Why are some docs so mean

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My neurologist was out of town when I was diagnosed and so his

partner told me about my diagnosis. He told me to call my doc to

discuss it with him also when he was back in town. I did.

Once I got on the phone with him he seemed very annoyed and bothered

by my call-even though I was told to call and talk to him. I asked

him a few questions and he was very short with me and acted like I

was making a big deal out of nothing. I asked him since I was a

triathlete, I wanted to know what " light weight exercise " meant

because that was a big deal to me since I exercise hard everyday. He

said to me twice, " Well, , it's only common sense. " and

treated me like I was stupid. He then kept saying, " I don't

understand what you're trying to get at here-if you're asking me if

you should have surgery, there is no way for me to know until you

have it, if the symptoms are interupting your life, then yea...it's

pretty obvious you should have it. " Then the final straw was I was

telling him that I will be seeing a neurosurgeon-a few out of state

ones but it'll be a while and I wanted some clarification on a few

things...he said, " Well, ...it's not like you're going to die. "

I was really hurt, I was at work when he called and I started tearing

up and I just said, " Thank you for calling me, goodbye " I just wanted

some answers-I hadn't talked to him since I'd been diagnosed and HIS

OFFICE was the ones that told me to call. Good thing I don't have to

see him anymore.