I'll give an example that shows how I was bothered by a "close encounter." I had a "female problem" so I went to urgent care. When the assistant said my doctor's name, it was the same name as my shrink so I assumed that she was just confused by my chart.
Well, I was wrong, terribly wrong. It turned out that it was my shrink's ex-wife that came in. I texted him to ask because I was very uncomfortable about having a pelvic exam by someone he was married to. It just freaked me out a bit, at least at first.
Then I just realized that it's a small town. The doctors all know each other. They're all professional and it really doesn't matter. I think I was just generally uncomfortable about the situation, both having the problem and then having to meet someone he obviously had a difficult time with.
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“Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer
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