Posted by Jane D on October 2, 2001, at 0:12:31
In reply to Re: self medicating » KB, Jackster, Lini, posted by pellmell on October 1, 2001, at 11:39:19
And thank you three for helping me feel a little better about my mistake. These past two days I've been feeling awful about what I'd done.
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> KB, I think I did inadvertently challenge his authority. He can be a really nice guy, but he can also whip up this air of omniscence. He's got a weird sort of charisma, which I think is why I've been feeling so awful for disappointing him.
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> Jackster and Lini, thank you for sympathizing. What you said is helping these awful feelings to fade and letting me think more rationally. He definitely didn't handle me well at all. Yes, what I did was also a little passive-agressive (I do have a small tendency to be that way sometimes:) ), but still...for many reasons, I don't think he should've reacted that way. Maybe I caught him right before dinner? :)
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> Anyway, I see him tomorrow afternoon. If he uses the appointment to unempathetically put me in my place, I know I can find another doctor. It's silly that that didn't occur to me sooner.
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> Thanks so much, again,
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> -pmPM - Good luck tomorrow. Remember don't let the skeptical looks intimidate you. Give him a chance to react now that he's had his dinner or whatever. I personally think that not telling him was a breach of courtesy and that his response to you was another one. Not a major crime. If you can work this out - great. If not, as you said, you can always go somewhere else. - Jane
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