let's get physical

This article could never be in a Canadian newspaper. In Canada it is perfectly normal to go to your family doctor for a yearly physical, in Holland it is not. That is why small private clinics are emerging, where you can just walk in to get your blood work done. The newspaper thinks it's ridiculous to test healthy people. You go to the doctor when you feel ill, period. Check-ups cause fear and hypochondria. I don't know where I stand on this. In medical things, I usually just go with the flow, I am not an expert. So when in Rome, I do as the Romans, because everything is different everywhere. I just went for my physical, I have to go back to my doctor for the results of my blood work this Wednesday. It's really strange, those differences in medical habits. Otger used to be extremely cross-eyed when he was little. Our optometrist in Germany had told us that Otger would need an operation as soon as he would reach school age. Which is six, in Germany. But then we moved to Belgium, and we went to a Belgian optometrist. She screamed and shouted when she saw our little 2,5 year-old. To the hospital! Immediately! And he was operated. And all went well. So in Canada, we go for our yearly physicals.