real talk, though, if you want to be treated less condescendingly by doctors, gather 'round, i have a strategy you can try out
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first, imagine you're really into tinkering with gadgets, and there's a guy down the street who is really hardcore into it, and helpful
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in this analogy, the senior gadget nerd down the street is the doctor, you are the junior gadget enthusiast, and your body is the gadget
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a natural approach is then, "hey, look at this funny thing that is being done by this device of interest to both of us, fellow nerd"
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"hey, Bob! check out the way this VCR arcs like a Jacob's ladder when it's playing and occasionally spits out a bunch of purple goo!"
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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.0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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