[Dean's World] Dean: Fun With Your Doctor

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Posted by Dean:
Fun With Your Doctor
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   Had a visit with my family physician today. Best doctor I ever had.
   And I mean that without reservation: she's the best doc ever ever. She
   really listens, she's respectful, she cares, and she's not a wimp. She
   really knows her sh*t, she can disagree with me but respect my
   disagreement, and she really cares. God I love her.

   She's also maybe ten years my senior. And I caught her today in a
   "senior moment." We were sitting there after the office visit and she
   was talking to her staff, and she said, "OK so check me on this,
   tomorrow is July 31, right?"

   I immediately said, "Uh, no."

   "OK, tomorrow is September 1?"

   "Uh, no?"

   Now, see, a really stupid person would say "wow, this doctor is
   totally addled and can't find up from down." But the intelligent
   person says, "This is my very intelligent doc, who just made a
   [1]fencepost error."

   If you think you're above a fencepost error, you're an idiot.

   And you know how I know she is one of the best family physicians ever?
   When she asked that question, I said, "Do you know what year it is? Do
   you know who is the President of the United States? Can you follow my
   finger?" as I waved it in front of her face.

   See, now, you think I was being sarcastic and snotty. But this is the
   moment in which I knew I loved her:

   She busted out laughing and said, "Hahahaa, you got me!"

   That, my friend, is a family physician you want forever.

   I wouldn't just trust my life with this woman. I'd trust my wife and
   children with this woman. Not that she's perfect (she ain't, no one
   is) but she knows her calling.

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencepost_error