Do you hate going to the doctor & dentist?

clubm

15 years ago

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joyfulguy
15 years ago
No - enjoy them, usually.

Seldom see the doc - usually just for (more or less) annual check-up ... but have been seeing him lately for some swelling on the lower legs.

Had a bunch of work done at Univ. Dental School about three years ago, including many extractions (one requiring some grinding of the jawbone to get it out) and dentures ... was it poor memory? I don't think so.

I had a female student with Indian background ... and when I told a supervisor that she had gentle hands, the super agreed, enthusiastically.

It seems to me that I take many things in stride. Son was with me during an auto accident, a couple of years ago ... and after a few minutes said that he was surprised at how low a level of upset I was experiencing. I said that no one had been hurt, that there hadn't been huge damage, and that what was done was done ... that fussing about it wasn't going to change a thing.

Sometimes I wonder whether the chewing of the fingernails in anticipation of the event is much worse than the actuality, for quite a number of patients.

Good wishes for having a satisfying experience.

ole joyful
Marilyn Sue McClintock
15 years ago
I don't like going as it gets in the way of things I want to do, but no, they don't really bother me.

Sue
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nan_nc
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Going to the doctor, even for routine followup, always feels like going to the Principal's office, and my blood pressure reflects it. I have documented "white coat syndrome" and it's marked in my file so nobody gets agitated when it's 180/90.

Dentists have always had the same effect.
lyndy_pa
15 years ago
I hate paying $10.00 co-pays! I am not too fond of the dentist, doctor's are okay.
susan_on
15 years ago
I don't have a particular dislike of going to either, but I don't like the imposition on my time.
grammahony
15 years ago
I don't mind going to the Doctor, but going to the dentist is right up there with the dread of flying.
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socks
15 years ago
$10 copays are a bargain!

I don't mind going. I consider in preventive maintenance, warding off a major breakdown.
linda_in_iowa
15 years ago
I really like my doctors and dentist. Usually my dental trips are just to see the hygienist to get my teeth cleaned.
When I was a kid I dreaded the doctor and dentist.
kim_okla
15 years ago
Especially the dentist. Friday I go to the dentist in the morning and the doctor for my toe in the afternoon. It creeps me out for anyone to touch my feet.

I'm getting it from head to toe.
satine_gw
15 years ago
I have an absolute fear of the dentist and wouldn't you know it this weekend I started to have some tooth pain! Just trying to get up the nerve just to make the call for an appointment. Satine
coral_ok
15 years ago
I hate going to either one and can't wait until it's over.
susanjf_gw
15 years ago
have a "standing appt" every 3 months w/kidney guy and blood work, oncologist every 6mo...it's the other stuff i'm dragging my feet ordinary yearly tests...
jannie
15 years ago
I avoid doctors. Right now I have a sore knee and sore feet, I've been told to go to a Podiatrist and Orthopedist, but I hate to start. I know they'll need Cat scans and MRI's and more junk. So I limp around and put up with the pain.
stargazzer
15 years ago
It doesn't cost me anything, but I don't like to go. They just want to hand me prescriptions for preventative meds and I won't take them. I did take the baby aspirin because of a dizzy spell I had, but in 6 weeks my urine was red orange, so I stopped that. I have to pay for the dentist, but don't mind. Until I turned 65 my insurance was free, so don't mind paying now.
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
Well, take it from me...don't put off going to the Dentist. I've had about 8 weeks of H3ll with an abscess that I had to have oral surgery on. They had to cut into the bone to remove the infection.

The only good thing about going to the Dentist is there isn't much wait time. However, I've waited for a hour to get into the Doctors "little exam room" then another hour before they came it. Take into account the travel time. Three hours for a Doctor's visit.
chisue
15 years ago
I'm increasingly grateful to HAVE excellent MD's and a dentist to go to!

I'm not so happy to add up the costs at the end of the year. Looks like $15K as I start on my 2008 tax return, but $7K was the hip replacement surgeon who doesn't take Medicare but is the #1 orthopod in Chicagoland. Some of that is Medicare Part B and private insurance, too.
Kathsgrdn
15 years ago
I can deal with either, just hate the long wait. I do hate going to the gynocologist, though. What a miserable visit that is.
organic_donna
15 years ago
Going to the doctor is like geting a tune up. I like to ask a lot of questions about my body. I think the human body is so remarkable.
Donna
Silverdove
15 years ago
I don't mind going to the dentist, but I do mind paying him a fortune.

I don't like going to the doctor because I always feel the doctor doesn't want to see me--a feeling probably leftover from the twenty years I was in an HMO when the doctors really didn't want to see you!)
marilyn_c
15 years ago
Yes, I hate going. But, I hate going a lot of places...some of them very common...like, I hate going to the post office, for example. Pretty crazy, I know.
Adella Bedella
15 years ago
I decided to get work done on my teeth a while back to replace some old fillings. That wore me out. Normally, I'm ok. I went back in last week because my roots hurt. Good news! It was just sinus pressure from my allergies. I don't mind the doctor either when I get a good one.

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