Are you afraid of your doctor?
It seems like I frequently see people post things like they are afraid to go to a doctor's appointment because they are afraid their doctor will be disappointed or will yell at them for not losing enough weight, or I see people post things like their doctor scolds them for not getting enough protein or taking their vitamins, and things like that.
I am not afraid of any of my doctors. Occasionally I am not looking forward to an appointment because I know I've made some poor choices about my health and I don't like to hear my doctor tell me that. For instance, in a couple of weeks I have an appointment with my psychiatrist, whom I was supposed to see a month ago, but I missed that appointment because I just didn't feel like going - and I did not call in advance to cancel it like I should have done. He is not going to yell at me or scold me but he will remind me that it is important to keep my appointments, and he will probably want to know why I missed the last one and I don't have a good reason for it, so I'm not looking forward to that conversation. But I'm not scared of him.
Sometimes I am afraid of a particular procedure I need to have done, but that's not because I am afraid of the doctor.
So, are you afraid of your doctor?
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
i've been afraid of what the doctor is going to tell me (especially about my heart), or what they were going to do to me (hey going to the gyno the first time is pretty scary!), but never scared of the doctor him/her-self.
<3 jen <3
<3 starting weight: 252 <3 goal weight: 135 <3 current weight: 151 <3
RNY: 9/27/10 <3 Extended Tummy Tuck w/hip & thigh lipo: 6/6/13
I get being afraid of what the doctor is going to do to you. When I had to get cortizone shots in my knees, I was SCARED. But not of the doctor. Of that HUGE needle.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I would not tolerate any doctor who scolded or belittled me. It needs to be a collaborative relationship with mutual respect since the goal we BOTH have is for me to be as healthy as possible. That was one of the most frustrating and hurtful things about having so much trouble getting a surgeon -- ANY surgeon -- to go in and find the source of my mystery abdominal pain last year... I felt like they either didn't believe the severity of my pain or were more concerned about other things than about helping me.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I love my team of Drs!!
They are the ones who helped me see my life was heading down hill
They are also the ones that helped me get back up and start going back up the hill
All of my Dr's have the same personality..which mirrors mine..they are firm..direct and they dont fluff.
Height: 5'9 Hw: 285 Sw: 272 Cw: 167 Surg. goal: 165
1m: -20 2m: :-18 3m:-10
4m:-12 5m:8 6m:-4 7m:-3 8m-10:-28
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Laura
HW: 311 SW:264 (size 24) CW: 174 (size 14) Surgeon's Goal: 176 My GW: 149
Weight Loss Month 1: 20 pounds! Weight Loss Month 2: 17 pounds!
Weight Loss Month 3: 12 pounds! Weight Loss Month 4: 10 pounds!
Weight Loss Month 5: 12 pounds! Weight Loss Month 6: 6 pounds!
Weight Loss Month 7: 6 pounds! Weight Loss Month 8:
25 pound to my goal!
My father was a high-ranking military officer. He was a very harsh man. As a result, I tend to be naturally intimidated when dealing with authority figures. When dealing with our health care providers, that cannot be an issue.
I actually chose not to use a very high profile clinic, TV personality bariatric surgeon, because I had a very negative experience with one of the surgeon's who performed a breast biopsy on me years earlier. I was referred to him for the procedure by my GYN (before he and his son opened the WLS clinic). When I went to the clinic's WLS informational seminar, I had a huge block the entire time as he stood there presenting. I knew immediately I would not use them no matter their reputation.
My bariatric surgeon was the perfect match for me.
on 4/26/12 9:58 pm - waukesha, WI
My endo is the nices guy.........even supportive when I do my ugly cry. He is the one that suggested rny. Yesterday, he was more than happy to order any lab that I wanted. I have his cell number that I can call anytime.
My PCP is new. Recommended by the bariatric center. I saw him twice before surgery. He came and saw me in the hospital after surgery for no reason just wanted to know how I was doing. (not billed) Last week, I ran into him in the hallway at the hospital. He spent 1/2 hr. talking to him. Supportive as all get go.
Although, I am known as the strange insulin girl by all of my doc including my surgeron. I was on an insulin that is 5 times the strength of regular insulin and still could not controll my diabetes.
I do get tongue tied with my surgeon. I am waiting for him to leave his wife and children and risk his medical career to date me. He is totally HOT.
