Comment I just wrote in a medical group on Facebook. Someone complained that they’re long term primary care doctor—who they like a lot—doesn’t seem to ‘get it’ when she talks about her extensive and complicated GI problems…

This was my response:

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If your primary doctor doesn’t get it by now, he’ll probably never get it. I would just save your GI conversations with your GI doctor. Some doctors really hate it when they have patients they can’t fully understand or fix, so if they’re acting like ‘they don’t get it’, usually it’s just a sign they’re uncomfortable with the unknown or feel helpless because they don’t know what to say or do. It takes a very rare doctor to be able to sit in the unknown and work with you. Don’t take it personally, just focus on the help they do give you 🙂