The impatient patient

So I think I have a UTI....now this really bites. The worst part about be sick, is that I'm also a doctor. I scare the crap out of myself every time. Today I got myself in such a tizzy I actually called my own doctor. Which unfortunately usually makes the situation even worse. I have a pretty good understanding of the infection at hand, but I have no idea what it really means if you're also pregnant. As a surgeon I really don't deal with the gestationally impaired very often. So even though my symptoms aren't classic, and I couldn't give the doctor any of the cute buzz words she was looking for I'm on antibiotics. One I had never heard of, and now I'm concerned is either going to damage my liver or cause pulmonary fibrosis.

When I show up to the OB office in my scrubs, they remember who I am and treat me like an educated person. But when I called the answering service today she kind of gave me a hard time. Maybe it's cause I called on her day off, or maybe she was actually in the middle of something important....but still. I think the main message here is that I HATE BEING A PATIENT! I know too much and too little at the same time. Enough to be dangerous to my own psyche and enough to annoy doctors with my educated questions. But at the same time I just want to be treated like all patients do.....tell me everything is going to be OK....and give me something to make it better. Be a doctor for crying out loud!