When seeing the Doctor

My other half comes with me but only comes in if I need him to - like when I was finding out about my surgery and that type of thing! He has only been to the doctors once in the last 11 years and he went on his own! I do go with my Gran though as she is almost 84 and doesn't always tell the dr the truth , she just tells him she is fine - she also gets mixed up when she comes out so it is very handy to go in with her! xxx

My wife and I always go together whenever possible and that means me going to the 'womans doctor' when it is needed. It is not the greatest or most exciting thing on my list to do but we try to do everything as a partnership. Thanks Zelo

No I go by myself I son't need 2 people telling me what to eat and what not to do

It been long time that i don't get ill. But i'm not ask for it. Since i don't have a spouse, yet, i always go with mum. mum tell the doctor what's wrong with my body and i add some when she forgot about something else. You will stay young for long because you have a funny husband. You are lucky, girl!

I prefer to go alone too, not because my husband is funny but because he's a pain in the How do you call it. When he has to go he always asks that I go with him and I do.

Nice to know that you help your husband to take him to the doctor. But he could not share in your case as he is very social. You are devoted friend to your spouse, but your husband is not serious. He is funny enough. It means he does not take serious some thing like health of you. This is not good. But you are right and you should keep continue to help your husband, it will teach him and cause to tight the relationship.

I've really never understood why people bring other people to the doctor with them. I guess I'm just a private person and don't want other people knowing my business. LOL

men make the worst patients.....they can't be trusted to go to the doctor alone! we women can manage our health and health-care so much better! We know what info to give to the doctors, and what questions to ask!

Although I am alone now, Modestah, I have always kept my doctors' appointments by myself. My ex accompanied me a few times during the years we were together but that was only when he drove me.

Well... It is a little more difficult for me. I could be seen BY my husband unless I needed narcotics or anxiety meds. He can't prescribe them to his own family. Plus, most medical professionals I have met don't treat their loved ones. They are too emotionally involved. The one time I was seen by him he was so nervous because it was me, he couldn't even remember my age! Even the Docs or PA's I do see, he knows. It is good in that because of this I will get good care. On the other hand, my husband tends to speak for me in my appointments. He doesn't mean to but he does. The last time I made him leave so I could talk. He was fine with it, he knows he does this sometimes. He did our baby daughter's immunizations last time, well he did one leg while the tech did the other so it would be over quicker. He felt like a monster. She is his princess. She forgave him though.

Both my husband and I go to our doctors appointments together. It has always been that way. The way we figure it, is that we will both end up forgetting to tell the doctor something important and the other always remembers. Between the two of us, my husband is the quiet one and I am the talkative one, so sometimes I end up talking to much. But hey at least the doctor knows all the information that he needs to.

For me, the decision lies with what kind of doctor appointment it is. For the dentist, I'd ather go alone, as with any minor appointment. But when it comes to something important like broken bones, I need him along. And if it's more serious than that, he better be there if he knows what's good for him...lols Actually, he's very supportive, and takes me to all my appointments. Quite often, he just waits for me in the waiting room.

I have to take my BF otherwise he won't go at all. We have also been living in Spain and now in the Dom Rep and guess what, he speaks little Spanish and so I HAVE to go in order to make sure that the doctor(s) know what is wrong with him. And even if they do speak English the BF always forgets some of his symptoms - can never figure that one out!?!?!?! Why do we have to try and get them to the doctors, screaming and kicking all the way there. What are they afraid of? You see the guy, he gives you something and the pain goes away, it's simple!! When I'm sick, I go it alone. I like to get in and out of there fast too and don't want to 'worry' about what the other half is doing. Plus he gets impatient etc. and that isn't good for ones blood pressure. Men!

I have a great doctor and don't need to take others along. She asks questions and wants to know how life is. Treats me like I am educated, which I am, never talks down to me and takes her time! She encourages me to keep a note pad around when I am not in the office and when anything medical comes up I might have a question about, to write it in the pad and bring the pad of paper along to apointments, She takes as long as I need every time and asks me what I have wondered about in the note pad..answers me and then if I have not asked something she thinks I should know, she brings it up and tells me things. If you have a cool doctor, you are OK to go it alone. If not, then take another person. But keep that note pad around and DO write questions on there and take it to your appointment. And when the doctor answers, take notes for yourself. Works for me!

I always take my husband with me. He's the one with the car and I do not have a drivers license anymore and the only way that I will be able to get one is if he does not want me to hand over most of my Old Age Security. I also do not think some things are that important so I neglect telling about them or I say I am feeling fine when I am not. My husband does think that I should see the doctor about some what I consider minor so it is on usually his insistence that I go.

I don't go with him anymore, but I should. Whenever he starts feeling bad, he will wait until he can't stand it anymore, and then he tells me to make an appointment for him. Usually, he's already been suffering for weeks. He then tells me how bad he's feeling, but if I go with him to the doctor, he minimizes his injury or illness. If I say anything, he'll act like I'm exaggerating, so I won't go with him anymore. Once he had a really bad toothache, and he waited until the weekend to tell me, when he knows the dentist's office is not open. He couldn't sleep, the pain was so bad. I had to try calling the emergency number, and it took hours to get a hold of the dentist. I never let him go with me, because he's always trying to be funny, and he'll say something really inappropriate.

i make a list of off my problems and symptoms. He and his nurse aide take my blood pressure and weight ..so i have all my meds i take in front of him on the desk..even the supplements that i can buy otc..like fish oil, garlick oil, cal-malx and of course the meds that he prescribes..he writes down what i need to continue and what is working...he advise is lose weight..and I am..and he writes a scripts for 90 days ans my insurance pays for 90 days at a time...He is a Filipina doctor in the US but i remind him i must pay him $55.00 for me and also 55.00 for my asawa..but in the Philippines its less then $5.00 but he said he had malpractice insurance to pay plus a high over head..lol..so we pay more in the USA..but you should have all your complaints written down and all the meds you take in clear sight of what he has been giving you..Doctors are human and don't let him rush you out of his sight without him knowing of any complications or problems you are suffering..Doc's can only work on the information you give them. If your husband bs his way with the doctor you are wasting the Docs time and putting himself up to health problems down the road..bull chit on your own time..time is money for a doc..my thoughts too

I go with my spouse to his physicatric appointments sometimes to let her know if she needs to try him on a different medication or to see how a new one is working. But other than that I let him go alone. Now that I'll be having pre-natal visits he'll be going with me to them but if I was just going for other reasons that didn't involve a pregnancy or anything like that. Than I go alone.

I love my doctor. Since we got married my doctor has become my husbands doctor. I try to make appointments for us both. Easier to get things done in one shot. One of us waits in waiting room while other goes in. I feel better if my hubby is there. That way he hears things the same time.For hubby he can go alone or I will wait in the waiting rom.

Its depends. Most appointments that I have been to, my husband has gone with me because they were when I was pregnant and he wanted to be a part of everything. I recently have started going with him to his appointments because he has a bad back injury and can't drive and wants me to make sure he doesn't forget to ask the doctor something. Also we both usually go to our girls appointments, unless I am working, or we don't have a sitter for the other kids.