In which I make a confession.
I love ER and I love Doug Ross. Not really THAT way, although I admit to an element of "he's hot", but damn, when he's with the kids, it's so freaking ADORABLE. It is MIGHTILY unfair that there's only 5 seasons of him. And that only 3 are on DVD. I want season 4 and I want it NOW. Also season 5, 6, 7, 8... cause even without good old Dr. Ross, it's still a great show. After he leaves, there's Dr. Kovac, so that's okay. I like him too.
The only bad thing about ER (and any other show I watch with doctors in it) is that it always makes me go "Why can't REAL doctors be this nice, care this much, be this good?" It's really not fair. All I ever get is asses who don't want to hear my problems much less FIX them. Half the time they don't BELIEVE my problems. "What, having a rare side effect with this drug? NO WAY! You're imagining it. *subtle eye roll* Fine, have THIS one instead." That's all I ever get. Could someone at least PRETEND to believe me for once? Even House is more personable than most of these people. Sheesh.
The worst of it is, I'm going to be dealing with a bunch of medical professionals for the rest of my life. I've so far had a bout of seeing doctors a lot for allergies when I was little, followed by a loooooooooooong time of only going in for the occasional ear infection/sinus infection/pneumonia, and now a spurt of every month for depression med monitoring, but overall, I've managed to avoid them for years. When I start transition however, it's going to be surgeons, GP's, endos... and more needles than I like to think about. You gotta do what you gotta do, but...
It would be so much easier if they were NICE.
Anyway, returning to original topic of post (since they all seem to digress into whining about being trans):
ER rocks. Dr. Ross rocks.
That is all.
The only bad thing about ER (and any other show I watch with doctors in it) is that it always makes me go "Why can't REAL doctors be this nice, care this much, be this good?" It's really not fair. All I ever get is asses who don't want to hear my problems much less FIX them. Half the time they don't BELIEVE my problems. "What, having a rare side effect with this drug? NO WAY! You're imagining it. *subtle eye roll* Fine, have THIS one instead." That's all I ever get. Could someone at least PRETEND to believe me for once? Even House is more personable than most of these people. Sheesh.
The worst of it is, I'm going to be dealing with a bunch of medical professionals for the rest of my life. I've so far had a bout of seeing doctors a lot for allergies when I was little, followed by a loooooooooooong time of only going in for the occasional ear infection/sinus infection/pneumonia, and now a spurt of every month for depression med monitoring, but overall, I've managed to avoid them for years. When I start transition however, it's going to be surgeons, GP's, endos... and more needles than I like to think about. You gotta do what you gotta do, but...
It would be so much easier if they were NICE.
Anyway, returning to original topic of post (since they all seem to digress into whining about being trans):
ER rocks. Dr. Ross rocks.
That is all.