Hip issues

[Crankin]

Well, I have had this experience more with women docs/medical personnel than men. I am going to give this person a chance, after I read her my "we need to be partners" speech, as well as telling her about my lifestyle before I get all of those questions. She even felt the need to explain the meaning of the word vertigo to me on Tuesday; really? I live in a community where 75% of the people have a college degree and almost that many have grad degrees. No vocabulary lesson needed. I don't do that to my clients, who generally are not as well educated. It's so demeaning.
This is the reason I've just been going for my gyn. physical every year and to see my rheumatologist. My (woman) gyn. is a 40 something tri-athlete who lost 150 lbs. in the process and my (male, 50+) rheumo. is a cyclist.
I may not be in perfect health (though I'm pretty good!) but I am at least 10 years older than this woman and just from a cursory glance, I appear to be in much better shape.
I guess this is just something that's an issue for me. I seem to do better with a group of guys than a group of women, in social situations where I don't know people. I've also had to dump a couple of female dentists/doctors, because they treated me like a dumb sh*t, but treated my DH differently. And if they don't treat me like a dumb sh*t, they tell me to "slow down and not do so much."
OK, we have totally hijacked Catrin's thread about her hip.