When we be an IP we do are due diligence . Building reports , pest inspections , searches etc . The costs add up but we don't think twice about doing it .
But do we do the same due diligence on our selves ?
About a year ago , one on my patients came in asking me to give him a clearance to participate in an ultra marathon in Africa . He was a fit , heathy 51 year lid who did marathons on a regular basis . I took a history and declined to give him his clearance .
The reason why .? Both his father and grandfather had dropped dead of heart attacks aged 50 . Fast forward one week , he'd had a CT coronary angiogram ( cost $500 ) which showed one of his coronary arteries was critically narrowed , a stent and a clearance to go and do his ultra marathon .
Although it's not something that necessary for everyone. But anyone with a family history of heart disease , high risk factors , smokers , overweight , high BP , diabetes ETC should raise it with their GP. I've been ordering them on a regular basis over the last few years and almost every one who has had significant risk factors has come back with evidence of coronary heart disease .
Now days this is treatable .
While a stress test will show if you have critical blockages of your arteries that are capable of causing symptoms now , they won't necessarily show if you have blockages that are not critical , but can cause symptoms in the near future.
We do our DD on our properties , but does everyone take the same care over ourselves ...
Cliff
PS I'd don't have shares in the company that make the machines or shares in radiology practices ..
But do we do the same due diligence on our selves ?
About a year ago , one on my patients came in asking me to give him a clearance to participate in an ultra marathon in Africa . He was a fit , heathy 51 year lid who did marathons on a regular basis . I took a history and declined to give him his clearance .
The reason why .? Both his father and grandfather had dropped dead of heart attacks aged 50 . Fast forward one week , he'd had a CT coronary angiogram ( cost $500 ) which showed one of his coronary arteries was critically narrowed , a stent and a clearance to go and do his ultra marathon .
Although it's not something that necessary for everyone. But anyone with a family history of heart disease , high risk factors , smokers , overweight , high BP , diabetes ETC should raise it with their GP. I've been ordering them on a regular basis over the last few years and almost every one who has had significant risk factors has come back with evidence of coronary heart disease .
Now days this is treatable .
While a stress test will show if you have critical blockages of your arteries that are capable of causing symptoms now , they won't necessarily show if you have blockages that are not critical , but can cause symptoms in the near future.
We do our DD on our properties , but does everyone take the same care over ourselves ...
Cliff
PS I'd don't have shares in the company that make the machines or shares in radiology practices ..