annually, or whenever I have a problem. But, I’m not a person who runs to the doctor for every little thing.
I have (at least) 2 members of my family who were actually killed by their doctors, so I take what they say with a big fat grain of salt — a whole shaker full.
Not so. But, there was an expression in my family that if a person was “doctoring” they weren’t long for this world. And that was true, for the most part.
I see the doctors annually, or whenever I have a problem. But, I’m not a person who runs to the doctor for every little thing.
I have (at least) 2 members of my family who were actually killed by their doctors, so I take what they say with a big fat grain of salt — a whole shaker full.