Dear Lara:

What you experience with doctors is not uncommon. I heard a talk once about the recommendation that a person who needs to see a doctor, because being emotionally affected, should have another person join them when seeing a doctor, an “advocate” it is called, someone to ask the doctors questions, to be able to be calm enough to remember questions that need to be asked and to be calm enough to listen to answers.

It  would  have been helpful if you could have an advocate helping you to make appointments with doctors and most importantly, be present with you when you see a doctor, advocating for you.

anita