Like I always say, I'm not shy to admit—at least for now—that I'm not among those who go to the hospital regularly just for check-ups. I have been preached to, and yes, I know the health benefits of regularly going for medical checkups, but I’m just not yet aligned with it on a regular basis.
The last time I visited the hospital for medical checkups:
If I can remember clearly, it was two years ago, and it was actually my first time going to the hospital to run a check on my body—and guess what? I was actually sick. Yes, it was sickness that prompted the idea of going to the hospital to run a check to know exactly what was wrong after taking a series of medications and the symptoms refused to let go.
It was stomach pain, and I suspected an ulcer. Because of that, I specifically registered for a ulcer test. I wanted to check the whole system, but when I saw the price of the various checks, I quickly settled for the emergency one—the ulcer—at that moment.
After the test was done and the result was out, I was surprised to see myself cleared of any disease, infection, or any form of ulcer in my system. To be very honest, I expected to get a result with clear identification of the sickness disturbing me, but I didn't get anything, which made me think that the lab guy didn't do it well or that their machine was not in good shape to work effectively. Yes, I felt like I wasted my money because the pain remained until it finally left after three days or so.
When I got home and told a friend about the medical checkup I went for, he started with a series of illustrations on why he can never visit any hospital for a medical checkup—because it’s impossible for one to go in and come out with just one symptom of sickness. There will always be frightening sicknesses attached, and he doesn't want to have high blood pressure thinking about that. I didn’t blame him because that's exactly how it is with medical checkups. One can intentionally go to the hospital to have a simple medical checkup and come back with HIV/AIDS as one of their sicknesses. That thought is scary.
That’s why most people avoid it like a plague.
But then, it’s very advantageous for one to know what’s wrong in their body rather than assume that everything is okay. That’ll result in dying in silence.
Thanks for reading.
This is for smp-w10