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Biologically male procedures only. EDIT: If the two people who downvoted this question could explain their reasoning, I would be super interested. No judgements. This is a safe space!

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 25 minutes ago

Get prohibitive dental work. My teeth are fucked from no fluoride in the water when I was a kid, so I always have more work needed.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

Lol dental work isn't covered under health insurance. Teeth are luxury bones that only the rich are allowed to keep!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 53 minutes ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 55 minutes ago

Shop around if you don't like your GP. Tell them your situation and ask them for a referal to every specialist under the sun. Get tested and innoculated for absolutely everything they suggest.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 hours ago

To your "edit" point: Don't take a handful of downvotes personally; it's pretty easy to do accidentally on mobile so they may have been unintentional

[-] [email protected] 2 points 57 minutes ago

Some people also use downvotes as way to say they dislike something. Unlikely, but some people might be down voting to indicate they don't like the insurance industry.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

To add to that downvotes have no serious negative effect on this platform

In reddit as soon as a few people downloaded you, you disappeared

Here people can brigade you and unless you're reading top, who cares, your stuff still gets seen.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago

Colonoscopy!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago

Get all your injuries out of the way. Do a bunch of dumb shit to build character

[-] [email protected] 32 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Do every test available for prevention and prophylaxis.
Get your general practitioner to do a full health check, ECG, EEG, cardiac ultrasound, a full blood panel, bloodpressure, pulmonary function, skin cancer prevention ect.
Schedule a gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
Check in with an urologist to get your prostate and urinary tract checked.
If you can, get a full body scan. Either PET or MRI.

Nearly every serious disease or health issue is easier prevented or treated when caught before it casues real issues.
Every cancer there is, has a better outcome and is easier treated when found early. Most of them are silent until very late in the game.

This is something I would recommend to anyone: Take advantage of every preventative messure or examination that is available to you!
There is no illness that you can detect too early.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 44 minutes ago

Until the insurance decides they're not covering it for some reason and OP is stuck with the bill.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 4 hours ago

What you mean is, your HMO has had to dust off the "not medically necessary" stamp.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

When this happened for me, I went and refilled my sumatriptan injections as fast as I could and actually used those for two years afterwards, it did save me money. If you need any extra dermatologist stuff, mental health, physical therapy, do it now.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 4 hours ago

Similar boat. Getting my snoring looked into. Got a sleep study done and now I'm having an ent do a scoping to see what's actually vibrating and what can be done.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

This is a major one!

Sleeping is a third of your day. There's a lot of health issues that result from bad sleep/snoring. and the worse is that you'll never even know it.

My wife had a sleep specialist provide helpful strategies after her pregnancy and her back pain stopped.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 6 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

I don't think you need health insurance to play Gwen

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Not Gwen specifically, but Iโ€™d recommend seeking mental health resources to anyone who has been exposed to League of Legends.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago

Dentistry. This shit is always hard to get for free so you should do everything you can.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

Chewing bones and seeing orbs are not covered in US health insurance

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I think seeing orbs are still mostly covered for medical issues

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Seriously not even eyes?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 5 hours ago

Not covered by my health insurance, or even most health insurances in the US. We have special horrible dental insurance for that.

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[-] [email protected] 39 points 8 hours ago

I say blow your free healthcare on something frivolous and fun.

See if they'll swap your left kidney with your right one.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 8 hours ago

Frivolous? Yes. Fun? ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[-] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago

The surgeon deserves a little fun too

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

A surgeon can have a little fun as a treat.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Teeth. Teeth right the fuck now. And if somehow there is nothing wrong with them see if your insurance will cover a flouride coat to keep them that way.

Oh and literally every cancer screening possible. Get your butt checked, your nuts checked, some dermatologists will literally check every inch of your skin. Tell your doctor about every bad habit you have and see what else they're willing to look for.

[-] [email protected] 88 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Teeth are not covered by health insurance in the U.S. (I know. We all know)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Was just going to point this out too. It's so stupid.

I've also done the math on dental insurance vs out of pocket and a few times, out of pocket was significantly cheaper than the service + insurance.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I've done the same math recently and decided it would be cheaper just to pay myself and keep a bit of savings around for anything extra. I could not find a plan that would pay out more than $2k in a year, and that's not even a month of rent some places.

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 8 hours ago

If you're on any expensive meds, now'd be a good time to get them refilled. ...and 'my backpack got stolen!' them and get them refilled again if that's covered.

If you've got anything you think needs to be addressed with any urgency at all, skip the normal process and go to the ER to complain about your symptoms, especially if you've got ANY pain in your abdomen or tenderness in your lower back (which could mean kidney stones).

Infact, even if you don't have pain, go in and tell them you feel nauseous after eating anything greasy or fatty, and you'll get a free ultrasound of your gallbladder to see if there's any stones in there. ...don't actually accept surgery to remove it unless there are stones that look like they're for sure going to be problematic, cuz you WILL have symptoms once it's gone (eating will make you feel like shit... your body should adjust eventually, but that's not a guarantee, and it can take anywhere from a few months to years).

So, if they offer a scan or any diagnostic, do it. If they offer surgery, have a long think about whether it's actually worth doing.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

Not only refill your meds, but there are places where you can get 90 day prescriptions filled, so you can go into the new year with several months of pills already ready.

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[-] [email protected] 88 points 10 hours ago

Do you snore? Get a sleep study and a CPAP - thats pricy! Need a colonoscopy? Gel shots in your knees? Any family histories that would warrant testing for cancer markers?

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[-] [email protected] 62 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

This is the perfect opportunity to recreationally infect yourself with rare short term diseases. Try breaking your arm or nose so you have a story. Self harm has never been so cheap.

Edit: See evasive_chimpanzee's comment here, as the following seems to be incorrect information

Seriously though get checked for prostate cancer. Especially if you're over 25 it's very possible and catching it early will be a massive difference.

Same for everyone reading this. I doubt it's that expensive so please look into it and get checked if affordable where you are.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I would talk to your doctor about it for your case specifically rather than advocating broadly for prostate cancer screenings.

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/prostate-cancer-screening

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Huh, I'm always happy to proven wrong. thank you for bringing this up.

Is this still relevant however with blood testing becoming more prevelant? The main reasons listed are due to harms caused by probing both physical and psychological along with false positives which out-weigh the positives of a 0.128% life saving outcome. It's been 6, nearly 7 years now and prostate testing is both more accurate and non-invasive

Either way, this body is currently in the final research plan stage of updating the recommendation.
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/prostate-cancer-screening-adults
I'd agree we should stand by the current assessment though until it changes. Thank you for the correction

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

There are primarily 2 stool tests available today, one has significant false positives, the other doesn't.

I forget the names, or I'd send you a link. It's been about a year since I looked it up. I know my insurance uses the more accurate one, fortunately.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I have no clue, it's just something I've read about a little. It's definitely not my area of expertise, so take this with a grain of salt.

From what I understand, prostate cancer is usually very slow, and it's possible to have a little spot of it for years that doesn't affect you. For some people, the right answer to finding a prostate tumor is to just monitor it, but obviously, people freak out when they have cancer, and want treatment. Cancer treatments are all no joke, so it seems that you could sacrifice a lot to treat something that would have just chilled there not hurting you.

I have no clue about the blood tests. If it's like a "yes or no" for prostate cancer, it might have that same disadvantage. If it tells the Dr something more like type of prostate cancer or growth, it's a different story.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Not sure if your link is the same as I've read, but yes, the thing with prostate cancer is that treatment doesn't seem to change the outcome.

This is most likely because it usually doesn't develop until mid-50's or later, and grows so slowly that it doesn't have time to kill you.

I think the concern would be it occurring in younger ages, or it growing faster than typical.

So test and monitor is likely a good thing, treatment shouldn't be a given, unless there are clear signs.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

I was actually told by my doctor that unless you have a history of colon or prostate cancers in the family, advisory boards are pushing testing to past 40.

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