OUR HOSTS: 

Corinne Foxx - @corinnefoxx

Natalie McMillan - @nataliemcm and @shopnataliemcmillan 

What we're drinking: Sterling Vineyards Calistoga Sangiovese

TOPIC: 

January is the perfect time to make a plan and book your annual doctors appointments一and yes, that includes going to the dentist. Today, we’re talking about the importance of seeing your doctors regularly, and what you can do in between those appointments to stay healthy. We also discuss how frequency of appointments and the type of doctor's visits that we have change over time, especially as we age. Tune in to hear our conversation about how to stay on top of your health and advice for making those appointments a little less daunting. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• What to expect at various doctor’s visits 
• Shopping around for the best doctor for you 
• How often you should be seeing your primary care physician and speciality doctors 
• What do you need to be doing to make sure that your body is in tip top shape
• Tips for your annual and daily health habits

END OF THE SHOW: 

Corinne and Natalie introduce Hottie of the Week: Adam Levine

WINE RATING:

Sterling Vineyards Calistoga Sangiovese = 2/Adam Levine 

WRAP UP:

To wrap up the episode, we play Overrated/Underrated. Natalie feels like self-checkout always ends up attracting more attention than regular check-out, and thus, is overrated, but New Girl is way underrated. Corrine doesn’t care how many billionaires swear by it, because she thinks that oatmeal is overrated and cereal is underrated. Plus, we share our favorite nostalgic sugary cereals! 

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[00:00:08] Natalie McMillan: And I'm Natalie McMillan.

[00:00:20] Natalie McMillan: And each week we cover a new topic and we pop open a new bottle of wine.

Because it's not always going to stay the same, everybody. Right. And then just some general healthy habits to adopt so that you can maintain your health. You can feel like your best self it's a new year. We're trying to look cute.

All of the above, all of the above. And then at the end, we're going to be playing over under

[00:01:06] Corinne Foxx: underrated. Ooh, I'm very excited, but first not what are we drinking on our health episodes? Well, they just say red wine. We did find bags before that red wine

So this is a Sterling from Calistoga, which is a Napa valley. It is a Sangiovese lazy.

[00:01:36] Natalie McMillan: I know. Well, we love the, well, we love how it tastes. To be determined to be

Cheers clink. Hmm, mm Hmm. Now I realized, okay. Have we talked about this on the podcast? Have we talked about the significance of Mikey's in our life?

[00:02:06] Corinne Foxx: So if you guys don't know, and we've never really brought it up, but I just feel like it does need to be addressed because something's very important in our lives.

It is Mikey's is this, you would think it's to change. But, but it's not, it's not, how do you explain it? You need to explain it. I can't explain the Mickey's thing.

situation,

[00:02:28] Natalie McMillan: Yes. Yes. So Mikey started when Kerryn was having problems with her computer and.

Was it the key that kept

[00:02:38] Natalie McMillan: Oh, okay. We got to go back. It was a, it was a separate issue and she took it to a place called Mikey's that fixes computers.

The apple stores were closed because it was COVID. And I went there. I had the most amazing experience of my life. At Mikey's Mikey's hookup. The computer came back 10 days early. Oh my God, no data lost cheaper than the apple store. It was incredible. Oh my

[00:03:16] Corinne Foxx: store.

So then like, almost like the next week after this Mikey's hookup thing, I find a carwash caught in Mikey's car where my car was spelled exactly the same way. M I K E Y S. Yes. And. I go Mikey's car carwash is the best place on earth. It is. My T's carwash

[00:03:33] Corinne Foxx: unbeatable. Is this the same Mickey? Because the quality's there.

If Mike is involved, the quality's there. Exactly.

[00:04:02] Corinne Foxx: any, there are ones that have a lot of options, but it's not yet fully.

Yes, it is. So we've decided at some point in our business venture, we're going to make a gluten-free restaurant 100% here in LA and it will be.

[00:04:39] Natalie McMillan: be Mikey's restaurant and because the quality will be there.

If it's called Mikey's restaurant, even though our

[00:05:02] Corinne Foxx: just blessings to achieve like a godlike figure Zack.

[00:05:15] Corinne Foxx: like two days later.

Yeah. I didn't get mine purposely. And then we've been going to lunch and I'm like, not, you can't get my car because it will not let me in her car because we went to that horse show and there is literally. Horse shit, basically immeshed into the carpet and I'm like, oh, can I put people on my car? Like this?

This is insane. This is insane. Oh my God. So I will be at Mikey's car wash this weekend there, and then the guys stay on the edge of your seat for the gluten-free restaurant. We'll let you know when that opens up in about 10 years, chicken

[00:05:53] Corinne Foxx: all those like hot chicken places now, too.

I would love a Mikey's hot chicken. There's that hot chicken

[00:06:06] Corinne Foxx: option French toast. Oh, my God. It's going to be all of everything that you could love.

[00:06:12] Corinne Foxx: will have it there. Yeah. Low inflammatory.

[00:06:20] Corinne Foxx: So appetizing. Yeah. Well looking up, get into the episode and why we chose the topic of like, how to take care of ourselves, how to manage our health. Yes. Well,

[00:06:42] Corinne Foxx: sports in school.

You to get like your little shots, you're not going to get into with that.

[00:06:59] Corinne Foxx: like easy to forget that you're, you're supposed to do that because also

Goes by 15,000 times faster. Yeah. So I'm like, holy shit. Another year has gone by. And here we are. And here we

Okay. So the first thing, the most important thing you guys is you need to. And you will physical with a primary care physician. This is your chance to mention any complaints or concerns about your health and your doctor will also likely quiz you about your lifestyle behaviors. So like your smoking, you know, any excessive drinking, sexual health diet exercise, the doctor will also check on your vaccination status and update your personal and family medical history as you can be like, oh yeah, like, no, my grandpa ended up having a heart attack this year.

I buy my little

Other tasks, getting blood work. Oh my God. I

[00:08:37] Natalie McMillan: I know. I gray out. I don't know it's out so

The only part that gets me is when they changed the tube. Oh yeah. You know what I'm talking about? Put in the new one and it's like, yeah, that part, I believe that

Okay. Anyways, your physical, they might also go over your medical history questions about lifestyle habits. You know what we were saying? The drinking, the smoking, all of it. Also time to mention any little health

[00:09:21] Natalie McMillan: And then they will also do a little heart and lung exam.

So using a stethoscope, your doctor will listen to your heartbeat

I'm like, yeah. Exactly. So if you don't know which health insurance plan you have or understand how your health insurance works or how to even get health insurance, you can just pause right here really quick and go listen to episode 29 called what the fuck is a PPO. And you can learn from there how to find a primary.

Esther given your health insurance situation, but very, very briefly, just to give you guys a few tips on how to find a primary care doctor, find a doctor that's in network, ensuring that you select an in-network doctor will help you avoid a surprise. Out of network charge, or having to play in full out of pocket because the doctor you selected doesn't accept your insurance plan, which decks.

And a lot of times when you're making the appointments, they ask you, let me double check for you here. We'll see. You want to find a doctor with expertise that meets your needs. So now that you have. In network doctors, you can be in narrowing it down. And there are several different types of doctors that will be identified as a primary care doctors.

It's typically like family practice, internal medicine, or just general practice, and also to find a primary care doctor, you can ask for referrals. So many people feel comfortable visiting a physician who is recommended by someone they know like a family member or coworker or friend. So you kind of ask around and see like who your friends visit.

Yeah. We kind of share doctors, not only an eye, but you don't go to a primary. Right. I don't,

Yeah. You can come in like every two years or so. Okay. Beyond that, you should make it an annual habit.

[00:11:32] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. But if you have like a chronic disease or you got diabetes, COPD, something like that, definitely see them more frequently, no matter how old you are.

So that's why I don't have a primary care physician because I, you are resident diabetic. I have to go every three months to my endocrinologist and do all the blood work. Oh yeah. Every single time full blood panel. And. So it's all the stuff that they would do, plus my diabetes stuff. Yeah. I'm going like four or five times a year.

So yeah, it's a little different for me,

[00:12:07] Natalie McMillan: if you're healthy gal and you're like 26,

Yes. That's not born as a woman. You can be born as a woman and not be born. Women should begin seeing a gynecologist at the age of 21, regardless of sexual activity, your physician will perform, you know, like a pap smear at the pelvic exam, the breast exam during your annual visit and these things. R a preventative measure that we'll check presentive infection, growths abnormalities in cancer screenings.

A yearly mammogram is also recommended for women starting at age 45 and women that have a high risk of, you know, family history of breast cancer. I haven't yet started the mammogram yet. Do you have breast cancer in your family? No, but my mom just talks about how much he hates it.

Picture it I'm like, oh,

[00:13:17] Natalie McMillan: God, me and my boy I'm like Jesus Christ, please. Don't uh, so tell me about lubes, the breast exam. They're going to check for lumps, but also you should do that like once a month, you know, the self exam, you gotta just sorta check around, see what kind of doing.

I know both like sorta, just like, Hmm. It feels fine. You'll also do a pap smear at your annual, with your gyno to screen for cervical cancer. But some gynecologists are suggesting now that if you're healthy and you don't have a history of reproductive cancers, you could do a pap smear every two years since it only screens for cervical cancer and not for any STDs.

[00:14:07] Natalie McMillan: or that

[00:14:14] Natalie McMillan: a, it's more of a curling iron from Hale. What it looks like your doctor might also recommend your annual mammogram as part of your annual exam.

If you're getting to that point and they will also likely do, um, annual testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea for sexually active adolescents and young women up to age 25, and

[00:14:43] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. I'm just trying to think. Why, why is it because beyond 25 or they're not testing?

I feel

[00:15:03] Natalie McMillan: so they'll do that. And then they're also going to do routine HIV testing for all sexually active women beginning at age 19 until 64,

[00:15:19] Natalie McMillan: Yeah. The nursing homes are like rampant with STDs. Yeah. Because they have no risk getting pregnant and they're like, we're going to die soon.

Anyways, we're just going to balls to the wall. Literally,

And if you're prone to things like cavities, weak enamel or Gingervitis, every six months may be a better option for you, which I think people go twice a year. I go twice a year and they also recommend a checkup. Even if you're not experiencing any symptoms, as you can still have a dental problem, only a dentist can diagnose.

And just, you guys are aware dental insurance is actually separate from your primary health insurance.

[00:16:11] Corinne Foxx: also my mom told me she never had done it her whole life. She's like, and I always went twice a year. It's like 150 bucks. Clean teeth.

[00:16:18] Corinne Foxx: expensive.

If you have to do work, that's where it gets.

[00:16:23] Corinne Foxx: 16. Yeah. And then you have to come back and come back to the show for half of this year within the dentist, really? He had a root canal, it got infected. How did I miss this? Oh, it's been this sock and I feel bad cause Joe, I like, I didn't have a lot of compassion for it because I just didn't understand what was happening every other week.

This man was at the dentist and I was just like, Joe, like what is going on? This is why I have trauma about the dentist. He probably went 20 times this year. I'm

[00:16:57] Corinne Foxx: curve, it was insane. I also

I just am extremely traumatized by dentists. So Natalie,

[00:17:11] Natalie McMillan: going to go, I'm going to go in 2022. You can all hold me accountable. Okay. We're going to check it out. My six months, everybody toes in my, in my shoes right now, or like curl completely curled, even thinking about it. We're going to do it. We're gonna do it.

I just started crying. I really, I could talk about it forever. It's my worst fear, but I'm not afraid of eye exams, which is another thing you got to do annually. So the American, how do I say this? Optum, Optum optometric. That's a metric optometric associates, the people that do eyes, they say periodic, I envision examinations are an important part of preventative care and patients should have an exam at least every two years until the age of 60 that's.

She's also stone-cold

[00:18:25] Natalie McMillan: She is the best, but she has, she actually takes pictures of the back of our

[00:18:36] Natalie McMillan: But so when you go for your next year for your yearly, then she compared to the, I actually

Oh. I switched to dailies. Oh, okay. I've been on the two weeks and she doesn't think she thinks I'm gonna like dailies butter. Oh, I'll

So almost everybody does. And they always asked you a VSP. So that's what that is, guys.

A person's skin can change a great deal in 12 months. It is essential to regularly examine the skin to ensure that any concerns or issues are identified. Skin screenings are conducted to identify any area of concern on the skin, especially those that are potentially cancerous. Pre cancerous. And as somebody who has a lot of moles on their body and my face, I've always been super proactive about going and just making sure they're looking at the moles of my body and they're measuring them and the color and everything.

And I always offer new ones because I got moles over

[00:20:25] Corinne Foxx: Like

I did go to the dermatologist and Kurt hooked me up with her. So we do also share that one. Yes, we do. So shout out to Dr. Yoon. She is also a stone

So in your forties, women start getting the mammograms, like we said, also in your forties and annual rectal exam or PSA blood test from your primary care doctor, um, you do that to screen for prostate cancer. So

[00:21:09] Corinne Foxx: are any. And then in your fifties, this is an important screening that can detect early signs of colorectal, colorectal cancer.

And in your fifties, it's data colonoscopy to remove polyps and tumors. And then if your colonoscopy shows no signs of cancer, you can usually wait 10 years before getting another one. But they're actually recommending to get colonoscopies a little bit earlier. Now I was

[00:21:32] Corinne Foxx: time.

Yeah. I knew that. And then also in your fifties, you can. Our guests are recommended to get a lung CT scan every year for smokers or former smokers who quit in the last 15 years or other high risk individuals from ages 55 to 80. So let's just say this right now. Can we guys stop? Can we stop vaping? Okay.

Vaping, vaping situation, especially in

[00:22:01] Corinne Foxx: to start doing this in your

Cardiologists, heart health for health endocrinologist. Those are hormones and fertility, thyroid diabetes. Gastroenterologists. That's the digestive. So

[00:22:33] Natalie McMillan: I was gonna be honest. I love the transparency. I have. Oh, yeah. Oh, okay. But you love him still. So that's a good sign, Dr.

Leo trays on love him. All right. We'll leave that out to him. So yeah, ideally Safa, I pancreas stomach liver, small intestine, all that. That's a Gastrointerologist nephrologist. Kidneys. Urologists are for urinary tract for males and females and also male reproductive health specific that

also

[00:23:05] Natalie McMillan: Oh, okay. She's got all of the raps. You guys neurologists, or that's like your nerves, your spine, your brain. You don't have one of those things like, well, that's for things like Alzheimer's stroke, you've got migraines that might be applicable to you. But again, these are things as you get older and oncologists, they're cancer doctors, they treat cancer and its symptoms and then pull money.

I don't even know if I can use. Pulmonologists whole monologist, pulmonologist, pulmonologist. They focus on the lungs and the heart, and they primarily focus on breathing. Whereas cardiologist is overall heart health.

[00:23:58] Natalie McMillan: And you're the one that is going to baby me as I cry in their chair.

So if you are inclined to drink, do it moderately. And I mean, Drink on our podcasts, but extremely moderately. Yes. So that's no more than one drink a day for women and two for men. That's what moderately is.

[00:24:49] Corinne Foxx: Opioid pandemic is not pandemic epidemic. Jeez.

It can mess with fertility among. Ill effects.

[00:25:22] Natalie McMillan: back to the opioid thing, a lot of people, they get prescriptions for painkillers, like oxycodone after surgeries or injuries. So if that happens, really make sure that you're aware of the potential for addiction, because a lot of people fall into addiction that way.

And they are like completely fine beforehand. And then they're like, oh my.

Whatever is bothering you. There is treatment if you need it and it begins with you respecting it so that you can seek help and that you're not ashamed. We also have episodes on how to manage anxiety and combat depression. If you want to go back and listen to them. And really therapy is an imperative part of all of our health routine.

At least our health routine is for sure if my mental health is not taken care of, I really can't take care of my physical health. Oh, a high. Exercise. I can't sleep. I can't eat well. I can't do any of that if I'm not in the best mindset possible.

That's insane. I know. So it really does have physiological effects. So, you know, we love mental health. Get an appointment with other fists. Here's one that is probably newer, which is limit screen time. So twenty-something spent hours a day looking at digital devices and it's messing with their sleep. And I major way.

So the blue light emitted by screens tricks the brain into staying alert by suppressing melatonin, which is the hormone that regulates our sleep cycle too much screen time, especially at night. Completely zaps, sleep quality. Yeah. It also influences your home. Which I think is so interesting. Yeah. A lot of studies are showing that people who are sleep deprived tend to have higher levels of hunger hormones, and they're less able to use their logical brain to resist food cues that are in their face all the time.

So this plays a big role in weight.

But then just also all this stuff they're going to be like, I can't believe you guys spent like hours a day doing that and thought it was good for you. I was like, people used to think tobacco was like, oh,

[00:28:14] Corinne Foxx: I think they're the same thing. And I think we're going to look back and think we were absolute fucking idiot.

I just really

[00:28:30] Corinne Foxx: Yeah. Okay. Off what you just said though, sleep is so important to our physical health sleep deprivation has a negative impact on our overall wellbeing, effecting your concentration and cognitive performance, memory and other important functions.

It leaves your body vulnerable. Faction and influences the hormonal balance in a negative manner. So set a bedtime and stick to it and set a wake time and stick to it. Your body will thank you for that. Yeah. And I learned that the hard way you hit

We also got to eat for our. So heart disease is still the top cause of death in the United States and has been for a while. But luckily there is a very cheap way to reduce your risk of heart disease and other heart health problems. According to dietician, Andy . Eat better. Oh, that's his, he says, go ahead and eat better.

Why don't you do that? So you can start by eating more leafy greens and fiber, especially in the form of beans or legumes and making sure you're eating omega-3 fatty acids. So those are in seafood, sea vegetables, flaxseed walnuts, and chia seeds. And they're known to protect heart health in several ways, according to the American heart association.

Past studies have supported this notion, finding that a daily walk can reduce the risk of stroke in both men and women reduce the days, spent in hospital each year and can even lower your risk of death. 39%. She, when compared to no leisure time physical activity. So if you haven't discovered yet, you know, what type of physical activity you really enjoy, you could just start with a walk, but you can also experiment.

And maybe you can like knock it out with a couple of spurts of like hit, which is pretty intense, but you can also do like a yoga class. You can do hiking, you can do rowing, you can do really whatever your little heart desires. And even if it's just a walk around the. I just know that he is doing something yes.

So, Hey, there's something to be said. All right, sexy time, have safe sex every time. It's not always about pregnancy protection. You guys, it's also about protecting yourself from sexually transmitted infections. As much as you can, obviously, it's not going to protect you from all STI since infections like herpes and human papilloma virus can be transmitted via.

Skin to skin contact. It was better than nothing.

We haven't, it's just a belief. It's a belief that we swear by is to wear sunscreen every time we go outside. Actually, even if you're spinning inside. The single best dermatological action you can take in your twenties is literally to just wear sunscreen and exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and tanning beds, which I do not think people are going to anymore, but maybe they are, maybe they are.

And maybe this is your sign. You need to stop going. They cause damage that can lead to skin cancer according to the national cancer Institute. So if you're concerned, also, if you're concerned about signs of aging, like wrinkles, know that UV damage can also call. Prematurely. Oh

I had a dream that there was a woman and she was talking to somebody in front of me and she said, oh, I'm like 32. And she looked like 60 something. And it was, you could tell it because she was in the sun

And she, I think really regrets it because she didn't really get this campaign that like now we know, right. She didn't know. And she's like, oh my gosh, I never wear sunscreen. Oh my

[00:33:24] Corinne Foxx: exactly. Well, those are our tips for your annual health habits and your daily health habits.

And we hope that you guys have already started booking your annual doctor's appointments and have picked maybe a little healthy habit or two to corporate into your daily life. And again, that is not as going to the dentist this year. I will. Maybe going home if I need to, if anybody

[00:33:49] Corinne Foxx: dentist.

Well, he caught on me. It's a woman. Will she coddle me? I don't know. I've only been to her once and I love her, but I don't, I don't know if

[00:34:05] Corinne Foxx: Did anyone? All right. So should we go back on the one we've been drinking this episode and intro our Hotsy of a week?

Yeah.

[00:34:19] Corinne Foxx: Yeah,

[00:34:30] Corinne Foxx: workout. We just use test just says yoga, only yoga,

[00:34:43] Corinne Foxx: Basie.

One, two Adam Levine. When were you feeling for this one?

[00:34:50] Corinne Foxx: I don't like it. I don't like it that much. I really don't like it. I'd give it a three. I don't want to give it a, you can give me whatever you want. I'm going to give it a one to two. It's a two, two out of Adam, Adam Levine.

Okay. So this is the part of the episode. We play a little wrap-up game and today we're playing overrated, underrated. We're going to be giving our opinions on what's over reading. What's under reading. Natalie, would you like to go first? Right. All right.

It's a lot because I hate grocery stores. I get so stressed, overwhelmed. I can't do it, but I think self-checkout is overrated

[00:35:42] Natalie McMillan: like 90% of the. Something's wrong with it. And that person has to come over it. Doesn't register that you put a pack of gum in the bag and it's like, meet me, do it again.

I'm like, oh my God. Yeah. It draws more attention to me, which is I hate it. I hate it. So that is my overrated. Okay. And then my underrated, I don't know. You might say it's not underrated, but you know what people always talk about, like their favorite TV show. Classic. Right. It's like friends, Seinfeld Grey's anatomy, things like that.

New girl is so

[00:36:31] Natalie McMillan: and I feel like a lot of people really never watched it.

Yes. Oh, here's where so fun. Oh, you always say that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're not going to agree with my operate it, I think. And I had it this morning for breakfast. I think oatmeal's overrated. People love oatmeal. They eat. It's the only thing they have for breakfast. Every single billionaire eats. It's not good, I guess.

Yeah. I can see why it's not good. Very

[00:37:08] Corinne Foxx: that. It's a, in general. Yeah. It's a universal you, right? Um, so I think we're all on grocery shelves. Cause I don't think help meals that good. I think what's underrated, which she went into agree with is cereal.

I think cereal is a thousand times better than that. God, I love cereal. Well, rock my

You just hate myself sick. What's your favorite? Oh my God. Fruity pebbles.

[00:37:58] Natalie McMillan: ed, and then they turn

[00:38:03] Natalie McMillan: in your mouth. I know. So actually I was at sprouts the other day and they have like an organic version of frosted flakes.

Yeah. So, you know, I got the box and I ate the whole box in like 72 hours. I can't control myself.

Right, right, right. You can have a bowl. Right. I don't know if I

[00:38:33] Corinne Foxx: So you agree? I

[00:38:36] Corinne Foxx: Well great. Lastly, guys, we want to make sure we remember to remind you guys to sign up for our newsletter where we will, what are we going to put on? Uh, what picture are we going to put it?

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[00:39:05] Corinne Foxx: be back next week with another episode.

Love you guys. .