Putting of the doctor/dentist

Now I know many of you guys have put off the doctor/dentist before. It's something that I'm sure is pretty common and we all do it for different reasons. Some because they are scared and others because they are just lazy. The point is, we choose not to go even if we are in pain and I was just wondering, what have you put off before and why? The main reason why I'm asking this is because right now I have a searingly painful ear infection and I have to do something to get my mind off it. Doctors say that if I had come earlier it wouldn't be as bad but, eh, I made my choice.

Just try to do something fun and it will go away somehow like....
(Just deal with it somehow.)
You can do it!

I have no reason to put it off because I have free healthcare.

Same for me... well, not totally free, but except some medical procedures, health care is totally covered by taxes.

I did it before, of course... in one instance, I regret doing so, as it was for a chronic illness that wouldn't be as bad had I gone earlier (nothing life threatening, but still a pain in the ass).

I usually put off the doctor/dentist because I'm in denial though... don't want to admit there's something wrong with me. :|

PS: Is it bad I find the topic image to be sexy?

I live in a country whose native language I don't speak, which is convenient excuse not only for dentist.
I can technically go to my home country and city, which is "only" 400 kilometers North-East, but I hate car journeys.

Another reason is my preconception that dentists (and doctors in general) will "always find something wrong". I know that "it's better to know beforehand", but I see no reason to tag all the documents that I need to see a doctor in hospital, if I feel fine.

Finally, I find hospitals incredibly disturbing. I can't stand an hour there without running out in panic. I have no idea why is this, and I don't think I want to know.

I get my teeth checked every 6 months once on my birthday and then usually sometime in January. And around my birthday is when I also get my physical done usually a week before or a week after. I get blood tests, and the usual like "turn head and cough" The blood test costs extra but my family has a huge history of diabetes on both sides. I don't have it and neither does my dad or mom so I may be lucky.

No, you're just special Nash. ;p

I don't like going to the doctors. Every time I go it's feeling around on my chest, or every year wanting to examine my crotch with a metal thing taking a sample of my cervix ;| Does not. feel. good.

I just hate doctors overall. One time I had an ear issue that for the love of god, I just wanted my family doctor to set me up with a specialist. I had excessive wax trapped way deep in my ear canal, and all methods couldn't get it out. But instead he'd be like 'here, try this pill - this should loosen it up, your wait time will be about a month with a specialist' and every fucking month I'd go back to him and he'd keep telling me to try other shit. Finally I stopped going to him and my ear seemed to have gotten better on its own ;| (No, I didn't take the pill bullshit)

I can't remember the last time I've gone to a dentist, to be quite honest. I really can't. I've only ever had 1 cavity, and it was on a baby tooth. Once it was filled, it eventually fell out and a healthy adult tooth replaced it. I assume my teeth are fine, I'm not having any troubles.

I have a phobia of needles. I avoid doctors at all costs if there's a chance I'll have to get a shot. I've hidden a serious gash that should have been stitched from family and friends so I wouldn't be taken to get stitches. I've let a possible heart/respiratory problem go undiagnosed because I was too terrified of the mandatory blood test.

I'm so lucky that my dentist doesn't use drills for cavities. He just has this sandy shit he sprays on the cavity. Totally painless, no needles at all. <3

I don't go because i have no insurance, and can't afford it.

i accidently shot myself with a pellet gun, and had to go to the emergency room to get it dug out and then two stitches to close the hole. it took three different "doctors" three tries to get it out. then they sent me a bill for over a thousand dollars. if i had known it would cost that much, i would have done it myself with a pocket knife, needle nose pliers, and a bottle of isoprpyl alcahol.

I despise the dentist. Evidently, as they told me, I have an extremely sensitive gag reflex.

So anything beyond them checking my teeth with that metal hook deal makes me literally retch. Even the flourine/calcium 'shots' (Where I go it looks kinda like a dab of colored mousse) make me gag like something fierce.



So I go, but I dislike it greatly, and it's very uncomfortable for me.

I am not afraid nor lazy to go to a hospital and dental clinic. I think it would be a wise thing to do to consult a doctor if we are in the peek of dying. Or better yet if we would see a doctor before our sickness will become worse.

Fuck that shit when I had insurance I'd go to the doctor over a hangnail. The only reason I don't go much now is because I don't have any insurance.

I am not disliking them ...
but i just think that sometimes, it's not always necessary to consult with them ..

different story if i got serious disease while my parent away from home ... i will go to them right away ..

It's situational ..
But in default, i try to avoid them ..

I'm fine with going to the dentist or the eye doctor, but I'd rather try ALL the home remedies I can find (including "Put some Windex on it") before I go to the general doctor. Primary care physician is one profession I have no respect for:

1) because I have HMO, and it's an obnoxious pain in the ass when they send you to have several appointments just to get to the specific type of doctor you need, instead of you going directly there.
2) because, in my experience, doctors never know what the fuck they are talking about. It's guesswork, even when it's something as common as allergies. Unfortunately for me, they always guess incorrectly. I have a better success rate figuring out the cause of my symptoms by asking either a friend's mom who happens to be a nurse or the damn pharmacist at Target.

In fact, I have such a horrible track record with clueless doctors, I recently decided to no longer seek a doctor's help when I have problems, save for the vagina-poker once a year. It's just not worth the irritation and misdiagnosis(s).

-breathe-

I hate the doctor and the dentist more so.

I had to have laser sugary ince in a not fun place so I have to see them more that I would like to in my life *sigh*

I have like 50 cavities I should see the dentist about.

But I don't feel like going.