{"id":146,"date":"2005-12-01T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/at_this_very_mo\/"},"modified":"2005-12-01T21:58:18","modified_gmt":"2005-12-01T21:58:18","slug":"at_this_very_mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverjacket.com\/blog\/sex\/at_this_very_mo\/","title":{"rendered":"At this VERY moment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Doctor\"<\/a>Gina Kolata has an article<\/a> in the New York Times<\/em> Health section this week about docs with poor bedside manners. It includes this gem:<\/p>\n

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The woman, who lives in Washington, asked not to be identified because she did not want her mother to know about her sex life. Her problem doctor was a new gynecologist she saw for a routine checkup. The doctor began the examination, inserting a speculum into the young woman’s vagina.<\/p>\n

"She asked if I was sexually active," the woman said. "I said I was. She asked if I was sexually active at this moment. I said yes."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The woman, presumably, also did not want her mother to know that she got off on speculum play.<\/p>\n

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But for every doctor who doesn’t listen to patients, there is a patient who doesn’t listen to doctors. (Actually I’m not sure of the exact ratio.) In October, the Health section ran an essay<\/a> with a remarkable exchange. Allow me to introduce…<\/p>\n

How ‘Bout Those AIDS?<\/em>
A Play in One Act<\/p>\n

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A few years ago, a young woman waited patiently to be seen in our office after hours. She was a patient of one of my colleagues, but she couldn’t wait for their scheduled appointment; she needed to see someone right away.<\/p>\n

"I’m worried I have Lyme disease," she said. "I have all the symptoms. I think I need to be treated."<\/p>\n

"But you have AIDS," I said.<\/p>\n

"I’m tired and weak and I have fevers and sweats. I’ve lost my appetite. I can’t think straight. I’m losing so much weight!"<\/p>\n

She had seen a TV news report on Lyme disease, and then she had checked the Internet. All her symptoms were right there.<\/p>\n

"But you have AIDS," I said. "And you don’t want to take meds. That’s why you’re feeling so bad."<\/p>\n

"I’m really scared about Lyme disease," she said. "I really need to get treated."<\/p>\n

"If you want to be scared, how about that untreated AIDS of yours?"<\/p>\n

…And so it went, until she died of AIDS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

By the way, today is World AIDS Day<\/a>. Act like you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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