Ever find a doctor you really like only to get stuck with their partner who is not so fabulous? You find a doctor who has a good bedside manner and decent magazines in the waiting room and BAM! You meet the partner in their practice and you cannot stand them? They have none of the bedside manner and leave you waiting in the examination room for an ungodly amount of time only to crack jokes about your symptoms? I have had the dreaded partner encounter and short of changing doctors entirely there is little you can do.

On the flip side I have also had the great partner encounter. You go in for a check up to find out your regular Dr is out sick/on vacation/whatever and you get another doctor assigned to you. Sometimes you might even like this other doctor better! Then what? Request them from now on and risk hurting your regular doc’s feelings?! It is like trying to switch hairdressers at the same salon. It is a no win. Like trying to invite only half of the people in your office to lunch because you don’t want the whistler/hummer/drunk coming along but they find out and tag along anyway. Some things in life you just gotta deal with.

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