If a doctor's visit is going badly, you can start over
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Maybe the physician was distracted. Or spoke too quickly. Whatever the communication problem, take a deep breath and try again. Sometimes doctor and patient benefit from a second take. It was a gray winter day, and I was running behind schedule. I still had Christmas shopping to do and was hoping to get out of the clinic before 6 p.m. The prospect of cold and dark skies on the way home wasn't appealing, and I just wanted the rest of the day to go smoothly.