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Tiggum posted:Why? It's essentially free under almost any insurance worth the name. ~~~ Finding doctors you can trust is sometimes a chore. You basically throw darts until something sticks. It's not worth getting a second checkup, but it might be worth going elsewhere next time, or if an actual issue develops. You want a doctor that will seriously listen to you, even if you are being crazy, which an annual checkup is anything but. I would consider a doctor that's confused by an annual checkup to be a pretty bad doctor. A problem is assuming that a doctor is competent because they have a doctorate. Doctors are just as stupid as everyone else. Frequently more so, because they don't get called out enough. The most important thing a doctor needs is a willingness to listen to you. There's a difference between a doctor that listens, probes a little for more info, and tells you you're overreacting and a doctor that hears an observation and tells you you're overreacting. I find it weird as all hell that at 37 a doctor is confused by preventative medicine. I'd find it weird at 25, but I find it really weird at 37. Chances are your lab work really is fine. And it's probably ok to hold off another year or half a year to discuss it, but it'd be really weird if your doctor didn't mention it at all, and, ideally, you would like them to notify you if there were a serious issue. I go twice a year, or I did, before the pandemic hosed everything, and typically, my doctor would schedule a lab test about two weeks before the second appointment. We never really had to go into much detail, since my lab work has always been fine, but it's clear she reads the drat paperwork, and she'll still ask me general questions. A doctor you can trust is a game changer. When my insurance forced me on a shittier non-solution for my Narcolepsy, it was my GP that got me back onto a working medication, not my neurologist. And that happened on a general checkup.
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