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Do You Get an Annual Physical Xam?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:23 pm
by Lon
And if you do, does it include a CBC (Complete Blood Count)?
Many people never go to the Dr. for a annual checkup because they feel well and are not sick. BIG MISTAKE.
I am alive today because of very early detection of of two medical conditions that if let undetected and untreated would have taken me out years ago. The CBC was the thing that caught the problem rather than the poking and prodding of the physician.
Complete Blood Count: The Test
Do You Get an Annual Physical Xam?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:36 pm
by Lady J
Lon, Glad to hear you had an annual check up! Your advice is good!
Has your doctor every checked your triglycerides? That is another one left unchecked that will cause problems.
Happy you are still here!!!
Triglycerides: Why do they matter? - MayoClinic.com
Do You Get an Annual Physical Xam?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:07 pm
by Lon
Lady J;1382675 wrote: Lon, Glad to hear you had an annual check up! Your advice is good!
Has your doctor every checked your triglycerides? That is another one left unchecked that will cause problems.
Happy you are still here!!!
etc
Triglycerides: Why do they matter? - MayoClinic.com
Yes, tri along with a Complete Metobolic Panel,Cardiac Stress Test etc. CMP
Do You Get an Annual Physical Xam?
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:00 am
by jones jones
You are so right Lon. Many people simply go thru life believing they are perfectly healthy simply because they avoid going to their GP for a physical. I have two family members, both male who kept their heads buried in the sand this way and who kept insisting that they had "nothing at all wrong with them."
One has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and the other has a cholestrol count that is off the top of the scale.
I go for an annual check-up every June and this includes blood tests for all the dreaded deseases.