Best and Worst Doctors office visit experience?

[Wishingforcalm2]

For many of us with HA, our Doctors can make or break us! 
The worst dr experience was when I went to the ER with an allergic reaction and the dr looked at me and said, "I'm extremely concerned , because any time in the next 72 hours, this reaction could come back and kill you."  -- GREAT!! Thanks Doc!  You can only imagine what the following 72 hours were like for me.....checking, re-checking, ugh.  It was terrible. 
For me, the best drs experiences are the ones where I get an amazingly patient doc who explains just enough to reassure me, but not enough to send me into a panic. It has happened once or twice and I leave in such a good mood! 
Do you guys have any stories about how doctors have impacted you HA in a positive or negative way?

[Phayah]

My husband is military so every few years I get assigned to a doc on base. My last doc was absolutely horrible and I did everything I could to avoid her. Finally, I was forced into seeing her and she made me so upset I burst into tears. I told her I had severe health anxiety and I needed definitive proof I was okay or I would never get over it. After that, she always took everything I said seriously while being very reassuring. I hate a doctor who looks at you like you're an idiot and is condescending. If they brush me off I feel like they would disregard anything.

[Wishingforcalm2]

yeah, when meeting a new doc I never know whether to lead with the " I have severe health anxiety" thing, or see if they come up with it on their own.  I don't want them to disregard everything I'm saying because I preface it with "I'm going to worry even if it's nothing," but I want them to know they have to be clear with me too!

[colls22]

I have a few "worst visits". One of the worst was definitely with a doctor (GP) who I saw because of my crazy scared concerns about having ALS. At first, he gave me the standard "no way, you're fine", but then he did a mini physical exam, and got this weird look on his face and said "let's send you for an EMG"...when I asked "oh my gosh, do I have it", his reply was a BIG, BIG pause (which was the worst part), and then a very affirmative "well, I don't think so". The crap had officially been scared out of me.

Worst visit number two (well, two of them, both with the same walk-in clinic doc): went for a pap exam, having explained my concern beforehand about having cervical cancer, and during the exam he said something like "well, oooh, it (cervix) does look a little inflamed". Thrown into a panic, I asked him what that could mean. His answer, "I have no idea". WTF???

So worst visit number three was with this same guy, and was just yesterday. I went for what I thought was odd looking skin on the areola of my right breast. He sat there looking at it for a while...I asked him if he thought I had Paget's Disease (what I was/am scared of, breast cancer of the nipple), to which he replied "well, I just looked it up on the internet, so I don't know"(!). Then I asked him what he thought it was, and again with the "I have no idea"...why do I keep going to him??!!

[Wishingforcalm2]

Colls,
Assuming you're fine and have (or will be very soon) cleared of all scary possibilities I have to say that cracked me up!  You can't even make this stuff up!!

[colls22]

Well, I got referred to a derm who did a biopsy, so cross your fingers it comes back okay.

But lesson to be learned there, DO NOT go back to that same guy!

[Ravens Lady]

I've had some negative experiences.  I won't talk about those here.   

One of my doctors was great.  He was a specialist so he had the time to really sit and talk to me, listen to me, look at me.  He didn't just talk - at me, or treat me like a lab rat, he taught me, like I was his student, and he was my teacher.  He was so great.  He put mind mind at ease.  He respected my ability to think and question.  He respected my intellect but gently corrected my misconceptions.    And he was cute too!     I wouldn't  mind going to the doctor if all of them were like him.   

[JER2911]

I'll talk about my good experience...I have two I'll share.

The first one is with my GP.. The first time I ever made an appt with his office, I called to schedule the appt and the lady asked me "What's the appt for?".  I said, "Well, I don't know, I'm not sure what's going on, I think I may just be haivng really bad anxiety, I have no idea". 
So, as it came time for the appt..I changed my mind and didn't want to go to yet another doctor just to be told I'm crazy and everything is in my head.  So, I called and canceled the appt.
The next day, my cell phone rang and I answered and to my surprise, it was THE DOCTOR HIMSELF on the phone..not a nurse, not a secretary..the actual doctor.
He said, "Hi, this is Dr. Fernandez and I noticed that you had canceld an appt you had made concerning possible anxiety..I just wanted to call and make sure you were okay and let you know if you ever need to talk to me, come right in the office, don't even bother with an appt."
I was so floored..I thought, Wow! A doctor who actually cares! 
So, I made the appt again and I went in and I've been seeing him ever since.  He does his best to understand where I'm coming from and he balances compassion with logic and it really helps me.

So, I no this is a novel..but one more.   My neuro.  When I thought I had ALS.  He came in the room (first time I saw him) and I burst into tears.   I was so scared and anxious.   He is an older man from Egypt.   He walked over and put his arm around my shoulder and gave me a hug.  He told me not to let another tear drop from "those big brown eyes"... He said he would get to the bottom of whatever was going on and that I was going to be okay.  He then left the room for a minute and came back and said "Here a gift for you"  (It was a purse day planner  )..but it was a really nice one 
This doctor got me down of the ledge I was fixing to throw myself off of...I will always remember that!

[Wishingforcalm2]

Oh my gosh...If I lived in your area, I'd make an appointment with both of those docs today!!  That's such a blessing.