Comment A Tactical Mistake (Score 1) 415
Until a few years ago I saw doctors so infrequently I would not remember the last time I'd been, and didn't have a regular doctor or know any doctor's name. (There's probably a Doctor Who? joke in here somewhere.)
I seldom watch the David Letterman show, but shortly before Warren Zevon died I saw that he was going to be on Letterman and so I tuned in. Dave asked him about his terminal cancer, and Zevon responded with "I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years."
That spoke to me. I believe I WAS that guy, the one that never visits a doctor unless he's so incapacitated he can't fight off being dragged to the doctor by others.
Soon afterward I made an appointment for a check-up. Since then I've gone approximately once every 54 weeks - my insurance won't allow me to visit more than once/year for annual exams, and there's always a week or two extra due to scheduling issues.