tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post3779924111397648845..comments2024-03-12T07:48:29.712+03:00Comments on Stories from the trauma bay: Annual physicalDocBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-24891743798458889512016-11-05T22:00:15.492+02:002016-11-05T22:00:15.492+02:00yes, that was me
don't know the answer but I k...yes, that was me<br />don't know the answer but I know the Cochrane reviews are out of date on the topic.<br />Cory F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-7149840261694777282016-11-03T18:41:25.988+02:002016-11-03T18:41:25.988+02:00You seemed to have misunderstood the study. It con...You seemed to have misunderstood the study. It concludes that annual physicals aren't necessarily helpful, not that medication isn't helpful. <br /><br />So while I appreciate the sarcasm, no. DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-10272149088835203782016-11-03T17:26:04.345+02:002016-11-03T17:26:04.345+02:00so I'm 65. can i stop taking my blood pressur...so I'm 65. can i stop taking my blood pressure medicine? and my blood thinner for the blood clot i got after surgery? it's expensive and I'd love to stop. thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-80321262819949932982016-10-31T06:02:58.374+02:002016-10-31T06:02:58.374+02:00check in the refrigerator behing the condiment pac...check in the refrigerator behing the condiment packets.<br /><br />and consider yourself lucky. they could have found the cancer while doing a "we don't know what's wrong, so we'll take a random part out and see if that fixes it" surgery. good news is I still have both parents.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-22754714398566195302016-10-29T15:45:08.391+02:002016-10-29T15:45:08.391+02:00My problem was that I rarely get ill and mostly fe...My problem was that I rarely get ill and mostly feel great so I very rarely bothered to see my PCP and the breast cancer snuck up on me. Plus the recommendations for mammograms just kept changing (and the first one I had was performed by a sadist - I swear that woman ENJOYED the fact that I broke out in a sweat with pain and I have a HIGH pain threshold!). Maybe if I had gone for an "annual" examination every two or three years it wouldn't have gotten as far as it did. Still, I'm here to share several happy observations: the neuralgia is abating, I've lost 12 pounds (thank you again, steroids! for making me a fat middle-aged woman) and I'm really enjoying having my temporarily curly hair. It's cute.<br /><br />Now they want me to consider having yet another surgery. I wasn't young enough where they would have said, "Wednesday, the ovaries gotta go too" nor old enough to say, "Aromatase inhibitors - all the way!" So I'm doing lots of homework and gathering still more family history so my oncologist and I can decide what to do next. I really don't want another surgery. Even laprascopic. Holes are holes and an opportunity for something to set up shop or go very wrong.<br /><br />Anyway, I agree that an annual physical is probably overkill for many people. I still dragged my kids in though. I certainly get seen by enough doctors throughout the year that we have a fair notion of what is going on.<br /><br />Sorry Doc, I can't find my password so you'll have to go through the hassle of approving this. It's around here. Somewhere. I know I wrote it down!<br /><br />WednesdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-74279287089835023232016-10-26T09:00:30.004+03:002016-10-26T09:00:30.004+03:00Thanks for sharing this. Dr. Franklin makes some g...Thanks for sharing this. Dr. Franklin makes some good points about the *current* relevancy of this data, related to the age of the various trials reviewed, in relation to various treatments and medications developed *since* those observations. Point being, medical checkups at fairly regular intervals (though he doesn't categorically suggest a complete annual physical for everyone) *might* now indeed save some lives, or at least allow patient and doctor to more proactively manage a discovered health condition, more than they might have 40 years ago. <br /><br />Doc B., I see your point also. Patients who *have* learned of a chronic health condition are likely to be already under doctor's care, which will establish the appropriate schedule for checkups and testing. My mother, a senior, hasn't had, or needed, a routine "annual physical" for, I think, almost 14 years now. She's a cancer survivor, who also has very late-onset Type 2 diabetes, and had a pacemaker implanted two years ago to help compensate for a relatively minor arrythmia that was causing general fatigue. So, there are enough routine appointments with her PCP and specialists to enable her to successfully manage everything and lead a reasonably active lifestyle. There's no reason for an additional "complete physical" when we already *know* what conditions need regular monitoring. Scarabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999961861218673544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-86134289168930659622016-10-26T07:25:21.922+03:002016-10-26T07:25:21.922+03:00I have never had an annual physical, but see my pr...I have never had an annual physical, but see my primary care doctor off and on for various aches and pains. These aches and pains he totally ignores, but zones in on my cholesterol and blood pressure. Put me on pills, now my B/ P is 92/57 (just took it) hope it doesn't go any lower. Mary C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03798704383301139461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-52111214072400886462016-10-26T05:06:27.643+03:002016-10-26T05:06:27.643+03:00http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/comment...http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-annual-physical-emanuel-perspec-0125-20150123-story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-46585926020215733162016-10-26T03:09:10.053+03:002016-10-26T03:09:10.053+03:00last time I went in for a physical, my doctor told...last time I went in for a physical, my doctor told me "you should probably come back for another one in ten years"<br /><br />meanwhile, I've got my annual fitness evaluation for the fire department to make sure I still have the strength and flexibility to do the job.<br />problem is the health center works the same hours as my day job, and I'm too busy doing exactly what the evaluation would have me doing to go do it with them watching.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-22902800963414644842016-10-26T02:52:54.281+03:002016-10-26T02:52:54.281+03:00That was published by accident before it was compl...That was published by accident before it was completed. I'll put it back when it's done. DocBastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-52493468773506351792016-10-25T20:43:14.797+03:002016-10-25T20:43:14.797+03:00It's part of the health requirement if you hav...It's part of the health requirement if you have a life insurance policy. They actually started it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com