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JJONES2652 posted:

Let's face it . . . men do not get regular medical checkups and there seems to be a recurring reason why.
Guys think they are bulletproof.
Too many men haven't been to a doctor since their senior season in high school sports when they couldn't go on the field without first getting medical clearance.
My website -- bulletproofmyth.com -- and weekly blog focus on men's health issues and my own experiences as a former marathoner and long-distance cyclist now restrictred to moderate exercise for medical reaqsons.
I started the blog and web site after surviving a dissected aorta and stroke that forced me into early retirement from a 20-year carerer as an admnistrator and team president in the National Football League.
Today I feel lucky to be alive.
I've shared my story and men's health message ("Bulletproof: The Men's Healthcare Myth") with civic, professional and business groups in my home state in the upper Midwest.
My goal is to bring that message to men nationwide.
Let me pose a question to you: Why do YOU think men will not get regular medical checkups?
There may be a guy in your life who needs to be part of this conversation -- the sooner the better.

I look forward to hearing from you . . . John M. Jones

2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Bulletproof Guys Need Checkups -- bulletproofmyth.comLet's face it . . . men do not get regular medical checkups and there seems to be a recurring reason why. Guys think they are bulletproof. Too many men haven't been to a doctor since their senior season in high school sports when they couldn't go on the field without first getting medical clearance. My website -- bulletproofmyth.com -- and weekly blog focus on men's health issues and my own experiences as a former marathoner and long-distance cyclist now restrictred to moderate exercise for medical reaqsons. I started the blog and web site after surviving a dissected aorta and stroke that forced me into early retirement from a 20-year carerer as an admnistrator and team president in the National Football League. Today I feel lucky to be alive. I've shared my story and men's health message ("Bulletproof: The Men's Healthcare Myth") with civic, professional and business groups in my home state in the upper Midwest. My goal is to bring that message to men nationwide. Let me pose a question to you: Why do YOU think men will not get regular medical checkups? There may be a guy in your life who needs to be part of this conversation -- the sooner the better. I look forward to hearing from you . . . John M. Jones

Colleen Paretty responded:

John,
Thank you for sharing, and I think perhaps you've happened on a good adjective for some men in our lives for whom doctors seem to be an alien species: "bulletproof."

I'm interested to know what others here think. Do the men you know think of themselves as impervious to injury and illness? And if so, why do you think this is?

Colleen

Report This| Share this:Bulletproof Guys Need Checkups -- bulletproofmyth.comJohn, Thank you for sharing, and I think perhaps you've happened on a good adjective for some men in our lives for whom doctors seem to be an alien species: "bulletproof." I'm interested to know what others here think. Do the men you know think of themselves as impervious to injury and illness? And if so, why do you think this is? Colleen

dancinmarlie responded:

My husband NEVER goes to a Dr.!!! NEVER!!!
Granted, he doesn't have a lot wrong with him even though he's nearly 77 but, occasionally he'll have problems after eating that makes ME think he's got some kind of stomach problem going on. He refuses to see a Dr. but, knowing him ... it's because he's AFRAID!!! I doubt he'd ever admit that but, I think he figures that "no news is good news" and as long as he stays away from a Dr. they can't find anything wrong with him.
Men are very strange that way ... they DO tend to think they're bullet proof. I can't MAKE HIM go to a Dr. but sure wish sometimes I COULD!!!

Report This| Share this:Bulletproof Guys Need Checkups -- bulletproofmyth.comMy husband NEVER goes to a Dr.!!! NEVER!!! Granted, he doesn't have a lot wrong with him even though he's nearly 77 but, occasionally he'll have problems after eating that makes ME think he's got some kind of stomach problem going on. He refuses to see a Dr. but, knowing him ... it's because he's AFRAID!!! I doubt he'd ever admit that but, I think he figures that "no news is good news" and as long as he stays away from a Dr. they can't find anything wrong with him. Men are very strange that way ... they DO tend to think they're bullet proof. I can't MAKE HIM go to a Dr. but sure wish sometimes I COULD!!!

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