I've had some time to process what happened at yesterday's Dr. appointment

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21. She seems to be sensitive to your feelings.

What a horrible experience.

I recently changed to a different medical practice for a similar reason. I had a good NP, but a former PA returned after finishing med school to be an MD. Before she went on to med school, she had misdiagnosed a disorder that was painfully crippling because she did not listen to symptoms and wrote off the pain as psychosomatic. When she left for med school, a new PA immediately got the diagnosis and treatment right so that I now have good mobility without pain.

I was not pleased to be assigned to her again. When she ridiculed me for wearing an N95 in the office while local covid infection levels were moderately high, I left and have never been back. Good grief! She had my medical record of comorbidities and age. Her father is a partner in the practice, so there was not much point in asking for reassignment.

I've also lost some close people in a short time. The "get over it" attitude was inexcusable. The doctor has no empathy and apparently no understanding of anxiety. Hippocrates would burn that doc's medical license, but the Marquis de Sade would be taking notes from him.