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Re: Where are all the doctors?
From: chey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:27:21 -1200
You sound like a wonderful lady. Enjoy your child and husband. They are
important. It's people like you who are so willing to give to others
that bring a smile to me. Thanks to you and all the Doctors who are so
willing to give their time to help others..
Kelly Shanahan, MD wrote:
>
> At Thu, 22 Apr 1999, betty wrote:
> >
> >What has happened to all the doctors who used to reply? Most of the
> >questions go unanswered. Did they all leave? This was such an
> >informative board.
>
> i think a lot of docs who regularly participate on this -- and other
> oggyn.net -- forums periodically experience burnout and have to take a
> break. most of us are having to work longer and longer hours due to
> declining reimbursements from insurance companies, leaving less time to
> volunteer here -- none of us are paid to answer these questions.
> i try to check out the forum once or twice a week, but that can only
> happen if my almost 5 month old daughter decides to take a nap -- i'm
> typing one handed now because she fell asleep in my arms.i'd love to
> participate more -- i get a lot out of these forums -- but, like many of
> the docs, i just don't have the time -- i am a full-time ob-gyn with a
> busy practice and many hospital administrative committments; a wife; a
> cook, clothes-washer and grocery shopper; a mom, otherwise known as milk
> cow!. i get up at 5, nurse my daughter, shower, go to work, get home
> around 6 -- if i don't have a meeting -- take the sitter home, nurse the
> baby and put her to bed, eat dinner with my husband, do left over office
> paperwork and go to bed around 11. other than the nursing, i don't
> imagine my day is much different from the other docs.
> hang in there with us. try to support each other -- many times i think
> the best answers come from other women experiencing the same situation,
> rather than from the docs. the old docs will be back -- we have strong
> feelings for this place -- and new docs will come and go. there will
> always be support, but not all questions will be able to be answered all
> the time
>
> --
> M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
> S. Lake Tahoe, CA
>
> Replies are for educational purposes only and do not construe any doctor-patient relationship; they do not take the place of a face-to-face consultation with your own doctor.
> Sorry, but personal e-mails will not be answered, due to time constraits and the desire to spend as much free time as possible with my husband and baby daughter
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