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preventive medical check up - #21971

Palak

I am really starting to wonder if I should've gone for a preventive medical check up sooner. Last week, I felt like I was hit by a truck — just exhausted, dizzy, and even had a weird pain in my chest that wouldn't go away. Thought it was just stress, but when I finally dragged myself to the doctor, the tests showed elevated blood pressure and cholesterol levels. They mentioned that a preventive medical check up could have caught this way earlier, like years ago, and now I’m worried. I mean, I always thought that a preventive medical check up was something you do when you feel fine, why do it when your body's not screaming for help? But now I see how important it might be. I think I missed the boat there. Has anyone else thought they were fine and then found out something unexpected during a preventive medical check up? Also, if I had known how crucial it was, I’d probably be on a different path right now. Now I'm anxious about what else could be lurking since I skipped the preventive medical check up. What are some signs that I should’ve paid attention to, and how often do you really need to get a preventive medical check up?

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