Doctor, Doctor

[drewan]

Since joining the adult world I've never had a primary care physician. No regular doctor. For the past 15 years, I've just accepted who ever was available at my local clinic. I guess that really didn't mean much though since I typically only saw the doctor for a minute or two. Sometimes it wasn't even a doctor that I saw, but some kind of doctor/nurse hybrid creature.

I think I would like to find a regular doctor. There aren't any specific medical issues that is making this urgent, but I'm in my 30's now and as I get older I'll be facing more medical issues. I think I would be more comfortable talking with a doctor who knows me, rather than having to re-explain my life to each new person I meet with.

A while back I came across the GLMA (Gay Lesbian Medical Association) website, that has a Health Care Referrals page. I might check with one of these doctors.

Comments

[legalmoose]

I used GLMA to find the guy who is my PCP and have been very happy with him. And I firmly believe that (at least for me), it's much, much more comfortable having a queer doctor who actually understands what's going on and doesn't get all weirded when you need to talk about sex stuff (or just normal, non-hetero life stuff).