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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a spousal relationship but my dad started going to my cardiologist and I'm not a fan of it. I had started seeing him first (for a heart valve issue I was born with) and don't want to switch because it's a 20 year long dr-patient relationship that just works well because we're on the same page re testing etc. He's a great dr so in that sense yeah I want dad to go there. But as my parents have aged they're a major source of stress for me (in large part due to their anxiety which they drop onto their kids like candy or something). So the cardiologist asks me about lifestyle/stress and I say everything is fine -- because I don't feel like I should say yeah my dad has health anxiety, mom tries to be the reasonable one but sometimes can't take it and gets sucked into it and then they dump it on me and I have palpitations . . . . I mean I guess I COULD tell him that but who knows how he'd relay it back to my dad nor would I ever want him to write off anything my dad tells him as "oh it's just anxiety NBD" -- he isn't that type of dr but you never know; meanwhile dad thinks he's not anxious at all and his family should just be available for his feelings at the drop of a hat).[/quote]

Meant to add -- so from a spousal perspective if your spouse or home life was the cause of stress/a stress based condition for you, yeah I'd want separate drs. so you could discuss it openly.[/quote]

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