That's weird. I've had trouble with doctors before who talked over and treated me like I was 5, when I knew better about my CF than they did... I always changed doctors when I met ones like that. I outright refuse to deal with doctors like that. Knowing my temper I'd end up lashing out at a doctor like that if I was forced to see them. I've been with my current pulmonologist since around age 10. And she knows me so well that generally she trusts me, listens to me, and takes into consideration what I can and can't or will and won't do. The nurse I speak to on the floor also knows me the same. If I call Tina to tell her I'm not feeling well, usually she will call in a prescription without even seeing me, because she knows I know when I'm sick. So even though pedes docs tend to talk down to you, if they know you well enough, usually they come around. Dr. Egan learned very fast what type of person I am, and that if I can't currently do a treatment (over the summer I had to wait to go in for IV meds about 2 weeks, because of a 5-week-long job I had), she won't be able to change my mind. So she respects that, gives me her opinions, and then listens to what I say. I guess it really depends mostly on each individual doc.
