Daddys vs. Doctors

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by Lamar Tyler | on December 19th, 2007 | 2 comments

Yesterday morning after a tough night of battling some type of sickness I was getting ready for work when one of my daughters asked mommy a question.

“How come daddy doesn’t go to the doctor?”

Of course at the time, I flexed a muscle and told her daddy doesn’t get sick and kept it moving so I could get into work only to leave before the end of the day after I started feeling worse. This made me think how men in general take the tough guy approach and don’t see doctors like we should and I’m aware of that, I’ve heard the stories of how men have become ill and even died because something wasn’t detected because they didn’t go to the doctor regularly and I hear it from the wife all of the time. Well I’ve decided to make a change for my family’s sake and to try to make the doctor a part of my regular routine. The last thing I would want is for one of my kids to ask, “why didn’t daddy go to the doctor when he was alive”

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Lamar and Ronnie Tyler are the creators of the award-winning blog BlackandMarriedWithKids.com . They also are behind the Amazon.com bestselling DVDs Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage, You Saved Me and Men Ain’t Boys that explores manhood in the African American community. The Tylers are also the proud parents of four children.

James

Well I must not be the average blackman, because I have a physical every year and dentist visits every six months. I think the reason alot of blackmen or black people as a whole don’t go to the doctor or dentist, is due to fear. Yes preventive medicine is the best way to go. Also along with that, we as black people need to watch what we put in our bodies because that will also put you in the best health. You are on the right track though my brother, wifey and the kids need you to stay around………

Peace

J
Harriet

My own father avoided going to the doctors quite a bit when he was still alive. He would miss his appointments and eat whatever he wanted to eat. By the time he got to the doctor, his kidneys had failed. Then he was at the doctor three times weekly for dialysis, when all that could have been prevented. I firmly believe had he not been so stubborn about following doctors’ orders, he would still be here today. He would have given me away at my wedding and seen my son come to existence. I miss him terribly.

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