My husband is also like that. One time he fell off a 100 Ft. oil tank. Hurt his back badly, it took me pleading with him for days to go to the doctor. He finally went after 1 week of suffering like you would not believe. He just recently had a bad bout with the flu, did he go to a doctor, nope, had to listen to him hack like crazy for 4 weeks. He also did not miss 1 day of work with this, fever and all. I would have been in bed the whole time.