Sounds to me like that was a sexist doctor who didn't respect a female patient's request and clearly has two different standards for responding to patients of each gender.

I hope you're looking for another physician. I would be! And I'd make sure and tell his office to tell him why I was tranferring my care, too, when I requested they forward my records to a new doc. Actually, me being me, I'd put that in writing so he'd have it for his files.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Men -vs- Women I guess I have seen this before but today, I saw it and it made me think a bit. Generally speaking, I noticed that men seem to get things (reactions, materials, services, etc.) from other people effortlessly and women have to put more work into our approaches, demands, etc. Do you see this or is it just me? I went to see my new doctor today and I was trying to get him to write a note for me so I can return to work. The doctor gave me so many reasons why he wasn't going to. My boyfriend went in Rating: 5