Dear Doctor
(Note: This is probably going to be really boring and TMI for most...you've been warned.) Dear New Dr., We've moved to the Poconos and it's time for me to get a doctor in the area. Insurance says you are in network and a (somewhat) reasonable distance from the house, so I'm selecting you. I haven't had many physicians in my life. From birth till about age 10, I went to pediatrician, Dr. U, who then retired. I went to see him a lot and even though I am nearing 60, I can still remember his office (in his home); it's antiseptic smell. A teal sofa and the portrait of a clown (Emmett Kelly?) in his waiting room. There were two examining rooms and Nurse Barbara (who scared the crap out of me). My mother said that as I baby I would start to scream the minute we rounded the corner to get to his office. I recall him as a good physician. I was prescribed tetracycline quite a bit. The one time he was on vacation, is when I got a terrible ...