Posted by emme on January 5, 2005, at 21:49:14
In reply to Re: Doctors (warning: long!) » Shortelise, posted by Miss Honeychurch on January 5, 2005, at 12:55:13
> I'm not so freaked out about people touching me as I am by the atmosphere - clinical, paper gowns, SCALES, the stirrups. Even the awful magazines and ubiquitous framed MOnet posters turn me off. If I could have a pap smear in my own living room while watching Entertainment Tonight, that would be heaven.My family practitioner's office: solo practice, very calm and quiet office, few people in and out, cozy waiting room. And.....the doctor a kind and laid-back woman. Her assistant is calm and down to earth. Makes all the difference. It's like there's valium in the air. and it doesn't feel too sterile. Look for an office like that.
> It usually takes them 4 or 5 times of trying before getting an accurate and normal blood pressure reading on me. I am so anxious when I go in, my bp is sky high, my pulse is sky high. It's ridiculous. I hate seeing the concerned looks on everyone's faces when I show up with all of that going on.One word: xanax. That and really getting to be comfortable around a particular doctor.
I think this is a common problem.
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