[N/A]Anyone Friends with Their Medical Professionals?

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I got into a debate over dinner tonight on being friends/having interactions with your doctors outside the office. My friends said it was a bit odd. To me it isn't odd since my parents are friends with some them.

My pediatrician growing up lived next door and she would often make house calls if I was sick during the nights or weekends. She never charged and it would often keep us from having to drive into town. She would also watch me if I was riding my bike or swimming in the creek since it was down the road from the house.

A dental hygienist that lived down the road from us would occasionally take me home after my appointment, if my parents had meetings they needed to attend.

My eye doctor is good friends with my parents and we often attend house parties. If they have extra tickets for any football games they will often call us to hang out and tailgate. I always end up taking aviation since the doctor is a retired C141 pilot.

So I thought I'd ask if any of you guys do the same thing.
 
Eye doctor is married to wife's chorus director and we attend parties at their home regularly. Great folks.

One Doc was the Doc my wife worked for as a nurse. Not big social stuff, but we talked about a lot more than the usual pleasantries.

There's a heart surgeon two hangars to our right that I'd do anything to have do work on me if I ever needed it. Have know him since I flew his Mooney that was on leaseback to a club many many moons ago. Stop by and see how his Velocity build is going whenever I see his hangar open. He's saved two pilot friend's lives although technically I had to guess that and he won't talk about patients, but he will grin and say he can't talk about it with a twinkle in his eye.

And of course, I've eaten Doc Bruce's cooking on a BBQ at Gastons and didn't die. Ha.

Docs are people. Sometimes you know them in different circles other than just as a patient/customer. I see nothing weird about that.
 
Got a Doc friend flying a Bonanza!

P.S. Wife is a CRNA.
 
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We have a number of doctors in our neighborhood. The orthopedic surgeon who has worked on my wife 3 times lives up the hill from us. His son is a neuro-surgeon who has worked on her twice and me once. When we run into him socially he always thanks us for contributing to the family trust. :D
 
Hey ask your friends a question if they think knowing their Doc is weird...

"Do you prefer living in a community or just having everyone you meet or do business with be a bunch of strangers?"

Wonder what they'd really say?
 
I've had social interactions with my dentist.

I know a lot of doctor's socially (including by brother-in-law) but none of them are really my Doctor.

My wife had a strange epiphany when going in for her second colonoscopy when she realized she was close friends with the Gastro's brother.
 
Met my dentist, and my primary care physician, in my Rotary Club.

One of my physicians (former primary care before he moved out of office practice) is an old family friend.
 
I have been social with many medical providers over the years, still am with a few.

Although I did pause just a bit when I found out a girl friend from high school married her gynecologist.
 
We are friends with my wife's OB-GYN and her life partner, she delivered all three of our kids. We flew to Marathon Key this summer for her daughter's wedding and had a blast. It was the first wedding I have ever been too that had no mention of God or anything related to religion.:dunno:
 
My wife and I were friends with the Dr. who became our pediatrician before we had kids. We were all in the same young adults group at church and socialized quite a bit before he got married and changed churches. It's worked well for us. He's perhaps more direct and candid with us than some.

John
 
My group of friends includes dentists and doctors. But I do not see them for their professional services. And I don't socialize with the ones I do see for medical/dental services.

With that said, my doc friends don't hesitate to give advice or take a quick look every now and then.
 
Once the guy stuck his finger up my butt, he was off my friend's list. ;) How can you look at the guy in a social setting after that?
 
N747JB said:
We are friends with my wife's OB-GYN and her life partner, she delivered all three of our kids. We flew to Marathon Key this summer for her daughter's wedding and had a blast. It was the first wedding I have ever been too that had no mention of God or anything related to religion.:dunno:
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Hey.... It's the Keys.. They are a bit " different" down there...:yes::D
 
My doctor lives in our neighborhood, and our kids grew up going to the same school. I see him around. He isn't actually a friend in the sense that we do anything together. My dentist now is actually my wife's cousin and we go on an annual fishing trip every year together with him and my father-in-law. Also family get together and such. I just started going to him a few years ago, when my dentist before him retired.
 
I taught my dentist's kids to ski, and she's been over to the cabin a few times. My wife's OB-GYN is a buddy in the Porsche club, and we are casual friends with them during Porsche events, although I don't make it a deal to get very chummy with him. I've played golf with a couple of orthos one is a surgeon that worked on my ankle, so yes I do have friends with med pros. The OB-GYN thing is a little weird but he's a complete pro about his work so we do fine.
 
I'm very good friends with my ophthalmologist, we go on a couple of week long fishing trips every year.
He get's irritated with me when I go to see him in the office because I address him as "Doctor" and don't use his first name.
I always tell him that in the office that's a sign of deserved respect.
Outside of the office I always use his first name. As we always say what happens on the fishing trip stays on the fishing trip.
 
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