What sex is your doctor/gastroenterologist?

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My doctor is a

  • Female

    Votes: 19 16.7%

  • Male

    Votes: 95 83.3%
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mikeyarmo

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Is your doctor a male or female? Not much more I can ask about this :). I guess since we have different doctors, lets refer to the specialist (if you see one). Both my GP and gastro are males.
 
All 3 of my GI's are male, the Physician's Assistant to the GI's is a female, and my regular doc is also a male. I have no preference in any of them just because they are male or female...they all know me well enough to know I am gonna ask whateverrrrrr pops into my mind!

Donna
 
My Consultant is a man and I hate him, but i tend to see the IBD nurse, she's lovely!
 
My GP is male, and my GI consultant is male too. I must say though that my original GIC was an absolute angel, her name was Prefessor Anne Ferguson. She was a highly thought of medical genius, and her views and ideas on GI matters were revolutionary. She sadly died a few years ago very suddenly, of a brain haemorrage (check my awful spelling). RIP Prof, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be here. x
 
My Consultant Surgeon and Consultant Physician are both males and my General practitioner is male too bt occasionally i get to see the odd female doctor on her last year training or something and theve all been very good and helpful.
 
my GI is a guy, Physician's Assistant to the GI is a female. I much prefer her, as he isnt too helpful.
 
Im on my 4th man! lol
I had 1 lady IBD doc in there, and I just loved her, but she had to go and have a baby!
 
My Gp is a doc, and my consultant is a man..... the lady gp is my first ever lady doctor its strange!! lol
 
My GI is a dude and he made me cry once. Oh I hate that dude some times. Crazy dude he knew I had three fissures.
 
My GP is a woman, my GI is a man who I never actually see but I love his GI nurse, she`s wonderful :)
 
At the moment my GI is male, but I'm looking to switch doctors. My GP is a female with Crohn's so she pretty much knows about the disease.
 
Male Or Female

My GI is a male whos 16 yr. old daughter was just diagnoised withCD. His nurse is female and his secretary is female. And I think all three are great. My surgeon is male and my GP is female who I dint like. It takes 6 months just to get an appointment to see her. She likes to give repeats over the phone instead of seeing you in person and her 3 nurses are female.









TAMMY :canada_flag:
 
My GP is male, my GI (latest & greatest) is female (hence her being off on maternity leave).. Here's a question.. anyone have a preference on the sex of the doctor who performs those embarrassing exams? Like, apparently I'm overdue for a prostate exam... gotta think about that one for a while.. Anyone else got an opinion on it?
 
My GP is male and GI is male. I would prefer to have my GP as a male but have no preference for the GI as long as they are very knowledgeable about Crohn's.
 
anyone have a preference on the sex of the doctor who performs those embarrassing exams?
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Man, I don't care what sex they are as long as they don't have sausages for fingers. :eek:

Course, I lost all my embarrassment in that regard a long time ago.
 
i'm under the care of two Gastro consultants, both male. one i've known since he was a junior registrar, so we are like old friends - and i would confidently put my life in his hands, if i ever needed surgery again.

i also see a lady consultant, for gynae - which i am happier with than when i saw a man at that clinic.

my GP practice has many doctors, some male, some female, so i see whoever is available. but my preference is the male doctor who i registered with.
 
I usually only go to male doctors. I am pretty "guyish" in the things I like, the way I talk, and the way I liked to be talked to. With girls there is always this "read between the lines" crap I can't figure out. So I stick to male doctors, I relate to them better.
 
Pen said:
Really?? Not me if I had a choice I would rather it be a woman, one of the biggest reasons is, they have children, periods, women problems and same sex. I am ok with men now, I dont have a choice, there are less women in the medical field. They usually go for OB GYN's or baby doctors. In Canada we are just happy to have a doctor, male or female.
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I think that is the exact reason why I don't like females.. they assume way too much. They think they can relate to me and they really can't. The guys don't try - they just care about solving the problem instead of empathizing with things they can't relate to in the first place.

Another interesting thing - my daughter goes to 95% of all my medical visits... even ERs and what not, and the females spend most of my appointment talking to her and the guys spend only a quarter or less. My daughter is not their patient, yet the females think its appropriate to spending half or more of what little time I have to speak with them talking to my daughter. To me that's like them whipping out a cell phone and them talking to their mother half the time. She comes to my appointments because I am a single mother - she has to learn how to deal with it. So no matter their reasoning I think it is inappropriate. I might come off as selfish but oh well!
 
Oh, I guess I am lucky then that I had the choice of the female or male GI in the office. I saw both of them and chose the male one of course because of the aforementioned reasons.

Ya my daughter is a trooper! I have been self-employed since she was 3 1/2 so she has gotten used to keeping herself occupied. Though this summer is proving to be nerve wracking for the both of us. Once kindergarten starts for her things won't be as troublesome. :)
 
I love all of my current doctors!!! My pulmonologist, who saved my life, is female. My GI is male, he freakin rocks!!! My other pulmonologist is male.

I had a female GI who first diagnosed me. I wasn't too fond of her. Only because she admitted being unsure of what to do with my case. Not the vote of confidence I was looking for.
 
Last time I saw my GI she was 8 1/2 months pregnant, so a wild guess says she is female. I'm a little embarrassed whenever she examines me, but that is just my hangup... and it's odd. You'd think there'd be almost a homophobia aspect to being a male of my generation and having a male doctor perform those exams. I think it is trumped by the general inborn fear in men of my era appearing fragile or vulnernable in the eyes of a woman. I haven't bothered to self analyze it (no pun intended). Despite that one drawback (and its totally my baggage) she's an angel. I just hope that after this child she'll wait for a while before buggering off on another maternity leave. Her replacement (who is a male) is just a 'paper' doctor. He's got the credentials, but otherwise.. nada!
 
mine is a male but he's been with me for a while and i trust him and am comfortable with him
 
my gp is a male and so is my gastro... doesnt really bother me.. aslong as they make me better ! :)
x
 
really old thread but...

my gastro and hematologist are men. my gp, tdoc, pdoc, and nephrologist are all women.
 
Physician - Male.
Gastro - Male.
Surgeon - Male.
All Hospital residents & attendees - Male .

Should I be worried that the doctors in my area are predominately male?
 
For GI's I've had 4 males and 1 female. GP's during this period, 1 male and 1 female.

Unfortunately, none of them have done a bloody thing for me :mad:
 
scifi-enthusiast said:
Physician - Male.
Gastro - Male.
Surgeon - Male.
All Hospital residents & attendees - Male .

Should I be worried that the doctors in my area are predominately male?
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No! I think it's a good thing. My paediatric GI was female and she wore green tights. That said it all really. She was useless! Never had a female GI since (although not through choice).
 
My GI is male (as is the GI who does the balloon assisted procedures), and my GP is female.
I waited until a female GP at a nearby clinic was taking patients because I'm still far from comfortable with being checked (she's good about this and allows me to refuse certain exams even though we both know I'm being a flaming idiot).
My GI is excellent, respectful, and I am comfortable with him, although a big part of that comfort is that he has never done any physical exam aside from the first c-scope. I may panic if anything "female" related ever comes into play with the Crohn's, such as a fistula in that area.
Last, the GI who now does my c-scopes (my GI doesn't do the balloon assisted type) is male, around my age, and hot. Very, very hot. But he quite likes me and I'm unconscious and the female nurse promises to keep everything covered up, so it's okay.
 
My GI specialist is female, and I love her! She saved my life and well, just recently told me that I have no active Crohn's anywhere (I think that may have put her in top standing with me...lol).
 
My GI and GP are both male, my GI was the one on call when I had my first flare flare, and I was given a choice between male or female with my GP, I didn't care so they assigned me the one that was available when during my preferred appt.

When I get my colon yanked this year the surgeon is female.
 
I've got 2, Male and Female, Professor Chris Probert and IBD Nurse Aileen Fraser, both Absolutely Brilliant!
 
My GI is male and completely awesome. But he's in his 50s and had made references to retirement which I don't like lol, I want him to out-live me! But I'm 24 so realistically I very much hope that DOESN'T happen haha. I also had a much younger female one for one appointment, she was very nice and highly organised so if she's to take his place as my Doctor in the future I have no problem with that :). I often just see a Nurse Practitioner though for routine appointments when I'm not flaring, both are female and lovely, all I have to do is drop one of them an email if something's up and bam I have an appointment!

I don't seem to have a personal GP at home, I just get whoever's available really (or a nurse if all I need is a prescription). At Uni though I always request the same GP, a woman who's very helpful and seems to find me interesting because most students don't bring her any real illnesses! Alcohol poisoning, STI's and Fresher's Flu don't count lol.

I'll finish my saying I feel very lucky indeed. Some people on here have shared nightmarish experiences regarding Doctors/hospitals/getting appointments/getting medication. My hospital and Doctors are fantastic and about a mile's drive from my house.
 
My GP is male and he saved my life the night he phoned an ambulance! He's an Angel.
My gastro is male and looks like Peter Andre! He is awesome and goes out of his way for his patients.
My physio is female and she is fab!
My nurse is female and very knowledgeable and thoughtful
 
My Gastro is male

My surgeon is male

My GP is a male or female. My regular doctor is male, but sometimes I see a female doctor if he is away.
 
colo rectal surgeon- female and one of the best, gi- male, young smart and believes in aggressive treatment
 
My current GI is a female. I first met her 29 years ago when she was a medical student studying under my first GI, who was a male.

SC
 
GP, Psychiatrist and support worker are male.

Floating support worker and CPN are female.
 
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My GI is male. My neuro is female. My opth is male. My GYN is male. My...oh, that's all. Hehe.

I have no preference any more. I've been ill since 1999 with assorted things and my modesty went out the window long ago. You can do anything at any time in front of anyone...or groups of anyones....these days and I don't care.
 
My gastro = male (it's my 3 male gastro) , urologist = male, neurologist (2nd male neuro)= male, ear nose and throat specialist = male gynocologist = female, last psychologist was a male (previous two were female). My last three GP's have been male. I think I collect ologists :ylol:
 
Only my general doctor is female, all the others are male, including my dentist. My gastroenterologist is an ornery, old cuss. I don't think he likes anyone, but he has a good reputation in the medical field. I actually heard him curse when he was doing my colonoscopy. It wasn't at me, he was cursing about the drug reps.
 
Most of my GPs have been female, just the way it's happened. I've dealt with two female GIs over the years and both of them were arrogant, pushy and sometimes downright mean.

The most interesting GI I had was down in Key West. He wrote one of the first comprehensive books on AIDS while under the thumb of President Reagan. It's so old and out of date now that it's not worth the paper it was printed on. Even better, he had Crohn's Disease and understood what I was going through. I've since moved back to Maine and he's since passed on.

In my teens I had a (male) surgeon following my Crohn's Disease as the only GI (male) in town had threatened me, told me I didn't have Crohn's, had a chip on my shoulder and needed to be institutionalized. As I'd been diagnosed 8 years earlier, had a small bowel resection then and there's no question about my diagnosis, I took my records and ran.

My surgeon who followed me for years, until the advances in medications got ahead of him, has since had a severe spinal injury and won't be doctoring again, never mind operating.

I've struggled with GIs over the years and have finally found one I absolutely love. He's a funny, interesting, goofy and interested doctor. I adore him!

GP - female
GI - male
Orthopedist - male
pediotrist - male
neurologist - female
pain management - male
 
I had a GI in Florida years ago that was a hoot. He was a man who thoroughly enjoyed his job. Or maybe, being in Florida, he was just excited about looking at a young and relatively fresh and healthy digestive tract rather than his typical elderly patient. I don't know, but he was enthusiastic about the workings of our digestive system.
 
My GP is female. She's not the one I'm officially assigned to, but I asked to see her when I wasn't getting anywhere with the twit who told me I 'wasn't giving him enough clues' and to take Paracetamol.
She set me on the road to diagnosis. My gastro is male and they seem to work well as a team. He called her to explain my recent CT results and asked her to see me cos it would be a month til He comes to the island again.
 
Of the 10 different doctors I see semi-regularly, 8 are male, 2 are female, with no real issues either way, including when I've had a female GI and female GPs fill in for my regular male GI & GP -- but I have only had a couple of those "embarassing exams" so far, both by males, so it's probably less of an issue for me
 

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