Medical devices as prevention savings good or bad idea?

[QuarterMillionMan]

My doctor doesn't have my best interest in mind, just like a financial advisor. My doctor probably has 100's of patients. My doctor's finger nails are long and seems like he doesn't even have time for himself, let alone little insignificant me (QMM). My doctor will only notify me when I have diabetes. My doctor will not be proactive as kork mentioned above rather only reactive which will be too late. I like to be proactive and change things now rather than waiting until my doctor says, "you have diabetes."

[QuarterMillionMan]

People rely too much on their mechanic, CPA, financial advisor, doctor, lawyer, plumber, etc. We forget that we are our best advocate and leave it up to the so called pros who supposedly know everything. Sometimes you have to advocate for yourselves people.

[disneysteve]

My doctor doesn't have my best interest in mind

Then get a new doctor. Why would you possibly entrust your health to someone who you feel doesn’t have your best interests in mind. That’s awful.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Rec'd my biometric kit. These lancets are big compared to the glucose meter reading lancets. The biometric kit still doesn't say what will be tested but I'm guessing maybe cholesterol and glucose but for $50 I will play.

[myrdale]

You might also be interested in one of the DNA testing services.

I previously did 23andMe. At the time they provided a significant amount of health statistics based on your genetics. They identified me as having a 52% chance of developing prostate cancer. My father had died of it a couple years prior. Having an immediate relative with it says I am at an increased risk, but at least this reinforced the fact it is something I should keep an eye on over time.

Due to some regulations, they no longer provide as much detailed health information unfortunately.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Do you go see the dr ever 3 months? That's how it is in hawaii. You see your primary care 4x a year and get blood tests every 3 months.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Maybe once a year.

[kork13]

Do you go see the dr ever 3 months? That's how it is in hawaii. You see your primary care 4x a year and get blood tests every 3 months.

Jeez, really??? I'm in the military & required to stay healthy, and I don't even speak to my doctor more than 2-3x/yr, let alone have an full check-up & blood tests multiple times a year! That's gotta be some rich insurance, or else a wildly under-employed medical staff.

[Like2Plan]

Do you go see the dr ever 3 months? That's how it is in hawaii. You see your primary care 4x a year and get blood tests every 3 months.

Is that for folks who have some sort of health issue and have to be monitored?

[myrdale]

Do you go see the dr ever 3 months? That's how it is in hawaii. You see your primary care 4x a year and get blood tests every 3 months.

Unless you have cancer, HIV, some mental disorder that has to be monitored, or some other major issue, x4 a year is such overkill. If you're paying out of pocket, fine that's your decision, but if you're putting that on your insurance and we wonder why prices keep going up?

If you looked at the last 2 years of labs, 8 blood test, has anything changed?

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Is that for folks who have some sort of health issue and have to be monitored?

No everyone in hawaii does that. It's just part of the routine. My mom is horrified I see my PCP once a year and get bloodwork and everything on schedule. She has probably like 15-20 dr. This is why everyone in hawaii lives long I think. Because they see the dr ever 3x months and yes Blue Cross Blue Shield pays for it. They catch everything super early. She said by age 40 she started going every 3 months to the dr. Every 121 days medicare and BCBS pays for labs. Unless things change this is how many people do it.

Prices go up because it's all inclusive bottom line. If you want to limit people you need to make them aware. But that's not how insurance in the US at least works.

And yes most of my friends whose parents and family are still in hawaii go every 3 months. It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor you go a lot in hawaii to the dr. It's all covered by medical insurance. They have no idea what it costs because the bulk of people in hawaii work for the state or federal so they have employer provided plans.

You can't fault them since insurance companies pay.

[QuarterMillionMan]

115 + 106+ 94 + 46.7 = 361.7 / 28.7 = 12.602787 (my calculations must be wrong)

[disneysteve]

115 + 106+ 94 + 46.7 = 361.7 / 28.7 = 12.602787 (my calculations must be wrong)

That formula you posted was average blood sugar plus 46.7. You’re not taking the average here. You’re just adding all of your readings together.

i think you get 5.28 if you do it right. Im
on my phone so double check.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Ok thank you. I like your number better. My calculation prior to today was an A1C of 9 so today when I got an A1C of 12, it boggled my mind knowing it should be going down and not up. I see what I'm doing wrong now, thanks again.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Yikes, I'm not sure what happened here but I will jog an extra mile today to try and bring this down. This is exactly why I bought these medical devices so I can be proactive and know what it is that I need to work on.