X-Rays you have had...
Not counting dental x-rays--I've had many of those since childhood--I can't recall ever having any x-rays until the past 15 years or so. It's been since I got added to my wife's medical insurance after we got married. Prior to that I never had medical insurance and fortunately no incident where an x-ray was required.
Getting older often means feeling pain. Inexplicable pain until medical examinations are done. When I was first covered under medical insurance I was already nearing fifty which means I was heading towards getting old. I was getting older and feeling more pain.
During these past years of coverage I've probably had 7 or 8 x-rays. Maybe more--who's counting really. If I hurt and the doctors can't immediately determine why, they order x-rays. I've had x-rays of my feet, my abdomen, my chest, my head, and my lower back. Maybe there were more places x-rayed, but like I said--who's counting.
They never seem to find much of consequence in those x-rays, which I suppose I should be thankful for. There is a lower back issue--some kind of disc problem--but they said it would be better not to mess with it because surgery could cause worse problems. The back problems have gone away for the most part. So did everything else they x-rayed.
I say the problems are gone, but I don't know for sure. Right now I don't hurt and that's the main thing. Besides, the diagnosis typically is that I'm getting old. That's what the doctors usually end up saying, "You're getting older and sometimes you're going to feel pain."
I guess I don't need x-rays to tell me that. For that matter I don't really need a doctor to tell me that. Still, sometimes an x-ray and a doctor checking me out is kind of reassuring. I'd rather be getting older than have something really bad be wrong with me.
How often do you go to the doctor? Have you ever had an x-ray where something serious was discovered? Do you think x-rays are harmful to the extent that it's better not to have them?
I try not to go to the doctor much. It's a hassle. My smother is a wicked hypochondriac so she's always going here and there. I have a sniffle and she's pressing me to go to the doctor. I've had a ton of xrays though. I used to get bronchitus so bad that I'd have to have chest xrays. I've had concussions, a broken wrist. I've had xrays of my shoulders, hip joints and knees.
ReplyDeleteJoJo, I avoid going to the doctor as well. It usually takes up too much time and ends up resulting in little.
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I don't think anyone likes to go to the doctor. But they can improve your overall health and prolong your life. It is amazing what they can treat. Diabetes runs in my family with premature gray hair. I got both. So I got two to three times a year. What a bummer.
ReplyDeleteAnn, I guess hair loss runs in my family as my dad and most of my uncles went bald. Don't know about the diabetes--I've got type 2 but I don't know if it's hereditary. My father had it too so maybe it is.
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