I am scared of medical checks... Are you?

@buzzg3 (230)
June 1, 2016 2:48am CST
Its that time of the year when I have to go for my master health check up and am terrified. I have always feared doctors. The sight of a doctor made me weak on my knees. As a child I hid every health problem for the fear of a doctor visit until it got the better of me.I would cry each time the doctor came home to check on me In my teens I went to visit an aunt who was in hospital. The minute I entered the room I felt queasy and fainted. The fear just grew every year. I have this feeling I suffer from some health defect and the minute they diagnose it I will shrivel into depression that will eventually kill me. I am very weak at heart and can't bear pain. Even after two C-sections under GA ( My doctor knew I wouldn't have the guts or rather she wouldn't have the patience to withstand my attitude through it) my fear for doctors hasn't gone away. Here I am trying to book an appointment for my master check-up, finding imaginative reasons to postpone it by another year...or if possible a lifetime
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@Chungshop (2355)
1 Jun 16
Scared of seeing your doctor is the lack of courage in you, like dark is the absent of light ., turn on the light your room lost dark lo. The fear in you is a power leak it harm yourself and been tortured every moneent by it. Stop the leak, Step forward Be brave, face the challenge, not the end of everything, take a big breath, go for check up lo
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@Chungshop (2355)
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3 No 2 letters Yes 3 letters easy to say No than Yes lo There is a will, there is always a way. If you never try , forever you don't know. Just our mind set only. Success is the game of the mind, how you respond and act. Give a try, FREE of CHARGE
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
Thanks for the pep talk chung. Hope I muster the courage to do it. Wish me luck
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
@Chungshop Hmmm...Metal strength is something I totally lack when it comes to health...I feel I will get majorly depressed, no matter how much any person cheers me up, if am found sick
• Xian, China
1 Jun 16
Well, I seldom have a health check up proactively, I often do it under force.
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• Xian, China
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3 As ordinary people, we would not have health check regularly.
@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
@transcendent Yes Jerry we only go to the doctor when we have a problem and can't self medicate ourselves
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
Exactly Jerry! This time its not sickness that's forcing me it's my friend
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
1 Jun 16
Sorry to hear this. I also am afraid of doctors. Its good that yiu are making yourself go.
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
Yeah! Am trying to make myself do it...wish me luck
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
I hope you will overcome your fear for doctors because we all need to see a doctor every now and then especially when we grow older.
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
True! Maca. But its never gonna leave me. Maybe if one of my children get to be doctors the fear would go away. Its more of the fear of a misdiagnosis I think
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
yes i am.when i was young there is a medical check up in our school and i hid under the table of my teacher.hahaha i still remember that because my kids do that also
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
Phew! Some company
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
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• New Delhi, India
1 Jun 16
For major check ups, yes I do!
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
More company on that one alright!
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• New Delhi, India
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3 sure some more will add in this list too
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
2 Jun 16
I would suggest you not to postpone and to go for it and everything will be alright. Talk to family and friends and they will help you to feel better.
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
Yes Ajith I rant to every soul around before and after it. Couldn't spare the mylotters too
@youless (112507)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Jun 16
I am always nervous and worried to have the medical checkup. As seldom people will perfectly healthy. It is lucky to have a little healthy problem already.
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
The same feeling youless
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3,Forced by my family members the other day, I went for a medical check up,but the report was normal.I am in a good shape.
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@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
Lucky you Stay blessed with good health Bro
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3 Thanks,sis.A loving sister's well wishes always come true.Thanks again.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
2 Jun 16
This is a thing that I could never understand that people are afraid of doctors.
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@buzzg3 (230)
3 Jun 16
Are you a doctor marlina????
@Shiva49 (26690)
• Singapore
3 Jun 16
My only fear is they won't "over-diagnose" and prescribe needless medicines I believe our body is the best pharmacy with potential to self heal if we don't tamper with it. However, for certain issues we have to take medicines. I go for check-ups with a take that our body can never be perfect and test results too can differ over time - siva
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@buzzg3 (230)
3 Jun 16
Exactly Sir....With due respect to the genuine doctors around...I find the medical profession becoming a business now...While our forefathers lived to reach 100 with that little bump on the leg that just wouldn't go, we go to a specialist just because that big pimple on the chin lasted for more than two days!!!!!!...I am so frightened that leave alone a diagnosis ..a mere misdiagnosis would drive me to heights of depression
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@Shiva49 (26690)
• Singapore
3 Jun 16
@buzzg3 I have seen cancer patients dying in two years after relentless treatment and in twenty four months without treatment. I don't jump to conclusions and far from hypochondriac. Fear is self-fulfilling. When we accept what life offers with gratitude and change what we can for the better then we are fulfilled in life. My view is live in moderation and have a healthy mind more than a healthy body - siva
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@buzzg3 (230)
4 Jun 16
@Shiva49 Thank you so much for your wise words...Its so difficult to practice it but will surely try to
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
1 Jun 16
do not be afraid. it is for your health.
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@trivia79 (7828)
• El Segundo, California
2 Jun 16
@buzzg3 you will, for sure
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
Thanks Adam ...hope to go for it soon
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@zap_81 (1019)
1 Jun 16
All the best. Hope the results do not lead you to another check up. Just kidding. You will sail through this.
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@zap_81 (1019)
2 Jun 16
@buzzg3 Well time will tell who wacks who. I just hope its not the doctor "wacking" you. :)
@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
@zap_81 Eeeeks! Zap I am not going for that check up
@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
Zappy am gonna wack you for that Thanks!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
2 Jun 16
Me too! I am a natural worrier :) I imagine all sorts of problems will come out in my medical report. However whatever has come out is manageable till now. I can understand your feelings....but once you go through with it it seems silly to have worried.
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• India
2 Jun 16
All the best for your check up , don't worry.
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
@responsiveme Thanks so much for the reassurance. You should see me sulk after the test until the reports are out. I pray to all the Gods I know
• Hyderabad, India
1 Jun 16
I am fine with medical check up by this only we can know what weakness inside human body by treatment we can be active and live healthy life
• Hyderabad, India
1 Jun 16
@buzzg3 by fear u don' t get cheak ups or hide it , later thing will get more complicate , keep thing simple life will be good and health at lease we must not be burden to other
@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
True! But the fear bowls over the advantages bro. That's my problem. Good you are at it
@buzzg3 (230)
1 Jun 16
@praveenkumar06 Hmmm yeah! I should I should I should....Thanks!
@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
Im also scared for the medical check ups because I'm not sure what is the result of the medical!
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
Exactly Ervin...same fear here
• Westland, Michigan
1 Jun 16
I am not scared of a checkup, but I am lazy and cheap. My insurance is not good, so I know if I go for a regular checkup with my doctor, with the tests that he runs, it was going to be $150-$200 for everything. I know a part of me is lazy, but a lot of me think about the cost.
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@buzzg3 (230)
2 Jun 16
In India the master checks cost pretty nominal. And still I do it mostly when we have a discount....who isn't wisely cheap when it comes to things like doing what you don't like to and are forced to