Your Opinion Please

[Connemmara]

I have an appointment with my original doctor that I started off with - who now does only 3 hours in the morning - and he is a cousin of my friend.

The appt is 6 Jan and also he is just from Canada after burying his nephew aged 22. Shall I make this appointment since he has been coming through much - and since my complaint is chronic anxiety - I think I will be so embarrassed re my scitty complaint complared to his.. Thanks for any answers Conne.

I am thinking of him.

[Barmaid]

He is a professional. He wouldn't be at work if he couldn't cope. Just carry on.

Take it from me that "scitty" complaints can often turn into life changing ones.

[anneasquith]

conn. if you know and trust this gp, make the appointment. him knowing your friend is irrelevant, and sad as it is re his recent loss he is still your gp and there to help/advise you.

[woofgang]

he's a doctor, he's at work, if its not your problems (which are not small or silly) Then it will be someone elses, make the appointment!

[woofgang]

i am sensing a trend here......

[DaisyNonna]

Conne, how lovely of you to put his feelings before your own. Some people prefer to work through their grief. Perhaps by helping you he could help himself. Can you ask his cousin for input?

[Connemmara]

god I will feel very embarrassed. My problem is so small compared to his!!!!

[Connemmara]

Daily I may do so - ask his cousin - that is good advice.

[Connemmara]

sorry ^^^ meant daisy

[pixie373]

Make the appointment, if you're comfortable to. He is professional and i don't think his patients avoiding him will benefit him anyway x

[Barmaid]

But I reiterate. He is a professional. He wouldnt be at work if he couldn't cope. He will not view your problem on a scale compared to his. Just make the appointment and treat him as you would any professional.

[anneasquith]

conn, what are you asking his cousin ?

[Mamyalynne]

I feel you should keep the appointment Conne, he has likely returned to work needing some semblance of normality and he may find that in his job.

The longer you leave your anxiety unchecked the more miserable you will feel - be better soon. x

[ELVIS68]

You can't put off a doctors appointment just because he's lost a relative, if he wasn't up to it he'd still be off work

[sherrardk]

He is a professional. He is one of your doctors, do you consider what is happening in the life's of any other doctor that you see? If you need to see a doctor, see a doctor, don't go talking to his relatives (you didn't like your piano teacher speaking about you to someone else).

[DaisyNonna]

No problem Conne, I understood.

[boxtops]

Conne, he's a professional medical man, he knows to put his domestic life and his own emotions to one side, to deal with his patients. Make the appointment, you can't keep putting everyone else first, you need the consultation.

..and don't involve your friend who's his cousin, that would be very inappropriate. Visit him as a patient visiting her doctor. He has to put that to one side when he's with his patients. He knows that.

[scorpiojo]

I agree with boxtops Conne. Please keep your appointment. Chronic anxiety is not a scitty complaint so don't be embarrassed about asking for help.

[Peter Pedant]

It will be almost a month since his nephew died on 6 Jan 2014
easily enough time to recover

go ahead with the appt

[Ann]

Can't you ask to see another doctor, tell them you are slightly embarrassed as you know him out of the surgery.

[Sqad]

He works 3 hours a morning ????? Seems a chap devoted to his work?

Drs can separate their professional life from their social life? Yeah , right....some can maybe.

If he is not fit he wouldn't be at work.....ever heard of alcoholic doctors.? I have often been at work in worse medical state than my patients.

Me?.........I would get another appt with another dr.