Who is due for a physical exam?

Got one coming up in a week. Been fantasizing about it for days. I think I'll try not masturbating for a while beforehand, see if I can get an erection while she's examining my genitals.

My gp has a 9 month waiting list. She’s good, not great! Healthcare is a mess these days.

Got my first physical in nearly a decade today. Last doc was all about the blood test, and when I complained to a friend, they suggested trying a D.O. instead of an M.D., since the former tend to be about whole body health and not just testing for and treating for individual medical conditions.

So I did choose a D.O. this time. Deja vu. No disrobing at all, and most of the talking was him telling me which blood tests he was ordering.

At least he said I seemed to be in good shape for 46. But then he was complaining that he was himself recovering from a gout attack, so I think his bar for “good shape” is kinda low.

Sad that play docs are more thorough than real ones nowadays…

Retired now on Medicare i have to see a few doctors but now a yearly physical is different on Medicare its called a Wellness Visit and is a basic waste of time and you do the cognitive test that is imo insulting so i refuse to do that so all my Dr does now is BP ,temp , a lung listen and weight and blood work and all fully dressed but i do love my doc and she loves me so i can call her anytime and she will always see me that same day

I believe I'm going to have a physical before the end of the year if I can ever get my carpal tunnel scheduled by then, too. Communicating with the medical world is lots of BS….just ask my sister, who now has power-of-attorney over me.

The doctor I had at a prior HMO years ago was a DO. He did thorough physical exams. The first 3 doctors at my current plan were all MD's. They did not do physicals. They looked at blood tests, confirmed that I was breathing and my heart was beating. Then I was declared well, sent out the door and told to come back in a year. I switched to a DO in the same plan at the same facility and got the same result.

I am thinking of switching to an internal medicine doctor rather than a family medicine doctor. Reading about them in general it seems they will be more thorough than family practice doctors.

There is an assortment of articles regarding the validity of annual physical exams. I have had issues discovered during physicals that needed serious attention back when complete physicals were performed. With the fast food style of doctors nowadays (get em in and out )- I wonder if they are being forced into doing incomplete exams by insurance companies and medicare in order to cut costs.

To answer the question - its been a couple years since my last physical. I had blood tests about a year ago - never heard back from the doctor so I guess I'm Ok. (I did look up and check on the numbers myself)

@BigBagBoy. “This Friday, I will ask him why he doesn't do a hands on exam and see if he's willing to do so, just to address my concerns.”

How did the physical go and what did he say about the hands on question?

I have an exam next week with a new doctor with a pretty well respected Direct Care Medical Group. They have two locations in my city with 4 doctors I believe. They are a membership based type of clinic and actually market that they spend more time with you and will even do house visits if needed. I have a friend who used to host a long running radio morning show in town and he did their commercials a few years back for a long time. He told me he still uses their clinic.

When I decided to join and filled out all the questions and stuff online, I got a call the next day. It wasn't the office receptionist or a nurse. It was the actual doctor calling to schedule me. I thought that was amazing!! I will go in for my exam this week. He gave me instructions to not eat anything for 8 hours before the exam so he can do fasting lab work.

I got to say I am already impressed!!!

Like so many of us I am overdue for my annual physical because of the pandemic. I am going Monday October 31. I need to get treated for bronchitis too so I am killing two birds with one stone.

I’ve got my annual health check up in a couple of weeks, new doctor as my old DO moved to the VA hospital/no longer in network.

Play exam, however, I’m always overdue for that!

I must have an exam with a cardiologist, in february.. Maybe I'll have a Cardio echography.. But not very interesting procedure.

Wellness Exam I think is just a money maker for Advantage Plan insurers. Government pays for it and everyone gets one yearly. Think of the revenue stream 🤪

If you bring up an issue, it turns into a “visit” which is a higher cost, so more government money!

Happily for me I'm having a face to face role play medical examination this morning. I know I will be embarrassed but excited at the same time!

Happily for me I'm having a face to face role play medical examination this morning. I know I will be embarrassed but excited at the same time!

Jealous!

As far as real physical exams go, I always schedule mine during the summer, June or July. Easy to remember and works well with my work schedule which tends to be lighter in those months.

Didn't miss anything due to covid. I did my best to ignore it and stay in as much of my routine as possible, including annual physical and 6-month dermatologist visits.

Me! I've got to have my smear re-taken tomorrow

My wife just informed me that her physical is next Wednesday.

I was supposed to have one yesterday, but yet again it didn't happen. Since I'm changing doctors at the first of the year, I'm going to ask that my first visit include a complete, head-toe-toe exam. If it doesn't happen, I'll keep looking until I find one that will do it. It was supposed to happen four months ago.

I have one in a few weeks

I have a physical scheduled in just over a week, Dec.19th. Hopefully, it will actually take place this time. A very long and ridiculous wait to get this physical ranging from insurance issue, my old doctor retired, my “new” doctor passed away. Then my newest “new” doctor was in accident and out of the office for approximately 10-12 weeks. My fingers crossed but there are good indications I will be getting the physical in December.

I am always ready for a good exam

I am about 3 years over due for a physical. I am scheduled for a new patient chat with my new Dr in the middle of January. That visit will only be a get acquainted visit with my new Dr. I am hoping the appt after that one will be where I get an actual checkup from her. The practice I go to has a rule if u havnt been seen in 3 years or more u are technically a new patient and also where I go the drs are actually resident Dr's and they switch every 3 years or so. So I never have the same dr for very long. I will let everybody know how that appt goes in january.