I did my annual medical check-up near the end of last month. All things ok. My doc then sent me for a carotid artery scan the week after, because I had had a brief vision blur moment the week before. Tells me our carotids won’t be clear if we have tiny clots or bad stuff going on elsewhere. But all clear.
This month I also do my next dermatologist check-up. That mole and skin looking over thing. My next colonoscopy is in 8 years’ time, I think. My heart gets monitored every night. A cardiologist showed me last month how to read the printouts from the Heart Centre. It showed that without my pacemaker, I would be at a resting heart rate of 26. A not-alive thing.
I had my annual optometrist check-up in May too, following the vision blur episode. Looked into my soul…. Hopefully I was on a good day. I’ve learnt from her (the optometrist) over the years, how the blood vessels in our eyes talk about our health.
Ticking all the medical check-up boxes.
As usual, most of my aim of talking about the above is to highlight the need for all this and to nag you to go if you’re due. Prevention and/or early detection is so much better.
So book and go.