doc: eat right and exercise me: that would require emotional resources currently allocated long-term to keeping the screaming on the inside
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(if relating to your body as a weird, fascinating object bothers you, try a steady diet of medical documentaries until the feelings passes)
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ymmv, but i find that maintaining this sort of attitude makes doctors speak to me more plainly, less pedagogically, and more respectfully
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to some minor extent they seem to start relating to me more as a somewhat adorably ignorant hobbyist in the area of their profession
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definitely be humble in your deference to the learning of the senior nerd; trying to play big shot expert has only two possible outcomes
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either you'll (most likely) come off as an asshole poseur and defeat the point, or you'll pull it off and thereby compromise your treatment
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the last thing you need is your doctor unconsciously assuming you know more about your treatment options than you do
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if you think all this says a lot about what makes doctors tick, i probably agree, but if you think it says anything bad i kind of hate you
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i've noticed
@amayoco occasionally does this - carefully uses all the right terms & ignores their attempts to explain-to-laymen.
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And once they're crabby and bitter, there's no turning back. They see me as non-compliant (guh) and a problem to get rid of. :/
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aw julie *hugs*
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I shudder to imagine what the human body equivalent of the vcr would be doing
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I've had so many doctors, and sometimes they start out just fine, but their frustration grows and warps and they get crabby.
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Then "what's wrong with her?" slowly shifts from physical to psychological and eventually she gets blamed personally. It sucks.
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If it's not a poorly understood, chronic condition with no treatment options and no cure, it can be a fun challenge. Otherwise?
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This probably works great until your gadget is irrevocably damaged and there are no repair options. It frustrates them.
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