I have an unusual situation with my primary care physician. I work with him indirectly (I have to contact him via phone when one of his patients is in distress, which can be on a daily basis, because my facility has a lot of his patients), and I also see him as my personal physician. I usually see him in his office for myself every 3 months to have my prescriptions written. I take narcotics, so when the law came into place where I live that physicians needed to see any patients taking narcotics once a month, I had to see him once a month to get those prescriptions. He came right out one day and asked me why I was calling him all the time and in his office so frequently, and stated without a smile that I was stalking him. I have never been anything but professional with him when calling about his patients and the call has always resulted in him giving me orders. I have never seen him in his office without leaving with a prescription in my hand. How is that stalking?? I have avoided him like the plague ever since and have resorted to seeing his nurse practitioners. When I do go to his office and he sees me waiting in
in a room to be seen, he goes out of his way to come in and say hi, how are you. Does this sound like someone who feels he's being stalked. This happened many years ago and I still can't get past that accusation. He has a right to his own feelings. Was I acting like a stalker and didn't realize it because of my mental illness? Do other people feel the same way but are just too polite to say it. I was so embarrassed and hurt. I still am. I avoid men like the plague. I don't want to send out the wrong signals.
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