Would you see a transgendered doctor?

[arminnie]

Would you stop seeing a Doctor because he/she was going through a divorce? How about a death in the family? How about the death of their child? Any of those situations would be incredibly distracting, as much as or more than a sex change.

I might switch doctors in any of those cases. My first priority is the quality of the care that I am getting. Not that I don't have empathy for people going through any of those hardships, but I am not willing to sacrifice my health because of them.

I've had some fairly complicated health issues so I'm not talking about going for a flu shot or something that routine.

I had a surgeon who told me that if he woke up the morning of my surgery with a headache he would cancel the surgery. He said that he did not operate if he was not in top form. This was a very new (15 years ago) and complicated surgical process by a head and neck surgeon. I really appreciated his dedication.

 

[nliedel]

Is the doctor a good doctor that listens to my needs? Do they care if I am in pain or stressed and really work with me? Then it does not matter at all to me. I just want a good doctor that cares and works hard to stay abreast with the advances in their profession. I could care less what is going on in their personal life or what their gender is.

 

[Robindianne]

My Dr and I respectfully choose to disagree with your opinions but they are yours and not saying they are wrong for you.

Re: OP, only you can choose who to go to and who to stay with. If I'm uncomfortable w/my dr, hairdresser, mechanic or whomever, for any reason I don't want to try to resolve, I choose not go to them. It doesn't mean someone is closed minded, it means they are paying for a service and they get to pick who they want to pay. If I'm comfortable I'd go; if not I certainly would not.

Interesting thread. Lots of interesting ideas we all have, no?

No, I am not mistaken.

A person who transgendered from male to female does not have a cervix, and therefore, cannot have a PAP smear.

I won't say that a doctor wouldn't or couldn't check the person for cancer, but there isn't any way to perform a PAP smear on a person who doesn't have any cervical tissue.

As I'm sure you know, a PAP smear is a scraping of the cervix in which cells are removed and examined. It is simply impossible to perform this procedure on a person who doesn't have a cervix.

And that's a fact--not opinion or wishful thinking or hearsay. If there is a procedure where a transgendered patient is checked for HPV, it can not possibly be a PAP smear.