[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by vienna

Not always...

Back in 2004, I was taken by ambulance to the hospital with the worst pain in the upper area of my chest I had ever felt in my life. When the tests and x-rays came back from the lab, my doctor, who was, indeed very nice) told me I had pancreatitis caused by gallstones (apparently, I had grown my own internal rock garden). He said an opertaion was needed quickly and it would take him about an hour and a half of surgery to complete. When I woke up from the surgery, my doctor told me there had been problems (including my blood presure nearly tanking) and the total surgery time had been just over three hours and required three surgeons. He introduced me o the other two doctors: one was nice enough, though he appeared a little bored or distracted; the other doctor, however, had a rather disturbing scowl on his face and probably the worst personality of anyone in the medical profeesion I had ever met. He made televisions "Dr. House" look like kindly "Dr. Marcus Welby". He decided he wanted to take a look at my incision and handled me so roughly that if I hadn't been weaked by the surgery and the pain medication, I would have popped him one. Fortunately, I only saw him once more in my near three weeks in the hospital and he did not physically touch me again.

So, not all doctors appear nice...

I'm sorry to learn of that but my experiences have been more favourable (in terms of doctors attitudes)...perhaps I've just been lucky