I had one last night. Has anyone else reached an age where you start getting letters through the door telling you to come to the doctors to have your tyres kicked? Found out that, despite 23 years of smoking (having quit last March), my lung age is 33. My blood pressure is right on the money. My resting heart rate is roughly 55 bpm. Also........anyone had a prostate exam yet??
Don't they call that the healthy man's clinic or something like that up here ? I understand how important the prostate examination is, but you would of thought by now they would of come up with a more dignified way of checking than the finger. Bet the doctor loves those over 40 health checks
I am only 36 but what i've had to put up with I fell 60. I know others go through worse and as for the prostate exam, NO.
When the time comes Rich, I shall get a doctor to do it if it's all the same mate. I had a 'non invasive' going over last year, when I agreed to be part of a Diabetes study. Blood pressure, weight for height etc all came back as 'high side of normal', which I took to be a result. I was expecting them to hit the alarm bar after just sniffing my piss sample.
I thought I was just going in for COPD screening but then they started with the questions and the blood pressure etc. To be fair I'd been meaning to get a check up for a while. I reckon it's a bit like a bike. Better to have it checked over and do preventative maintenance rather than waiting until your big end goes.
I have my blood sugar levels checked quite regularly because our lass is a type 1 diabetic and occasionally checks mine. I suspect she's using my readings to bring her overall score down so that she doesn't get into trouble with the diabetes nurse but I haven't accused her yet.
Try having a prostate biopsy..... Imagine having an air-rifle barrel shoved up your a**e, then it being used to try to stir around your lower organs and occasionally taking potshots at them... Oh and 3 female nurses stood there talking to you telling you it'll soon be over, whilst the female doctor is discussing last night soaps with her colleague.... Wasn't the best start to that day I can tell you....
Hmmm anywhere else but North Tees huh Rich ?? No it was James Cook, it was my first day at my new job too, so I had to go in late and then sit for 4 hours doing inductions...
I had a camera shoved up my arse after I was bleeding from the old chocolate starfish, that wasnt very pleasant, It also has another tube attached that inflates your bowl. Farting for hours after! Any how it turned out to be food poisoning, Thank fook!
