12-06-2017 14:46 via theguardian.com

I was talked into getting a health check. Big mistake

I thought a quick checkup would quell my anxieties and leave me happy and confident about my future. Some chanceI’m on my way into the supermarket when a young woman pokes her head out of a screened cubicle and asks me if I would like to come in for a health check. How long will it take? Fifteen minutes, says she, so I think: why not? I am healthy as anything for my age. I have never had high blood pressure or cholesterol, barely smoke or drink, am not overweight, the dog forces me to take
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