If the doctor's name were Apple Martin, I would totally pick that person. (I mean, if it were 15 years from now, and it could be that Apple Martin.)
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Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 2:58:26 am PDT #6678 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2013 3:12:37 am PDT #6679 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I got a rec from my dermatologist (who was a rec from a friend). That person wasn't taking new patients so the receptionist wanted to send me to their website to choose someone else. Which, what am I supposed to glean from that? It took a while to get through to her that I was not doing that and to please just make me a damn appointment with whoever IS taking new patients.
As it turns out, that person is great and I really like him.
billytea - Sep 26, 2013 3:13:35 am PDT #6680 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
If the doctor's name were Apple Martin, I would totally pick that person. (I mean, if it were 15 years from now, and it could be that Apple Martin.)
How about if they were called Apple Martini?
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 3:21:06 am PDT #6681 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Apple Martini, probably no.
Strix - Sep 26, 2013 3:49:54 am PDT #6682 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dr. Apple Martini, from a reputable med school? Hell, yeah. I'd figure she had idiot parents, but was tough as nails to power through school with that moniker, and stubborn as hell to boot, to not use her initials.
I look at med school and year of graduation, paired with nearness to my home and if they take my insurance. I generally prefer female GPs and GYNs, but don't care about gender in psychs and therapists, only specialties and the vibe I get on the 1st visit.
Sue - Sep 26, 2013 3:50:36 am PDT #6683 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Choosing doctors, what a concept!
Theodosia - Sep 26, 2013 3:52:54 am PDT #6684 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I have to stop myself from referring to my PCP and my dentist by their first names, but then I've been going to both for years and years.
My therapist has the perfect romance author name: Cassandra October.
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 3:55:19 am PDT #6685 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My parents totally call their dentist by his first name (Danny, in case it's the same one!).
I haven't been to the doctor in too long. And now I'm going to wait until I live closer to a center, instead of going back to Francine by my old house.
-t - Sep 26, 2013 4:07:28 am PDT #6686 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I used to refer to my dentist by first name because I went to a father and son practice so they were both Dr. Samelastname and when you made an appt the receptionist would ask if you were seeing Carlos or Juan.
Hey, I have a dental plan that I should totally use. Hm.
hippocampus - Sep 26, 2013 4:21:10 am PDT #6687 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Thanks, you guys. I'll pass the messages on. And yeah, Ellison. And his databases. Ergh.