Comments on: 30 Days to a Better Man Day 19: Schedule a Physical Exam

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:50:07 +0000

I’m with Dan. Never will I let a doctor do that to me. I have to visit the doctor once a year to get my meds refilled. Every time I call, they want to give me a physical. I always just ask for an office visit, but when I get there its in the books as a physical. I think its all about the money, because a physical is over twice the cost of a office visit.

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:47:42 +0000

Sorry, I’m not going in for a physical again if I have to get undressed and have someone mess with my privates or try to do a rectal exam. I’ve been there and done that and at 47 years old I’ve just gotten to a point where I’m not at all comfortable getting undressed like that. If they can listen to my heart and lungs through my shirt and tell me what’s wrong with me if I tell them my symptoms I’m OK with that. I had a prostate infection recently and the doc was able to diagnose and treat me successfully without doing a rectal exam at all (I refused).
I did consent to my first physical in I don’t know how many years last year but when they told me it was “head to toe” I said “well we are skipping the parts from the shoulders to the knees”.

I’m sorry, I’m just not willing to subject myself to the kind of humiliation that the kind of exam you described.

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By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:31:03 +0000

to Kirk – try finding a doctor that takes nothing but walk-in business. In my area we have at least a dozen clinics that do not take insurance but will give a basic physical exam for about $35.00 excluding any blood tests. They only take immediate payment so their cost is relatively low because they do not have to file any insurance papers.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:15:40 +0000

If you’re not comfortable with the thought of your Doc putting is finger in your bum, then have a PSA exam. It’s a simple blood test, and odds are if you’re there for a physical they are going to draw blood to check cholesterol and such.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:46:03 +0000

You note that more the half the men in this country haven’t been to the doctor in a year. There is one major reason why this is true. A lot of men, my self included, don’t have health insurance. Believe me this article is preaching to the choir. My father is nurse and has always touted the benefits of regular checkups. But without someone picking up part of the tab there is no way my $9/hr job can cover a regular physical exam.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:42:40 +0000

Curious where the interval info came from. My doctor and health insurance generally recommend no less than bi-annual in your 20’s, if not annually. Reasoning simply being better to catch things early. Physicals are also not very invasive and when done often enough are pretty quick.

By: Torrey

Torrey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:13:38 +0000

This article is really timely as this week in National Men’s Health Week. In a previous job, I created an annual men’s health day for this exact reason. It’s paramount that we take our health seriously and get checked out annually.

On another note, I recently wrote an article about men and the importance of their health on my blog, Men’s Playbook.
http://tinyurl.com/mrlzd5

By: Jaron

Jaron — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:41:24 +0000

As I read this, I’m in a hotel room across the road from the military’s regional processing station, where I’ll be going tomorrow at 0500 for my physical to join the Army. I think I probably win the award for first AoM reader to get a physical after reading this article. The bad news: I’m gonna have to “spread the cheeks” as part of my exam. Good article, though.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:55:01 +0000

Odd.. My doctor doesn’t do a lot of this stuff in my physicials.

Also: Any suggestions on how to convince friends to go to the doctor? A buddy of mine plain refuses to get a physical because he is afraid that the doctor will dianose him with a terminal disease. He doesn’t seem to understand or respond to the idea that, if there is something wrong, finding it now will help -keep- it from being a terminal disease.