I finally went for a mammogram, dexa scan and ct scan of my lungs last month. It had been 4 years since I had those and the nurse at the doctors office started sending me messages through My Chart so I went. All was well with me. I do have osteoporosis but it is a low level

Yes, I've been putting off my colonoscopy, especially since DH's routine colonoscopy almost killed him and friend's sister has been ill for month with a bacterial infection she acquired after her routine colonoscopy.

I mainly put off my primary, because I think he’s useless. I went a couple years ago after skipping for well over a decade, and suppose I should go back. But I do have to stay current with my cardiologist who orders labs, and I did my colonoscopy, so I suppose I’m not in too bad shape.

Hearing of women putting off their mammograms always hits home. My wife is alive but looks like a patchwork doll due to laziness/procrastinstion. That’s as close as I’ll get to my soap box today.

Annual checkup, colonoscopy, and eye doctor. Thinking of changing to an ophthalmologist, because both my parents had macular degeneration. But of course, it isn't covered just for an exam.

Annual checkup, dentist checkup, skin cancer screening.

And I need to get my COVID booster and a haircut too 😀

Oh dang, Carolb, I need to see a dermatologist too. Thanks for reminding me. Have a spot on top of my ear I was going to see about.

All deferred maintenance was performed this year. I am up to date after being delinquent for a couple of years (except for dentist, I am religious about cleanings becuase they keep away cavities and who likes dental work?)

I'll need to have my knee operated on in the coming year. It's a routine maintenance thing for me. I generate random rice sized and shaped extra cartilege that gets removed, nbd.

Food, my mother put off all medical stuff. It was not laziness. It was pretty serious anxiety.

Oh, and dermatologist. She warned me that some of my Rxes are not covered by Medicare, and my ”freebies” may not be available since I’m on Medicare now, either. So we will have to figure out something new I guess.

My friend's mom found a lump in her breast in November one year and put off doing anyting because she didn't want it to interfere with Christmas. Yes, that was her last Christmas.

My daughter at age 27 found a lump in her right breast a couple weeks before her son's first birthday. The week after the B-Day party she showed me. I booked her the next day with her primary. She had a biopsy two days later. She was diagnosed with aggressive Triple Negative Stage 2 breast cancer. The oncologist said if she had waited another couple of weeks it would have been too late. That was 4 years ago and thankfully she is cancer free but it was not an easy road.

Get an annual mammogram!

I just had my mammogram today. They have improved the machine so it wasnt quite so painful (new paddles.?) . Comforting to know all is well. Dexa is in a couple weeks. Dermatologist last week, primary in July along with my semiI annual trip to the dentist. Oh yeah, optometrist in June. I see him three times per year due to glaucoma in the family.

Im avoiding another colonsocopy because, yuck. Actually it wasnt all that bad.

What I really need is rotator cuff surgery, which is a bear but I am going to have to do,it soon.

Glad to hear you all are keeping up with your checkups, and if not, better get going.

A bit unbelievable but I'm actually up to date with pretty much everything - had annual blood tests six months ago, colonoscopy back in January, mammogram in March. Had a cervical screening test about two years ago (here in Aus the standard is every five years, until you turn 75, so one more to go and that will be it). Saw the dentist a few months ago, had my Covid booster yesterday and my flu shot two weeks ago, and had a booster TDaP (or whatever they call it these days) two years ago so am good to go on the vaccination front. I'm slightly overdue with the optometrist but my last exam showed no signs of macular degeneration and almost no evidence of cataract development, so I am not too concerned about that one being a little overdue. I'm actually more overdue on getting my car serviced.

I got behind with the pandemic so I started scheduling back in January. I've gotten everything done except the dental exam. I'd recommend having a skin check with a dermotologist for anyone who hasn't had one in a while. I got lucky. I keep an eye on my moles, but didn't recognize a particular mole as being odd. A loved one pointed it out to me and nagged me until I got it checked out. The mole was cancerous, but we caught it early and it had not spread.