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Bobby Porter <b_p…@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Tai <tainu…@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> (Promoting healthy husbands) > In this house, everyone heads to the Family Doc, the Dentist, and the Eye > Doctor around their birthday for the basic tune-ups.  It’s a convenient date > to remember, and since our birthdays are not all in the same month, it’s > easier on the checkbook.

Great ideas, both.  Thanks for suggesting it. Wendy, whose husband had one prostate exam and never went back

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Tai <tainu…@yahoo.com> wrote: > My husband is 44 and his doctor said he should come back every 2 years until > he turns 50 and then go to annual checkups. I’m wondering how many of the > men of this group or the husbands of the women of this group do have regular > medical examinations?

I’m a bit younger than your husband (just on the near side of 30) but not terribly healthy. I am very pleased to have made it now a year without needing to head into a doctor for something more serious — and am due for a bi-annual checkup in November. Fortunately, no prostate stuff at my age, and my wife is in getting her masters’ in Nursing so with any luck by the time I start needing them…

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Tai <tainu…@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:GbIZa.28032$bo1.26128@news-server.bigpond.net.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My husband came home today with the results of his medical exam and blood > tests that he had last week. He wasn’t unwell but it’s been four or five > years since his last ‘well man’s’ check up. I confess to grinning evilly > when he told me his prostate was checked (small flat and soft – just as it > ought to be) but we’re both happy all his test results are excellent, > especially since he feels he’s put on a bit of weight this year and has been > a tad miserable because he’s found it harder to get off than before. > Well, before, it’s never been at all difficult! (Lucky bloody men. lol) > Anyway, while I’m sure you’re are all fascinated by this health report on my > husband there is a point to this post. Women tend to have well-women > checkups all the time during our reproductive years, even if we’ve been to > see the doctor only for a prescription for birth control pills or for a > smear test. Men often don’t seem to get to a doctor until there’s something > seriously wrong. My father was a good example of that and it probably killed > him. > My husband is 44 and his doctor said he should come back every 2 years until > he turns 50 and then go to annual checkups. I’m wondering how many of the > men of this group or the husbands of the women of this group do have regular > medical examinations? > Tai > (Promoting healthy husbands)

I am glad to hear that your husband is healthy, Tai.  It’s always a good thing when those you love are doing well. In this house, everyone heads to the Family Doc, the Dentist, and the Eye Doctor around their birthday for the basic tune-ups.  It’s a convenient date to remember, and since our birthdays are not all in the same month, it’s easier on the checkbook. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"Tai" <tainu…@yahoo.com> wrote in message <news:GbIZa.28032$bo1.26128@news-server.bigpond.net.au>… > My husband came home today with the results of his medical exam and blood > tests that he had last week. He wasn’t unwell but it’s been four or five > years since his last ‘well man’s’ check up. I confess to grinning evilly > when he told me his prostate was checked (small flat and soft – just as it > ought to be) but we’re both happy all his test results are excellent, > especially since he feels he’s put on a bit of weight this year and has been > a tad miserable because he’s found it harder to get off than before. > Well, before, it’s never been at all difficult! (Lucky bloody men. lol) > Anyway, while I’m sure you’re are all fascinated by this health report on my > husband there is a point to this post. Women tend to have well-women > checkups all the time during our reproductive years, even if we’ve been to > see the doctor only for a prescription for birth control pills or for a > smear test. Men often don’t seem to get to a doctor until there’s something > seriously wrong. My father was a good example of that and it probably killed > him. > My husband is 44 and his doctor said he should come back every 2 years until > he turns 50 and then go to annual checkups. I’m wondering how many of the > men of this group or the husbands of the women of this group do have regular > medical examinations? > Tai > (Promoting healthy husbands)

LOL Tai.  While I agree with you that women tend to get checked out more frequently, what is often overlooked is our overall health.  Our reproductive area is the focus whereas, how many of us women go for actual physicals.  Sure, I got to my yearly gynecological exam but that far from covers what needs to be checked overall. As far as my husband goes, he has to be checked either every year or every two years for his job although it’s not one of those big check ups either.  He is almost 44 like your husband.  I forced him to go to a dermatologist, made the appointment and went with him.  He didn’t have melanoma, but it was the step before.  I now force him to go to his twice yearly checks and I do go yearly due to all of the sun that I used to get and now sometimes get. I think that women often overlook their own health, while focusing on the health of their children and spouses.  It’s far easier to focus on them than on ourselves.  I have put on a few extra pounds in the last couple of years and find it increasingly harder to work out and eat less, as I am supposed to do now that I have turned 50.  I was told to have a colonoscopy this year but EWWWWWWW the thought of it makes me ill.  I know that it’s a good thing to do but the stress revolving around it is probably worse than getting it.  While I know I *should* do it, I’ll probably be harder on my husband to get his Yeah, tmi, I guess

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In article <GbIZa.28032$bo1.26…@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Tai <tainu…@yahoo.com> wrote: > I’m wondering how many of the > men of this group or the husbands of the women of this group do have regular > medical examinations?

I go every year — that is one of the benefits of sobriety.   Before seven years ago i don’t think I’d been for 15 years.  Dentist twice a year,  eye doctor every other year.  Oh ya, at this age I get a sigmoidoscopy every five years.   That probably would have you really grinning. Ted

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My husband came home today with the results of his medical exam and blood tests that he had last week. He wasn’t unwell but it’s been four or five years since his last ‘well man’s’ check up. I confess to grinning evilly when he told me his prostate was checked (small flat and soft – just as it ought to be) but we’re both happy all his test results are excellent, especially since he feels he’s put on a bit of weight this year and has been a tad miserable because he’s found it harder to get off than before. Well, before, it’s never been at all difficult! (Lucky bloody men. lol) Anyway, while I’m sure you’re are all fascinated by this health report on my husband there is a point to this post. Women tend to have well-women checkups all the time during our reproductive years, even if we’ve been to see the doctor only for a prescription for birth control pills or for a smear test. Men often don’t seem to get to a doctor until there’s something seriously wrong. My father was a good example of that and it probably killed him. My husband is 44 and his doctor said he should come back every 2 years until he turns 50 and then go to annual checkups. I’m wondering how many of the men of this group or the husbands of the women of this group do have regular medical examinations? Tai (Promoting healthy husbands)

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