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Gee, am I just lucky or careless or both? I'm 35 and have not needed a doctor visit for 10+ years. I've gone for perhaps one regular check-up once in the past 5
by tasuki 6y ago
Gee, am I just lucky or careless or both? I'm 35 and have not needed a doctor visit for 10+ years. I've gone for perhaps one regular check-up once in the past 5 years and have only seen my dentist in a pub during that time frame.
- testfoobar 6y agoStay healthy. I have a family of four that is thankfully healthy. Things still happen. E.g. kidney stones, an unexpected mass somewhere that needs to be biopsied and turns out benign, falls and scrapes, etc. All need engagement with the medical care system and all are fraught with unexpected expenses. The $7k (out-of-pocket for me) ER visit was billed at $27k to the insurance.
- tasuki 6y agoWhat is "unexpected mass"? Where I'm from, "falls and scrapes" are generally self-medicated with water and peroxide and don't need engagement with the medical care system unless something's broken. When I was in school, most of the minor accidents were handled just fine by the teachers.
- mjayhn 6y agoAt my healthiest at 31, tons of marathoning and cycling going back a decade I got appendicitis out of the blue, it was $35k and about 15 minutes in the OR. Back to healthy now but wow that literally came out of nowhere and I learned a lot of humility about the parts of my body I'm not bruising/breaking.
- tasuki 6y agoYes, I'm not surprised at one-time unexpected expenses. I'm surprised people casually mention several urgent-care visits a year as if it was normal.
- sushshshsh 6y agoAppendicitis can be prevented through dietary choices and the total out of pocket max for a catastrophic health plan is 15k usd at the worst
- mjayhn 6y agoI was about 10% bodyfat and literally in the best shape of my life when it happened. If you can expound on the dietary thing I'd like to hear it. I've heard ideas that its a bile duct blockage but I've never seen any correlation between what blocks that duct and what you eat in any studies. Believe me, I was curious after having my organ ripped out after crawling into the ER after driving myself to the hospital and experiencing my first surgery ever in my life that charged my insurance company $35k.
- tasuki 6y agoI heard eating certain things can trigger appendicitis. I haven't heard about any diet that would reliably prevent it.
- sushshshsh 6y agoSeeds and other hard to digest foods cause appendicitis. It is a dietary choice to avoid nuts and seeds. These bits can get caught in the location of where the appendix is and eventually cause an infection there.
- sushshshsh 6y agoOh, if they only charged your insurance company 35k, that's actually a bit cheap for that surgery. Usually they charge closer to 50 or 75.
- lostapathy 6y agoShit can happen to any of us. One day you’re healthy, a few days later and you’re recovering from surgery for a “bad luck” cancer. Get your checkups so you have a chance to catch the freak issues early.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago> Get your checkups so you have a chance to catch the freak issues early. Or pay rent. Either one is good.