But some relish the thought of going to the doctor, undergoing tests - even having painful surgery.

With his health deteriorating, in 1860 Cochrane twice underwent painful surgery for kidney stones.

After that night, I was subjected to many long and painful surgeries.

What if, after all that delicate and painful surgery, the machine malfunctioned?

There was an allegation that the elephant suffered painful and unnecessary surgery during the birth.

It took several years to go through all these painful surgeries one after another one.

It used to be that cutbacks were painful surgery that employees could soon put behind them.

His other foot used to look this bad too, but it's back to normal after painful corrective surgery three years ago.

There, he undergoes painful reconstructive surgery, turning him into an Inhumanoid himself.

Two painful surgeries and more than $6,000 later, he still wasn't the dog he used to be.