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Re: I overheard my gyn talking...
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:19:13 -0600 (CST)
Unfortunately, like any other job, some doctors are jerks. I have no
idea the context or reasoning for your doctor's comments. I would find
a new MD!
At Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Alex wrote:
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>OK, if anyone can help me I'd appreciate it....here's what happened, I
>went for my annual exam and too my surprise I overheard my doctor
>talking to one of his partners, kind of joking. I know they didn't
>realize I could hear them, but what they said left me sick to my
>stomach. My doctor and his partner was discussing why they had
>originally become gyn's. My doctor was saying that he was a total geek
>in school and never even had a girlfriend until he was halfway through
>med school, then he said that now he "get's" all the women he wants.
>This made me so uncomfortable that I got re-dressed, and left his office
>saying that I started my period, instead of letting him examine me one
>more time. His partner was just as bad joking around about this
>subject. I'm not sure what to do, is this why men become GYN's in the
>first place for some sick power trip? I am so angry, confused, and sick,
>I don't know what to do. I am 25 years old, and engaged, I told my
>fiance about this, and he wants to go teach this doctor about
>power....anyway, all of a sudden I remember all the times he sent the
>nurse out of the room while he was examining me to run quick "errands",
>I never thought this way before, but now...I don't know what to do or
>who to talk to about it, please help.
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