Annual Health check-up

Turning thirty gets you a mail from the Admin team for booking an appointment for the full body checkup. Not all corporate offices have this facility, my office did. So I booked an appointment and went early morning to the centre. There were many people queued up for the annual checkup form. The form has list of pathology tests and other tests. Then you have to start with the sections as said. It includes fasting blood test, urine test, ECG, X-ray, eye test, dental test, etc. There is a routine checkup including blood pressure, height, weight, pulse, etc. There is a gynaecologist checkup for women wherein breast test, cervical and mammography is done based on age. Then post some hours there would be another blood test. The most hectic test is ultrasonic which leads to drinking a lot of water. For me the blood test leads to fainting. The health results let you know how much you have taken care of your body and how much more you need to take care going forward. It's a hectic whole day moving from sections to sections, meeting a physician at the end. But we really need to invest in regular body checkups. After all, precaution is better than cure!