health screenings

Bex · 09-09-2006, 22:16

Evening all,

Has anyone ever had a full health screening? I have been toying with the idea for a while. My company offers a discounted rate at nuffield hospitals and was considering going along..

if anyone has ever had one, what do they entail? are they worth it?

Tinky · 10-09-2006, 08:33

Try this http://www.bupa.co.uk/wellness/asp/p.../health_assess

10-09-2006, 08:45

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Tinky · 10-09-2006, 08:48

Sorry try again www.bupawellness.co.uk

Pia · 10-09-2006, 10:25

I wouldn't mind getting one of them done too, i know they'd tell me to stop smoking and lose weight, but i wonder what else...

Jules · 10-09-2006, 10:46

My fellas dad had one a few weeks ago and he says that they are very good.

**Hugh** · 10-09-2006, 12:53

Try this link -
http://www.bupa.co.uk/wellness/asp/p...oice/index.asp

I had one a couple of years ago, before I went on a "Leadership" course - I found it very useful. Think of it as an MOT test; If you're fine, you find that out - if there are any problems, you find that out, and you can try to do something about it.

I had blood tests, cholesterol tests, tests on a treadmills, various bodily fluid tests; I would recommend getting an assessment.

greencreeper · 10-09-2006, 13:13

Would you want to know you're dying, or would you want it to be sudden. It's a tough question.

**Hugh** · 10-09-2006, 13:19

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

Would you want to know you're dying, or would you want it to be sudden. It's a tough question.

To quote Bob Monkhouse -
"I want to die peacefully and quietly whilst asleep, like my grandfather.

Not screaming and wailing, like his passengers!"

Halcyon · 10-09-2006, 18:28

I think if more people had health screenings from time to time it would be a good idea. Taking care of our health and finding things early is a key thing to treatment.

greencreeper · 10-09-2006, 20:12

But you found out in January that you had a year to live, would it be any better or worse than finding out in December?

Salu · 10-09-2006, 20:12

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

Would you want to know you're dying, or would you want it to be sudden. It's a tough question.

We can arrest certain disease processes you know....you can get better...

superbiatch · 10-09-2006, 20:16

Sounds like a way to make money to me - but then i do work for the NHS

greencreeper · 10-09-2006, 20:25

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Originally Posted by Salu

We can arrest certain disease processes you know....you can get better...

Ah but you doctors cannot admit defeat - have to prolong life regardless of its quality

Treat everything, whether there's any point or not. Hospitals to me are the killing fields - if what you go in with doesn't get you, something or someone else will. Live life to the end - never too late to start dying. By which I mean, I'd prefer to not know.

Bex · 10-09-2006, 20:57

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Originally Posted by greencreeper

Ah but you doctors cannot admit defeat - have to prolong life regardless of its quality

Treat everything, whether there's any point or not. Hospitals to me are the killing fields - if what you go in with doesn't get you, something or someone else will. Live life to the end - never too late to start dying. By which I mean, I'd prefer to not know.

but if you find out early enough, you had some illness, cancer for example, you can get treatment. whereas if you had left it you could end up dying from it. sometimes it is better to know i think