Doctors are my least favorite people
But I can be mad at someone
Without dehumanizing them
They’re not trying to be mean
They’re a product of their training
They’re expected to be superhuman
Authoritarian and competitive
They are restricted by insurance
Who get the final say in treatement
And I don’t make their job easy
I’m a complicated patient
My symptoms are confounding
I already have multiple diagnoses
They dismiss me as a mental case
Because my symptoms are chronic
Because the simple tests are negative
Because they don’t have time for me
So, I admit Doctors are people
People in power that treat me poorly
And the compassion I have
Is follow-up by earned distrust.
Elizebeth Turnquist 
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