Thanks to a doctor who listens.

Dr. Yamamura is an old-school OB-GYN.

She takes time with her patients.  She doesn’t rush us in and out.  She doesn’t use a computer.

Her front desk handwrites patients’ invoices, and when it’s time to pay, she accepts only checks.

I didn’t bring my checkbook today — even though as I was driving there, I dimly recalled she might only take checks.

When I confessed to being empty-handed, she didn’t blink.   ‘Just mail it in,” she said.  Mail?  Who does that anymore?

A doctor after my own heart.

She just moved and is trying to figure out where to go next — the medical system doesn’t encourage personal care and she wants to protect

her clients’ confidentiality, she explained.

Seeing she was in a bit of a quandary, I took the opportunity to thank her for her diligence, and encourage her no matter what she decides.

I slipped that thought in with my payment.  (Besides, she keeps my notes– I recognized one stuck in my file!)

It’s always nice to be reminded what one does is appreciated.   And I do appreciate Dr. Yamamura.