Do you go to the doctor?

[Pollyanna]

There has been some discussion in another thread about how men don't go to the doc when necessary. It was pondered if it was a man thing or a doc thing. So what do you all think?

I should come clean and say that I don't even have a doctor, if I'm not pregnant, I don't see anyone. Hell, I had to be in tears and unable to actually move my arm before I let DH take me to the ortho last month, and I can live with a cracked tooth for months before I head to the endodontist. I am neither male or a doctor but I just don't have enough time in my life to go to the doctor. Yes, I realize the stupidity in the above statement but there it is.

So how about it? Do you all go to the doctor at the first sign of trouble?

I don't have a doctor either unless I'm pregnant. Neither of us do. DH was saying the other day that we should...but we say that every winter.

[Pollyanna]

I don't have a doctor either unless I'm pregnant. Neither of us do. DH was saying the other day that we should...but we say that every winter.

We say the same thing. Now I say, "since we are both 40 maybe we should find a doctor", to which he replies, "doctors are idiots".

I go to the doctor. But it does take me a lot to go. Like it took me hemorrhaging to go the last time - and that ended in an emergency hysterectomy... soooooo... I have been trying to be better to listen to my body and get to the doctor before things get serious

[L.Jane]

I go every year for my check in with the gyno and the eye dr. But then again, I have to if I want my BC and contacts perscribed for another year... I have moved so much in the last 9 years that keeping a stable Dr. is nearly impossible and I don't even try anymore. I am currenly on the prowl for a new gyno here since my BC is up in a couple months.

We say the same thing. Now I say, "since we are both 40 maybe we should find a doctor", to which he replies, "doctors are idiots".

DH has been citing age as well. Still no doctor. We both had bronchitis or some such thing last winter and found ourselves in a bit of a bind, doctor-wise.

[GrayMatterWife]

I see the doctor almost every day.

I see him to make him dinner, do his laundry, raise his children, financially support him, and encourage him through the rigors of residency.

I don't have TIME for any other doctors. One is all I care to have in my schedule.

[Pollyanna]

i see the doctor almost every day.

I see him to make him dinner, do his laundry, raise his children, financially support him, and encourage him through the rigors of residency.

I don't have time for any other doctors. One is all i care to have in my schedule.

Perfect!!

I don't have a doctor either unless I'm pregnant. Neither of us do. DH was saying the other day that we should...but we say that every winter.

Me either. My neighbor goes -- it almost seems like she goes monthly for this or that ailment -- but I don't. I do my yearlys w/my OB/GYN, but I don't have a general practitioner I visit.

I would like to think I'd go if I were hurt or very sick ... knock on wood ...

[moonlight]

For most of my 20's I neglected my health, but I've turned over a new leaf. I go to the doctor at the first sign of trouble or illness. I HATE being sick and will do anything as early on as possible to keep it at bay. For someone like me who will go (and does go) to the doctor frequently I am incredibly picky in selecting a doctor. I've fired more doctors in the last couple years than anyone I know. I'm just not going to waist my time on someone that halfasses an office visit. Now that I live in a smaller and somewhat rural area it's difficult because the number of private practice doctor offices is limited.

I'm also really pushy when it comes to my family seeing the doctor when they are sick. My nurse mother is the world's worst when it comes to taking care of herself and seeing the doctor. DH has a lax attitude towards going to the doctor, but I totally railroad him until I get my way... and off to the doctor. I also make a point to go with him to appointments when I can.

[MrsC]

DH's idea of going to the doctor is "asking a guy at work", which he did last week, asked an ortho guy about ankle trouble.

I go to my yearly gyn appt and the dentist but that's about it. I should be seeing my gastro doc regularly but every time I go he orders a new procedure. That gets old pretty quickly. I'll go if I'm in pain.

[oceanchild]

I do. Not often, but if something comes up I'll go. Usually if I ask my DH's opinion about something, he'll tell me to go see a doctor. He's not bad about seeing doctors either, but he definitely hates going to the dentist. I try to do at least one, preferably two, dental visits a year.

I only go yearly for my OB/GYN visit, and that's just to get my b/c prescription renewed. I just haven't felt the need to find myself a general practitioner yet. I guess if I really weren't feeling well, I would suck it up and go. DH likes to think he's well-equiped with enough knowledge to be all the doctor I need. I don't dare bruise his ego by reminding him he's just beginning his 3rd year.

[mommax3]

I have an internal medicine doc here that I have seen twice in the past four years. No more babies = no reason to see OB/GYN, unless I start having gyn issues. I see my eye doctor once a year so I can get my contacts, I see a dentist once a year. I recently saw a podiatrist for the first time, due to my leg injury, but I hope that won't become a regular thing!

However, when I am sick, I don't call my doctor......I go to DH's office to get my throat swabbed or whatever. He is a good enough PCP for me when I'm sick, and I have instant access! My boys have a doctor and get physicals once a year, but same thing when they are sick....we head to Dad's office.

DH, on the other hand, does NOT have a doctor or a dentist, and I am really insisting that he see both sometime this year. Ironically, he is the one person in our family that has a chronic condition (reflux) for which he self-medicates, and I really think he needs to be seen.

[ladymoreta]

My OB/Gyn is the closest I have to a regular doctor. I go to the dentist for cleanings twice a year.

I, too, wait way too long before going to see a doctor. I'm also that annoying person at work who thinks she has "allergies" when it's really a cold. I know, I know, I hate people like that, too. My mom never let us stay home from school unless we were running a fever or throwing up, so that's pretty much my criteria for using a sick day.