Men's Health Forum

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 7:32pm | IP Logged

Does your partner ever go to the doctors or your brother or your father?

Mine never does he prefers to stay at home and moan...

I know my brother will go to the doctor if he needs to but no other male in my family ever seems to unless they think they are dieing.

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 7:36pm | IP Logged

Angus only goes to the doctors if I may the appt for him or hassle him sensless...

Its not just the doctors either... he's been bleating on about his shoulders for years now - they lock up and hurt all across his back, so I told him he should try a chiropracter. Nonononoooo wouldn't do it wouldn't do it, so I made him an appt.... and he came back last week a whole new man! arse...

He's there again now actually. grrrrrr

My Dad does go - but thats only because his GP knows that if he gave him a repeat prescription instead of seeing him my Dad would never go!

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 7:38pm | IP Logged

Simon hasn't been to the doctors in over 10 years, last time he went he had an absess on his tonsils so he had to go!!!

Lucky for him, he doesn't suffer with many problems..

My dad and bro are the same... never go see the doc..

My grandad goes once a week, but he has a few medical probs that need checking up.

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 8:28pm | IP Logged

My husband has never been to the doctors since I have known him...in fact he has never changed his doctors from when he was a boy growing up in Glasgow. Just as well as since we now live 45 minutes from Edinburgh in the Borders I don't think they would do house calls!

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 9:33pm | IP Logged

Nope my hubby never goes either unless I have made an appointment for him!!

Why is that?????

My dad goes now but only because he has to - to get medication for his diabetes.  But before that was diagnosed he never ever went either!!

Weirdos!!!

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 9:55pm | IP Logged

I dont know any males that willingly go to the doctors without being forced

but then i cant say anything cause before i got pg my last doctors visit was wen i was 12 lol I think they're completly useless & a waste of time

Posted: 13 July 2006 at 10:21pm | IP Logged

My Dh is really good like that, he will go if he needs to. just the other day he went to the docs because there was a lump on his leg and it got itchy and a little bigger and he went to the gp just to be on the safe side. he has 6 stiches and hasn't mentioned once and I know he is sore.

Also he is a great patient when he got his tonsils out and was off of work the house was sparkling, he cleaned from top to bottom while i was at work.