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  • My dh will not go to the doctor. He has been wheezing and coughing since March but won't go to a doctor. How do you talk your dh's into going?

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    05.12.08, 01:22 PM [ Flag ]

    • Are you kidding? Dh has been putting off getting a ct scan for YEARS, literally. He had cancer for god's sake. Get the f-ing ct scan, a$$hole!

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      05.12.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • that would not fly in my household

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        05.12.08, 01:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • so what would you do? dd have actually thought of "kidnapping" him, but you have to have a doctor's order. We've tried screaming, crying, teasing, dd even tried the guilt route (if you really care about us, you would do it for us). nothing works. I've printed out doctors' names and numbers.

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          05.12.08, 01:29 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • are you the OR? honestly, i don't know if i could live with it. I know some would think that's drastic, but my dad died of cancer recently and my mom died when i was young. I have such huge abandonment issues and basically believe everyone will die or leave me. Fortunately, DH knew this before he married me and has been very good about doing whatever I need him to do so that I don't have these issues with him. But, with the scenario you describe, I don't think I would be able to stay with him. I would need some space.

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            05.12.08, 01:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • yes, I'm OR. and my mother died when I was 7, my father committed suicide, dh's mother died when he was 11, so none of these issues is foreign

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              05.12.08, 01:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • tell him to think about the other people in his life besides himself!

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      05.12.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Make an appt for him and take him. Tell him tough shit he is going. Dh really doesn't like to go but he has no choice because he has to go at least annually to get epi-pen refills.

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      05.12.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • my sil had a student whose father died 2 weeks ago from an infection that he refused to go to the doctor about. he was 45yo. my dh had been sick for a week when she told us about it. he decided to see his dr. the next day.

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      05.12.08, 01:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I don't. He's a big boy, and if he doesn't go, he doesn't go.

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      05.12.08, 01:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • my dad hasn't been to the doctor since he was d/c'd from the military in 1966. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO frustrating!

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      05.12.08, 01:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • get more insurance on him.

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      05.12.08, 02:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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