I don't know if anyone else has ever experienced this with a doctor, so I am just going to speak my peace.

Some doctors are really into the white coat and the title, some are healers and could care less about the money or the title.

Unfortunately I've met too many of the first kind and few of the second kind.

Where is Patch Adams when I need him? Where is a doctor who will listen to me, treat me as an intelligent being and be my partner? Why do they treat us like uneducated buffoons? I'm tired of being treated as if they know my body better than they do.

Doctors are not Gods, though they seem to like to think they are. I think patients ought to revolt and ask questions more often. Let's not let them intimidate us into submission. We have a right to answers. We have a right to being informed and understanding how a procedure or treatment can affect us. But some people feel doctors should be trusted. I don't. It's not that I hate doctors, it's that I want to be treated with respect. I want them to acknowledge that even though I may not have an M.D. by my name I am still a viable life.

And in some cases that M.D. might not mean Medical Doctor, I've met a few who seem Mentally Deficient, Mostly Drunk or Mostly Doped. And then there are the ones with the bed side manner of a pirana, we'll call them Mad Dogs instead of M.D.

And whatever became of choices? Why can't I have options for treatment? Why am I treated like the one kind fits all treatment is the only one for me?

Lots of questions, no answers yet. I'm tired. I don't want to do this anymore.