No - enjoy them, usually.

Seldom see the doc - usually just for (more or less) annual check-up ... but have been seeing him lately for some swelling on the lower legs.

Had a bunch of work done at Univ. Dental School about three years ago, including many extractions (one requiring some grinding of the jawbone to get it out) and dentures ... was it poor memory? I don't think so.

I had a female student with Indian background ... and when I told a supervisor that she had gentle hands, the super agreed, enthusiastically.

It seems to me that I take many things in stride. Son was with me during an auto accident, a couple of years ago ... and after a few minutes said that he was surprised at how low a level of upset I was experiencing. I said that no one had been hurt, that there hadn't been huge damage, and that what was done was done ... that fussing about it wasn't going to change a thing.

Sometimes I wonder whether the chewing of the fingernails in anticipation of the event is much worse than the actuality, for quite a number of patients.

Good wishes for having a satisfying experience.

ole joyful

I don't like going as it gets in the way of things I want to do, but no, they don't really bother me.

Sue

Going to the doctor, even for routine followup, always feels like going to the Principal's office, and my blood pressure reflects it. I have documented "white coat syndrome" and it's marked in my file so nobody gets agitated when it's 180/90.

Dentists have always had the same effect.

I hate paying $10.00 co-pays! I am not too fond of the dentist, doctor's are okay.

I don't have a particular dislike of going to either, but I don't like the imposition on my time.

I don't mind going to the Doctor, but going to the dentist is right up there with the dread of flying.
Leslie

$10 copays are a bargain!

I don't mind going. I consider in preventive maintenance, warding off a major breakdown.

I really like my doctors and dentist. Usually my dental trips are just to see the hygienist to get my teeth cleaned.
When I was a kid I dreaded the doctor and dentist.

Especially the dentist. Friday I go to the dentist in the morning and the doctor for my toe in the afternoon. It creeps me out for anyone to touch my feet.

I'm getting it from head to toe.

I have an absolute fear of the dentist and wouldn't you know it this weekend I started to have some tooth pain! Just trying to get up the nerve just to make the call for an appointment. Satine

I hate going to either one and can't wait until it's over.

have a "standing appt" every 3 months w/kidney guy and blood work, oncologist every 6mo...it's the other stuff i'm dragging my feet ordinary yearly tests...

I avoid doctors. Right now I have a sore knee and sore feet, I've been told to go to a Podiatrist and Orthopedist, but I hate to start. I know they'll need Cat scans and MRI's and more junk. So I limp around and put up with the pain.

It doesn't cost me anything, but I don't like to go. They just want to hand me prescriptions for preventative meds and I won't take them. I did take the baby aspirin because of a dizzy spell I had, but in 6 weeks my urine was red orange, so I stopped that. I have to pay for the dentist, but don't mind. Until I turned 65 my insurance was free, so don't mind paying now.

Well, take it from me...don't put off going to the Dentist. I've had about 8 weeks of H3ll with an abscess that I had to have oral surgery on. They had to cut into the bone to remove the infection.

The only good thing about going to the Dentist is there isn't much wait time. However, I've waited for a hour to get into the Doctors "little exam room" then another hour before they came it. Take into account the travel time. Three hours for a Doctor's visit.

I'm increasingly grateful to HAVE excellent MD's and a dentist to go to!

I'm not so happy to add up the costs at the end of the year. Looks like $15K as I start on my 2008 tax return, but $7K was the hip replacement surgeon who doesn't take Medicare but is the #1 orthopod in Chicagoland. Some of that is Medicare Part B and private insurance, too.

I can deal with either, just hate the long wait. I do hate going to the gynocologist, though. What a miserable visit that is.

Going to the doctor is like geting a tune up. I like to ask a lot of questions about my body. I think the human body is so remarkable.
Donna

I don't mind going to the dentist, but I do mind paying him a fortune.

I don't like going to the doctor because I always feel the doctor doesn't want to see me--a feeling probably leftover from the twenty years I was in an HMO when the doctors really didn't want to see you!)

Yes, I hate going. But, I hate going a lot of places...some of them very common...like, I hate going to the post office, for example. Pretty crazy, I know.

I decided to get work done on my teeth a while back to replace some old fillings. That wore me out. Normally, I'm ok. I went back in last week because my roots hurt. Good news! It was just sinus pressure from my allergies. I don't mind the doctor either when I get a good one.