I haven't given up hope on all of them just yet....my dad was a vascular surgeon for approx 45 years until he passed away about 2 1/2 years ago (I really wish I had him around now to help me out with all of this that's for sure!). Anyway....he was a great spec and I always saw that he would sit down and let the patients talk as he always thought that if you listened to them for long enough you could usually determine what was going on. My spec has certainly not been like this. She is always rushing me. The first time me & DH went into see her she sat me down asked me 20 questions, did a pap smear (yuck), gave me about 10 blood test forms and sent me on my way.....and did this all in about 20 minutes! I was stunned...she didn't even ask me about the way I felt or what had been going on....

I'm actually also trying to determine whether it is just Canberra specs as I was told by a lady that worked at pathology that Drs in Canberra are so busy that they don't have the time (nor the patience) to give the patients enough care as they should.

I'm really going to have to look into this further!

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to reply