she is not preformed as far as i know. i think she was conceived and born and she grew like the rest of us.

speaking of expectations, what about the expectation that doctors will be male?

i like my doctor. i know myself better than she does but she knows about medicine (the field, not the definition that just means potions) and she knows me (and keeps learning about me) well enough to apply what she knows to who i am, and hopefully vice versa. i have a feeling that's not what you expect a doctor to do!

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yeah she does

I go to a clinic where I have an internal medicine guy as my primary and they always refer you to specialists for specific conditions ... so I see an endocrinologist for diabetes, a cardiologist for my aneurysm, etc. I find them to be adequate. The urologist, only is in town once a week, and can't offer treatments I'm in need of, so he's released me to a guy about 40 miles away who can help me.

It works reasonably well, and the thing I like about the clinic is they make a real effort to stick to their appointment schedule and don't keep you randomly waiting. They value my time.

There's some miscommunication about a few things that I've had to sort out, mostly around a tendency to want to see you every 6 months for no particular reason or objective, to "follow up" on ... nothing apparently. I've put the kibosh on that. I only come in when something is actionable. I can see coming in once a year for a general physical but even that doesn't have much meaning these days, I find their concept of "physical" to be kind of phoned-in and not very assertive.

Basically I only have one medical group in town that's in-plan for my insurance so I work with this, but it's up to me to direct my healthcare to my liking. Leaving it to the all-wise doctors doesn't cut it.

I learned that as a kid, when I was mis-diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis when my actual problem was tick-mediated Lyme disease. I was prescribed aspirin therapy for the JRA which gave me a nice ulcer at the tender age of 16 and at that point I kind of lost it and seized the reins of my own healthcare away from my mother, who meant well but was still thinking doctors were infallible.

Poetically, the asshat who misiagnosed me was run over by a train ... in his Corvette ... shortly thereafter. One of the few times in life I thought there might be some kind of god ...

My small town has a hard time finding and keeping doctors so our options are limited unless we want to travel farther everytime we need to get medical care. But I'm lucky to have an excellent doctor who goes above and beyond. He's extremely polite and considerate, and he gets me appointments for tests immediately. Unfortunately, clinics now have a policy that a doctor can only see you for 10-15 minutes tops and for one medical concern only. If you want to discuss a number of issues, you have to make an appointment for each. I can see how that would be tough for the elderly with multiple medical concerns, and would discourage them from getting medical help.

My medical doctor is intelligent, warm, kind and knowledgeable. She exceeds my expectations. Hooray!

I find my personal physician to be an excellent doctor who is right on top of my health needs.I have had others that I feel should not be in practice. They did not keep pace with my age and going to them did nothing for my health where as this Dr. suggests tests I may need based upon my age etc.