Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I had a friend with that phobia. Skinny guy in his mid-50s. Not a fast guy, but he could ride long distances. Had a poor diet from what I could tell. He didn’t like to go to doctors because he didn’t want to know what might be wrong.
One February morning he went out on a club ride and dropped dead of an apparent heart attack after fewer than two miles. An EMT was driving by and started working on him quickly, but she was unable to revive him. Glad I was not there to see it.
I knew a guy who disliked medical care so much he didn't even go to the dentist for many years, pretty much his entire adult life. They found him at the bottom of the stairs dead of a heart attack (he was home alone at the time). No indication of heart problems, mostly because he never went to the doctor no matter what or how he was feeling. Great guy and good friend, hard worker, not obese, but no healthy habits at all. And, imho, a neurotic avoidance of anything medical.