Hello Nancy.   
      
   03 Sep 15 18:20, you wrote to me:   
      
      
    NB> -=> Quoting Jeff Smith to Nancy Backus on 31-Aug-2015 23:33 <=-   
      
      
    JS>> I'm that way too. Never cared for doctors much. While it's hard   
    JS>> for me to ask I do enjoy and feel better about going if someone   
    JS>> decides to go with. I guess it's nice to feel your not alone   
    JS>> sometimes.   
      
    NB> It certainly helps to have two people to listen to the doctor and to   
    NB> ask questions... and to remember what was said... ;)  I started going   
    NB> with my friend/neighbor when she'd been complaining to me on the phone   
    NB> after every visit to a certain doctor how bad he was and how he wasn't   
    NB> dealing with what she thought needed attention...  Turned out that he   
    NB> really was that bad, so I helped her find a better doctor...  But then   
    NB> I went with her to all her doctor visits thereafter, even with a new   
    NB> better doctor... it made helping her remember what was going on easier   
    NB> for me... :)  And she appreciated having the company...   
      
    I go to the doctors as little as possible. Recently though I decided   
   to "Bite The Bullet" and drive myself to the hospital. I wasn't in pain   
   really. Just didn't feel right. Turns out (They told me) that I had a total   
   blockage of blood feeding the heart muscles. And that I made it to the hospital   
   with minutes to spare. That was reaffirmed by how fast they were rushing me   
   down the halls on the gurney. They used their little "Roto Rooter" machine   
   to clean my pipes.    
      
      
    NB> I've long felt that it's important to have a doctor that listens to   
    NB> you, and that accepts you as an equal partner in your care... I've   
    NB> been fortunate over the last couple of decades to have all my doctors   
    NB> be that way... it makes the thought of going to see them a lot less   
    NB> onerous.. :)   
      
       The doctor that I had seemed to be nice. He seemd to be someone that a   
   patient could actually hold a conversation with. Did I mention that I really   
   HATE hospital beds. That was the most uncomfortable thing to even try to sleep   
   on. Which isn't helped by the folks that stop by every couple hours to see if   
   your still alive.  Im doing ok but can't handle stairs or hills very well.   
   Guess my plans to be a mountain climber are shelved.   
      
   The sad thing to me was being a dad and having none of my kids showing up or   
   at least calling. I did get a glad your ok msg after I got back home from one   
   though.   
      
      
    NB> ttyl      neb   
      
    NB> ... I'll stop worrying when life stops giving me things to worry   
    NB> about.   
      
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