Afraid to undergo annual physical exam

When I was working we had to do it compulsorily but now I postpone it as far back as I can as I too am afraid. If I have any kind of symptom I will go on the Net and try and find out what could possibly be wrong with me. I am into homoeopathy where there are hardly any side effects and one can take risks. I pick some rememdies and if I am lucky all is well. But if the symptoms continue, I have some doctor friends with whom I consult over the phone. At the moment in fact I do have a problem. I have this bloated feeling in my stomach and homoeopathy has not had any effect. . I consulted a doctor over the phone who has prescribed some tablets which I am now taking. Hopefully all should be well within the next 5 days.

Since one's continued employment is tied to the results of such an exam, I can certainly see why some of your co-workers would not welcome such an intrusion... and it is an intrusion, not a privilege. I have had a bit of examination done in recent months, but it was not tied to my employment. It was for myself--to address some concerns that I had. If it had been some exam required by an employer, I would have balked at such an intrusion into my privacy. What is going on within my body should be of no concern to any employer.

I just undergone physical examination last April before our training and so far I am doing fine. It is a good thing to have this annual examination so that we would be able to know this early if we have any problem regarding our health in order to address this thing earlier. Have a nice day! How was it?

i don't think u need to scare about the check up. its good that your insurance cover it for you annually, not all people can afford to do it annually. its good i think, at least if something happen u can no early, so, why need to be scare, rather than u know sometime but it already late

it very normal to be afraid but you should not be afraid if your health is on line.you just need to think that this would make you better not worse.

'Better the devil we know than the one we don't know', hey! Do not be scared and go for your tests. And if you need prescribed medication for whatever, take it. The sick people around us are the ones who die because they lived in denial and pretense. Medication are there to cure and help us to, hopefully enjoy a quality life. Good health to you my friend!

I get a physical exam every year and I'm happy to because if there's a health problem I will get to have it taken care of. If you don't know your not healthy it's not good.

You should be afraid if you don't know what's happening inside your body. You are very fortunate to have a chance to have a physical exam. If I were you, you should not be afraid and should always go for it. Remember, there are a lot of sick people in the world who needs a check up more than you do, but they don't have the money, so be thankful that you have that chance to have a physical exam and go for it. :)

To be honest, I never take those physical exams ever since I got my own health insurance. Somehow I just don't got the time to do the regular check up on my own, don't know why, or maybe I am as scared as you are right now. Anyway, I will spare a time to go for such examination, and I should do a something for my own personal health too, I guess.

It can be scary to go to the doctor and find out if there's something wrong. There's also the possibility that with routine check ups, certain problems can be found in time to be fully treated. The sooner you get checked out for problems, the sooner you can be treated and hopefully become healthy again.

We were all excited when we had our annual physical exam last July. That's because it's a bit different from our previous usual ones. It was a thorough one, with an abdominal ultrasound. We were happy because at least, through that our physical as well as health being was determined. For those who were discovered to have this and that, were also happy that at least they will be able to arrest the sickness before it gets worse.

I am nurse and I am also a bit afraid to do annual check-ups and like your your reason I don't want to undergo such test because I might find an illness and something wrong with my body. But because, its for free, the annual check-ups. I will surely go for it and pray to God nothing bad will happen to me. I want to advise you to take the annual physical exam especially when you are getting older. The better the detection the better the cure or should I say the earlier the cure.

Actually you no need to worry about that at all and the regarding to the physical problem,the earlier you find out,the easier you can cure it. And I think someone really worry about it are those without the health insurance,do you think so?So actually you are lucky from this point of view.

I am not afraid to take that all over physical exam. I want to know if I have a sickness as early as I can so that I can prevent or I can be warned myself about any diseases. It is better than to be surprised that I have already diseases and it is already severe.

i don't mess around with doctors like that. you are right. i am too scared about if they are going to tell me i have some horrible disease, when i feel perfectly fine. why go around getting things checked if there is nothing wrong. i never understood that concept. if you hang around barber shops long enough, you will eventually get a hair cut. if you hang around doctors long enough, you will eventually get a disease. i don't know, that's just me. doctors are paid for people being sick.

That is the trouble with some people. They get scared even before really knowing the truth. When you think about it more closely, what can your fear do if you did have any disease? Wouldn't you want to live longer and be with your loved ones? I think that if you do not value yourself, atleast value the love that your friends and relatives have for you.

Well, it would be a lot scarier if you know that you did something quite undesirable to your body a few months ago. If you keep on thinking of it, you'll get more anxious and sooner, you'll begin to think that somehow there really is something wrong with your body. You know, just take the physical exam. After all, no one else would benefit from it but you. If you find out, through the results that there are some discrepancies in your body, you might as well take steps on how you could make it okay. That can even help you save your life.