Getting a physical tomorrow morning

[JAC]

Got any further then that? Just kidding!

LOL. Not for several years, according to Markbot.

[Jimboski]

LOL. Not for several years, according to Markbot.

Who or what Is Markbot? Mark77?
If Markbot Is Indeed Mark77 then how does he know? Stalker!

[JAC]

Who or what Is Markbot? Mark77?
If Markbot Is Indeed Mark77 then how does he know? Stalker!

Naw, he made they comment that only older men get the backdoor treatment for prostate checks these days, so I have several years to go.

[Jimboski]

Naw, he made they comment that only older men get the backdoor treatment for prostate checks these days, so I have several years to go.

Oh I see!

[Mark77]

Oh I see!

Why do you see? Are you in need of a digital examination of your posterior?

[Jimboski]

Why do you see? Are you in need of a digital examination of your posterior?

I see because I have eyes, Why else!?
If someone around the age of 20 requires one then sure why not?

[Mars2012]

You won't need the annual probe until you are a lot older. My husband's doctor cracked a joke about most men secretly being afraid that they might actually like it.

[Royalsoldier]

How long did it take to get an appointment? My doc's office is telling me I need to wait 4 months from the time I make an appt to the actual appt date. Ridiculous - I think i am going to switch docs soon.

My doctor takes 2-3 weeks to see me and I can request to be squeezed in for cancellations - 4 months is ridiculous.

[kingrukus]

4 months? that's some major patient overload.

Yup, time for me to switch my doctor.

What about going to a more general, walk-in style clinic and getting a physical done there? There seems to be many of these in Toronto... I do not see anything wrong with this?

[RolandCouch]

You know how much those cost? $500-$700 or so. Unless in response to a medical indication -- completely innappropriate for a 25-year old.

$500? I didn't have to pay anything when I got one and I was younger than OP at the time.

[Mark77]

$500? I didn't have to pay

You found a doctor to work for free, an endoscope magically leaped out of Olympus' factory to the hospital, and that midazolam in your IV was conjured out of thin air?

[RolandCouch]

You found a doctor to work for free, an endoscope magically leaped out of Olympus' factory to the hospital, and that midazolam in your IV was conjured out of thin air?

Is the procedure not normally covered by OHIP? I don't know?

All I know is I had one in my early 20s and did not pay anything out of pocket (nor do I recall having a benefits card that I gave or anything - just my OHIP).

[Mark77]

Is the procedure not normally covered by OHIP? I don't know?

All I know is I had one in my early 20s and did not pay anything out of pocket (nor do I recall having a benefits card that I gave or anything - just my OHIP).

Okay, so some insurance company paid for it, and you had to pay for the insurance. That's not quite the same as it costing nothing. If doctors started sending non-symptomatic 25-year-olds for colonoscopies....the insurance plans probably would collapse, and certainly there's not enough gastroenterologists to barely keep up with the current workload, nevermind have a bunch of unnecessary stuff dumped on them.

[RolandCouch]

Okay, so some insurance company paid for it, and you had to pay for the insurance. That's not quite the same as it costing nothing. If doctors started sending non-symptomatic 25-year-olds for colonoscopies....the insurance plans probably would collapse, and certainly there's not enough gastroenterologists to barely keep up with the current workload, nevermind have a bunch of unnecessary stuff dumped on them.

I don't know how you got from my post that an insurance company paid for it. Like I said I did not give in any sort of benefits card or anything.

Just a quick google brings up sites like this saying 100% OHIP covered

http://www.gtaendoscopy.com/gta-endo...al-cancer.html

Side note: Insurance plans would collapse? Seems to me like prevention is usually cheaper than treatment, but I'm not a doctor (or engineer)

[Mark77]

I don't know how you got from my post that an insurance company paid for it. Like I said I did not give in any sort of benefits card or anything.

Just a quick google brings up sites like this saying 100% OHIP covered

Yeah OHIP is an insurer...

Side note: Insurance plans would collapse? Seems to me like prevention is usually cheaper than treatment, but I'm not a doctor (or engineer)

For 25-year-olds with no symptoms? That's the problem here with a colonoscopy -- practically no 25-year-old gets colon cancer, and even the most aggressive screening programs for people with heriditary colon cancer don't really start until one's in their 40s.