Do you care what gender your health professional is?

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hypochondriac

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Sometimes male GPs can be too linear. Too scientific. In my experience female GPs can be more creative , more able to think laterally. Not all the time though.
Ive used a female GP for about 3 years now. Shes definitely got the caring gene too.And goes the extra mile.

However physical therapy is a different matter. Taking my shirt off for a female PT can be humiliating. My love handles alone are a sight to behold. 😨😨😨
And should I require massaging......
well thats just awkward...with a capital A.😣😣😃
 

My current GP who I hired on over 10 years ago is a female. The first I have had. I chose her as her sub specialty is gerentology. I like her because she takes the time to listen and get to heart of issues. She remembers personal stuff I have told her. Is it because she is female? I do not know. But I like her
 
I had a young female for my personal doctor for awhile

Seemed she placated my desires and requests

I didn’t mind disrobing

But, her hand on my thigh was a bit disconcerting
 

I'm more concerned with competence, especially with so many foreign doctors here in Britain. My current doctor is a young woman with flowing hair, and she doesn't seem to wash her hands between patients. It's a fact that infections are on the rise and no wonder. She is also too quick to prescribe drugs when other treatments should be tried first.
 
A few years ago I went to the doctors only to find a new doctor, a very nice looking young woman. She smiled at me....I smiled at her...... she talked to me......I talked to her......we both smiled and talked some more.....then she gave me a prescription, which by now I didn't need, I was floating, as if in slow-motion, there were hearts and flowers all around........was I in love??????

Fast forward a few more months, and Doctor Beautiful had left the practice, instead, I was greeted by another woman doctor, only this one was a bit like 'Rosa Klebb' from the Bond film, and if she'd had a little 'tash' under her nose she could have been Adolph Hitler's daughter.......I didn't fall in love with her....rough bitch she was too.......🤨
 
Judycat said:
I require linear. Male docs get me out of there quickly.
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i know what you mean. For me it depends on the problem.
At the moment i have back issues that linear thinking isnt solving. The back is complex and mysterious.
Seems to me that thinking outside the square is the way to go.
 
I don't care what sex they are as long as they're good at their job.

My primary GP is Male and all male doctors at my surgery, any of which we can see at any time , but I see the part-time female locum sometimes, and in actuality I prefer her as a doctor, she's far more interested in finding out what's causing the problem than the males who are ready to write a prescriptions as we start to speak
 
hypochondriac said:
i know what you mean. For me it depends on the problem.
At the moment i have back issues that linear thinking isnt solving. The back is complex and mysterious.
Seems to me that thinking outside the square is the way to go.
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I know how that is. I have chronic facial pain. Those first couple years finding relief were scary getting docs to accept the amount of pain I was experiencing.
 
I couldn't care less about the gender of those whose counsel I seek, concerning health issues. If competency is there, as I experience it, I'm in. If not, I'm out the door, post haste.
 
For my main gp, I prefer an older female. I'm hoping that by having someone going through the same time of life issues that I am, I might get more customized care. I can talk my issues over with someone who is going through the same things and KNOWS what I'm talking about. A male gp couldn't possibly understand since he will never experience the same things. He could prescribe, but he can't really empathize.

My female gp left the practice about 2 months ago and I still haven't found anyone to replace her.
 
My current doctor is a female and I like her. She's 30 to 40 years old so she has some experience, but still is young enough to be up on the latest stuff and young enough not to be burned out. She explains in detail and generally seems bright and engaged in our visits. That sixth sense you get when you meet someone is positive, whatever a sixth sense is. I switched to her from my previous doctor who is a male. I got the impression that he had an "attitude", plus I got to doubt his knowledge. When I saw him for a tick bite, he said to put Neosporin on it. Only after I got the classic bullseye did I get a shot. When my eye doctor said that I had developed glaucoma in the left eye, he told me about the connection between glaucoma and beta blocker blood pressure medicine which I had been taking. I told my doctor about it and he told me to continue taking the beta blocker. I had to inform him how it affect glaucoma and only then did he change it. Bye bye to him. He was a D.O. and she is an M.D. Supposedly they are the same so why aren't they called the same. One other thing is to trust but verify as Ronald Reagan once said. Trust your doctor but google is your second opinion.
 
hypochondriac said:
Sometimes male GPs can be too linear. Too scientific. In my experience female GPs can be more creative , more able to think laterally. Not all the time though.
Ive used a female GP for about 3 years now. Shes definitely got the caring gene too.And goes the extra mile.

However physical therapy is a different matter. Taking my shirt off for a female PT can be humiliating. My love handles alone are a sight to behold. 😨😨😨
And should I require massaging......
well thats just awkward...with a capital A.😣😣😃
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I strongly prefer female nurses. I always had male doctors but now I am happy with my female GP.
 

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