Markjbloggs
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Any advice on where to get a general medical checkup for a mid-40's male, preferably covered by VHI?
ClubMan said:Your GP?
In case you get hit by a buss.Markjbloggs said:At the risk of de-railing my own thread, why do we pay VHI? It covers precious little. Is it just another stealth tax?
Sounds like a nice way to go though...woods said:In case you get hit by a buss.
ClubMan said:Sounds like a nice way to go though...
ClubMan said:Are you sure that you need a medical checkup in the first place assuming this is not for a job or life assurance etc.? If you have no history of illness and are generally fit and well then why bother?
I was joking about the "buss" thing but not this. If one is fit and healthy with no history of medical problems (and ideally with no family history of certain diseases with hereditary links) then why bother having a health check/medical? The statistical risks of having serious or any health issues are most likely miniscule in that sort of situation. Such a view is neither humourous (as you claim) nor sad (as Maxi claims) but pragmatic and logical in my opinion.Markjbloggs said:You're joking, aren't you?
Markjbloggs said:I'm in the fortunate position of never having been sick in my recent life, and have never needed a GP here in Ireland!!!ClubMan said:Your GP?
I'd like to cut out the middleman, so to speak.
M
How do you know if you are not suffering from anything that they should have diagnosed?Max Hopper said:FTLOGM, get the screen at a specialist. I have used three GPs over the years and all are about worthless at preventive medicine.
Please prove me wrong here about Irish medical care, but a hernial surgery in Germany requires a 24 hour recovery (and a minute scar) while in Ireland the ensuing convalescence is six weeks (accompanied by a gash that would terrify Vinnie Jones). Soft tissue injuries are glossed over (RMIs) and GPs are reliant on laboratories for diagnostic advice for anything beyond an elevated WBC. I once had an Irish quack advise swimming for a lower back sprain. But he could not identify a location to engage in the activity. Alternatively a course of physical therapy was ordered. But the Health Service could not provide the initial treatment for two months....Irish Health Care which it must be said was dear and not terribly comprehensive.