Men's Health

June 12, 2009

• Men's Health: Take Care Of Yourself Before It's Too Late

  

  If Something Isn't Going Well, Go Get It Checked, Men (Women too!)

  OK… so the story goes that men don't get themselves checked medically until something is really wrong. Hey, I'm that way, so when 5 or 6 things seemed to be going poorly for me, I scheduled a time with my doctor.

  Here's a short video I created during the hours I spent today getting a stress test and an echo cardiogram. I had had a tightening in my chest, rapid (erratic) heart beats, beats that would skip, and one long dizzy spell one day.

  When I added all of them up, I decided I should go see my doctor and ask to be sent to a cardiologist.

  It has been said that the Number 1 symptom of heart problems (truly, not making this up) is: DEATH. People often laugh that nervous laugh of "oh, you're joking with me, right?" Nope, it's really true.

  So if you find something isn't going well for you, go get it checked.

  OK… I know many of us guys don't jump to the doc every time something is wrong… hey, I represent that as I said! But with the head and the heart, I figure we shouldn't fool around. It's kind of like on my car: Read more on Men's Health: Take Care Of Yourself Before It's Too Late…