the double boarded one sounds good. i wonder if i
could find that on the list. 

--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Ken,
> 
> Depends on the doc, but a male doc may listen better
> to a male patient, and
> a female doc to a woman patient.  Janet's always
> gone to a woman when
> possible; her OB/GYN agreed to be her primary care
> doc, but then she
> retired, and so Janet's been seeing a guy for OB/GYN
> stuff, which she's not
> as comfortable with.  She's pretty much settled on a
> woman who's double
> boarded in internal medicine (IM) and physical
> medicine and rehabilitation
> (PM&R) for primary care, but last time she needed to
> see Carrie, she ended
> up seeing Carrie's husband who is an IM doc, as
> Carrie wasn't available.  He
> was also very good.
> 
> The only woman docs I've seen have been very good. 
> Both were surgeons, who
> don't tend to listen well, no matter what. Remember
> that my Dad was a
> surgeon by profession, so if I'm slandering the
> profession, I have pretty
> good personal credibility to do so. The male docs
> I've seen have also been
> very good.  I think it helps that I "speak the
> language," as Janet often has
> me go in with her to appointments with new docs,
> especially men, as I can
> function as a "translator," not only for her
> non-standard speech, but also
> for the "language."  I went to see a new doc
> yesterday for the pressure sore
> on my ankle, and Janet said "try talking to him as a
> layman and see if his
> reaction is different."  I did at first, and his
> reaction didn't seem to be
> differrent, but I "slipped" into the jargon after a
> little while, and he
> seemed more comfortable with it.
> 
> Janet and I have a really good relationship with the
> docs and the staff at
> our neurologists office, so I go into appointments
> with her and vice-versa.
> It's great, because I'll often forget to mention
> things, but she'll speak up
> about them, and Josh (my neurologist) will say "tell
> me more about that."
> It also helps a little I think that Josh (Dr.
> Knappenberger)  was pre-med
> when my dad was overseeing the pre-med students at
> UW, and teaching anatomy
> and physiology.  Wyoming is often described as a
> medium sized city with
> _very_ long streets.  (500,000 people in 100,000
> square miles)
> 
> Remember also the definition of a GP - a "doctor who
> knows less and less
> about more and more, until he knows nothing about
> everything," vs. a
> specialist, who "knows more and more about less and
> less, until he knows
> everything about nothing."
> 
> On Oct 31, 2007 9:47 AM, ken barber
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > as you know from former post our first attempt to
> get
> > a primary doc was a bust with them looking first
> at my
> > meds and then refusing to have me.
> >
> > we have decided to try a internal med. doc as they
> are
> > suppoedly better that a GP  for comlicated
> situations.
> >
> >
> > now, since we can only just pick from a list, my
> > question is would a female doc maybe be more
> likely to
> > listen to me about my compications of CP than a
> male
> > generally speaking?
> >
> > i hope my question is not confusing. if you anser,
> > please give me your insights.
> >
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> 
> Kendall
> 
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> redundant!)
> 
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> unreasonable one
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