The last time that I saw my regular doctor...about 6 months ago, I think...we ended up chatting for the first 10 or 15 minutes about what I was knitting and crocheting, and what his wife was currently crocheting. He was asking me if it's hard to learn to crochet or knit, and I told him they were both easy, just needs practice.

Then we chatted about whatever the problem was at the time, he explained stuff to me and gave me a Rx. After that, I asked him about a few of the issues that I had saved up to ask him about. Turned out he was in the exam room for about 35 to 40 minutes. (I think it was a slow day for him)


My neuro's appointment yesterday was probably about 10 or 15 minutes long. Not too much chitchat, but he at least he's pleasant, and explained things to me fairly well. We chitchatted a bit when he was walking me down the hall to the secretary's desk so I could make an appointment for later this year.

At least my neuro doesnt make me feel like I'm being talked down to. Had a jerk of an infectious disease doctor do that to me when they were trying to figure out if it was MS or Lyme disease before I got diagnosed. Actually two infectious disease doctors...and they were both not originally from the United States, and they seriously needed to brush up on their English skills. It's a bit annoying to be talked down to in broken English.