Posted by Racer on March 31, 2005, at 14:17:38
In reply to Re: so I dug right down to the bottom of my soul ., posted by Maxime on March 30, 2005, at 23:17:44
> As an aside, my endo has a small collection of ducks on his desk. I asked him if he thought it was a good idea to have these ducks on his desk. "What? What's wrong with ducks?". "Quack?" I hinted softly. Long pause. He said "NO ONE has ever pointed that out to me! After today THE DUCKS are HISTORY!". All this in his Montreal-Italian accent.
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That's TOO funny! That's absolutely hysterical! Thank you for telling us that one!As for the other part, yeah, you know what the problem is? It's that Y chromosome. In most cases -- SLS is a great example -- there are no problems. In rare cases, though, there is a high correlation between a Y related condition that causes contempt for women and the uncontrollable urge to go to medical school.
That's not actually meant to be side splittingly funny. I'm so bitter about that issue myself that, if I don't try to be a bit flip about it, I'll smash a brick through the monitor screen, you know?
Although I do loath myself for doing it, the only solution I've tried to this that has had anything like a positive outcome is that damned fluff brained bit: "Oh, doctor, I read this and didn't understand it at all because I'm not a big, strong doctor like you -- could you read it and explain to me why this isn't the solution to my problem? I'm sure it's not, or you would already have explored it, after all..." I can't tell you how much I hate doing it -- the only way I can stand it is to remind myself that as much as I loath myself for lowering myself to those levels, it doesn't touch on the contempt I feel for male doctors who will only respond to women who approach them in that manner.
(Gotta say, though, it does work better than what happens once I get frustrated and remind them that it's much easier to get into medical school than to veterinary school; or that half of all doctors did NOT graduate in the top 50% of their class... Maybe it's not "hypochondria" they're thinking of when they see me, it's "hypersarcastia"?)
I wish I could come with you to your doctor's appointment, too. If I could, I'd do my best to make you heard. (Maybe clean out his ears?)
Let's try this, though: how about going over your physical symptoms again -- on the health board is probably best -- and seeing if we can narrow down the specific issues that point to adrenal dysfunction? Maybe that would help? (Or, since some symptoms consistent with those disorders can be kinda personal, you can babblemail me if that's better?)
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