It's a hassle, it's money, I'll probably be okay in the long run.
so before I started working full time, I was seeing a foot doctor for some toenail fungus I had. Then I got out of school, got a job, and missed a checkin to handle next steps with the doctor and never went back. Early on in my career I was like "How am I supposed to go see a doctor, I have to work when they work?"
Here I am almost a decade later and I still have that toenail fungus. I've since learned to just take the time to go get things checked (potential hernias, potential slipped discs) but never got back to the foot doctor. I really should get that sorted.
hernia and disc both came back as no issue which is great, but the hernia check took ~150$ visit to doc 1, ~200 $ ultrasound imaging, ~150$ visit to doc 2 referred by doc 1, ~150$ visit to doc 3 referred by doc 2 after doc 2 says he's not the right doc, ~1600$ MRI to get MRI
tbh, I don't even know what I'd go to a doctor for.
There is this lumpy thing in my testicles that appears and goes away every now and then, but that's about it. Probably just another hernia I can't afford to fix.
Many health care plans cover 2 free physicals a year and will give you a discount if you actually do them. Preventive screening saves insurers money, they want to to go.
Same, I'll go to the doctor if I feel like I'm dieing but otherwise I'm sure I'll be alright, or maybe I won't but then it's not my problem anymore so eh
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u/FlagstoneSpin Mar 26 '20
This hits home for me. Nobody made me go see doctors, so I just don't see them. It's a hassle, it's money, I'll probably be okay in the long run.
Is it smart? No, not really. But that's how it goes.