-=> Quoting Jeff Smith to Nancy Backus on 31-Aug-2015 23:33 <=-

 >> Sort of like a billboard noting a large percentage of men will "die
 >> of stubbornness"...meaning they won't make the trip to the doctor to
 >> get checked.
 > Happens to women, too...  And in either case, if there's family or
 > friends to push back and come along with, it can be overcome and turned
 > to better...  ;)

 JS> I'm that way too. Never cared for doctors much. While it's hard for me
 JS> to ask I do enjoy and feel better about going if someone decides to go
 JS> with. I guess it's nice to feel your not alone sometimes. 

It certainly helps to have two people to listen to the doctor and to ask
questions... and to remember what was said... ;)  I started going with
my friend/neighbor when she'd been complaining to me on the phone after
every visit to a certain doctor how bad he was and how he wasn't dealing
with what she thought needed attention...  Turned out that he really was
that bad, so I helped her find a better doctor...  But then I went with
her to all her doctor visits thereafter, even with a new better
doctor... it made helping her remember what was going on easier for
me... :)  And she appreciated having the company...

I've long felt that it's important to have a doctor that listens to you,
and that accepts you as an equal partner in your care... I've been
fortunate over the last couple of decades to have all my doctors be that
way... it makes the thought of going to see them a lot less onerous.. :)

ttyl      neb

... I'll stop worrying when life stops giving me things to worry about.

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