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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:45AM (#36101491)
> How is that helpful?

It helps eliminate benign anomalous results in emergencies. I have a low neutrophil count. It is totally uneventful. Having that baseline means if I’m sick and have the works run, doctors need not start treating my neutropenia—that wasn’t caused by whatever is going on.

More broadly, catching a vitamin D deficiency and allergy early probably saved some years of life and definitely improved my quality of life.

Some doctors are test happy. Most are not. Finding the right fit is part of being a human in the midst of modern healthcare.

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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by rolisz on Sunday May 28, 2023 @02:33AM (#36101699)
Was your vitamin D deficiency and allergy related to long COVID?
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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday May 28, 2023 @03:40AM (#36101989)
> Was your vitamin D deficiency and allergy related to long COVID

Nope. Indoor lifestyle and and a proclivity for cold weather. And, like, allergies.

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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by SecretDreams on Sunday May 28, 2023 @07:36AM (#36103154)
The person that you responded to was not the one who made the covid claim.

I think it was a bit jarring to have that comment on the covid chain since their experiences are not related.

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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:02AM (#36103633)
> Some doctors are test happy. Most are not.

In my family we detected lung cancer in stage 2b instead of stage 1 because we spent months fighting a doctor that didn't want to do tests.

If we 'listened to the experts' my family member would be dead.

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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by copperx on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:56AM (#36104531)
Were there symptoms in stage 1?
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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by ClumsyPilot on Monday May 29, 2023 @06:17PM (#36118758)
Yes, thats why we went to see the docyor in the first place. Instead our concerns were dismissed
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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by monetus on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:03PM (#36105813)
'listened to the experts'.

On this note, get a second opinion for things. I went into brain surgery under a misdiagnosis from one doctor. Appointments take time, especially with specialists, but try hard and maybe carefully reach out to over-seas doctors as well in the meantime.

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