11/18/24 It’s No Wonder That Men Don’t Live As Long

I had a client today who, at the age of 63, has never had blood work done. He doesn’t know if he has high cholesterol, he will never know if he has early stages of anything. He gets an annual physical, which consist of just a physical exam . Now, if you ask me, getting blood work is 10 times more important than looking up your nose or into your ears. They see things like white blood count that may be elevated because you’ve got something going on inside of you. Lab test show you if you’re missing any vitamins or minerals. Now granted you will know that you are sick if you have symptoms. But a lot of things are missed, like cancer, all the time. I truly believe that if you have blood work done twice a year and a physical once a year, you will live a longer life. I realize that genetics play a large part in how long we live, and I also realize that more men have heart attacks and brain aneurysms in their 40s. But I do think that if you don’t have bloodwork yearly, you’re really asking for trouble or at least ignorance. I guess I would rather know if something’s wrong with me than find out by getting symptoms of stage four cancer. And I’m not saying that just because you get bloodwork you can’t get stage four cancer out of the blue. I know you can. I just think getting regular bloodwork increases your chance of catching something early. OK, I will get off my soapbox now.