My *NORTHERN* Indian Dr....
So I go in for my ultrasound of my thryroid. It was scheduled as an ultrasound. That's what the visit was supposed to be for. The Dr. asks "How long has it been since you've had an ultra sound?" I say about a year. She says, "You sure it hasn't been 2?" I haven't been seeing her that long, but I don't say that. She looks it up and, sure enough, my last visit was July, 2009.
I tell her that I am having difficulty sleeping because my husband is out of the country. "India, in fact. Chennai" I say in an enthusiastic and friendly manner.
"Mmm" she says.
I tell her that my GP did a full thyroid panel and, based on the results, recommended increasing my Synthroid and that I had been following his recommendation. She gets VERY upset. "Are you shaking? Is your heart racing?" "No", I say. She says, "You've lost 15 pounds! That's because of too much Synthroid." I tell her I started running in April because I'm feeling much better. She says, "Well you can't just be increasing your Synthroid just because it makes you feel better! There are long term consequences!" So then she sets me up for a blood test and tells me they will call me to set up an appointment for an ultrasound. WTF!!! I say nothing because you cannot talk to this woman.
Still trying to be friendly, and thinking maybe I had been offensive by implying she was from India I ask, "Are you from India?" She smiles and says, "Yes. The NORTHERN part." As if that is very important. And that sense of entitlement and arrogance completely explains why she treats me as she does, and why I can't talk to her about anything.
Thus proving that people are just people everywhere.
Good old Dr. Seuss summed up the human race best in, The Sneetches - "Stars upon Thars." I clearly need a new endocrinologist.
I tell her that I am having difficulty sleeping because my husband is out of the country. "India, in fact. Chennai" I say in an enthusiastic and friendly manner.
"Mmm" she says.
I tell her that my GP did a full thyroid panel and, based on the results, recommended increasing my Synthroid and that I had been following his recommendation. She gets VERY upset. "Are you shaking? Is your heart racing?" "No", I say. She says, "You've lost 15 pounds! That's because of too much Synthroid." I tell her I started running in April because I'm feeling much better. She says, "Well you can't just be increasing your Synthroid just because it makes you feel better! There are long term consequences!" So then she sets me up for a blood test and tells me they will call me to set up an appointment for an ultrasound. WTF!!! I say nothing because you cannot talk to this woman.
Still trying to be friendly, and thinking maybe I had been offensive by implying she was from India I ask, "Are you from India?" She smiles and says, "Yes. The NORTHERN part." As if that is very important. And that sense of entitlement and arrogance completely explains why she treats me as she does, and why I can't talk to her about anything.
Thus proving that people are just people everywhere.
Good old Dr. Seuss summed up the human race best in, The Sneetches - "Stars upon Thars." I clearly need a new endocrinologist.