My first pdoc was very friendly. He remembered minor stuff about my life that would not be written in my chart (like my cats' names). He just never thought I was "stable" as he never let me go more than a month without an appointment. Either that or he wanted to bill my insurance for more visits. I'd like to think he was not in it for the money.
My current pdoc is a little cold, but effective. He will take time to explain things about my treatment when I ask, but he is direct and to the point. I would rather a pdoc be on the "cold" side though, as overly friendly people drive me nuts as I hate socializing. He will let me go 3 months between appointments when he thinks I am stable (which is most of the time) though right now I am on 6 weeks as we recently added a new med and need to monitor it.
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