Re: why do medical secretaries ask so many nosy questions?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:40:08 -0500 (CDT)
They ask these questions to see if your are looking for the right Dr.,
anyhow tell this to the Dr. perhaps she went too far.
At Thu, 3 Oct 2002, anon wrote:
>
>This is not really a medical question, but I'd like a doctor to answer
>if possible. I suspect that I have an anal fissure, maybe something
>nastier, so I called a proctologist recommended to me by the person who
>is going to do my pelvic floor reeducation. The secretary started
>asking me a hundred and one questions about my bottom - am I bleeding,
>what does it look like, why am I calling this particular doctor, etc. I
>eventually PERSUADED this woman to give me an appointment; I had the
>impression that I was wasting HER time with what, she says, are
>"probably only hemmorhoids." Needless to say that the telephone
>inquisition surely went on in a full waiting room...
>
>What are the limits of office staff? Does this kind of busybodiness help
>anyone? I have a problem, want to see a specialist, not a family
>practitioner, and I wanted to just give up and hang up on this woman!
>Should I mention this to the doctor when I see her?
--
Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Note: opinions expressed here are for educational purposes
only and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient
relationship. This information is not intended to supplant
the need for you to consult with your physician prior to
choosing therapeutic options and/or interventions.
**Private emails cannot be entertained due to time
constraints; consequently, they will receive no response.
**Thank you for understanding :).**
![[ Women's Health Forum ]](http://www.obgyn.net/images_women/wh-forum.gif)