[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I'm 70 years old and I belong to a Medicare HMO and have been getting a physical every year. For the last several years it has seemed boring and pointless but I kept going because I thought it was the thing to do. Now, just today, I read the following on page one of the "Lifestyles" section: "Unless a medical condition warrants it, there is no need to perform screening tests every year."

Does anyone think I should go this year and soak up precious Medicare resources, just because it's offered free to me? I have no health issues and therefore don't take any medications.

I am very happy to hear you have great health. However I was told by the doctors in my family that when you are over 50 that you should always have labs done to check colesterol and body chemestry it can be a hidden bomb waiting to go off. I never went unless I was sick and they read me the riot act and told me I was being dumb.