Conference turris::womannotes-v2

    I don't know if this will help - it is quite a drive, but often
    times in emergency situations the Feminist Health Center in Portsmouth,
    NH will take you in.  I haven't been there in quite a few years,
    but I remember them being pretty quick in their response.
    
    For others interested, I use to go there when
    I was at UNH.  The people there are wonderful and caring.  All of
    the Doctors and professionals I dealt with there are women; all
    of whom are easy to talk to and make those yearly checkups more
    bearable!
    

    
    My wife hasn't seen a gyn doctor for three years because she
    doesn't feel comfortable to see a male doctor.
    
    I wonder is there any female doctor around Lowell, Chelmsford
    area?  If there is one, are there long waiting list?
    
    How do you feel about this?  Do you prefer a female or male
    gyn doctor?
    

    
    Hi -
    
    	As I was at the age where I figured I should go to my first
    gynecological exam, I was frantic running around trying to find
    a women gynecologist.  Luckily, I found one.  She is located in
    Westford at the Westford Women's Health Center.  Although I
    go to her for my gynecological exams, she cannot/does not have the
    ability to perform any REAL examinations:  you know ones that require
    the technical equipment. 
    
    Tracy
    
    

    I don't know about the Lowell area, but if it's worth a little drive
    to have an excellent woman gynecologist, I would very strongly
    recommend Dr. Johanna Perlmutter who is affiliated with the Beth
    Israel Hospital in Brookline, MA.  She is an ob/gyn and it takes
    about 1 month to get an appointment with her for a routine gyn exam,
    less time if there is a specific problem happening.
    

    re: .3
    
    I don't understand what you mean about this woman doctor at the
    Westford Women's Health Center who cannot/does not perform a real
    exam with technical equipment.  I've never thought of a gyn exam
    as really technical.  Please explain???
    

    can't recommend, but....
    
    The very first time a saw a gyn, I chose a woman, thinking
    I would feel more comfortable. When the exam was over, I
    felt *really weird*, VERY uncomfortable. Back then, I was
    SUPER, SUPER modest. I changed to a male doctor and have
    had none of thoseuncomfortable feelings. He was very
    professional and explained the "technical stuff" very
    well (although his Indian accent was a distraction). At least
    in my case, I felt more at ease with a male rather than a female.
    

re: < Note 128.2 by RAINBO::RU >

I prefer female gyns. I currently have a first appointment with a 
doctor in Tewkesbury. (She also has an office in Lowell.) I made the 
appointment several weeks ago, and she can't see me until October. 

Since I haven't seen her yet, I can't really say if I like her or 
not, but she was recommended by someone whose judgement I trust. 

Send me mail if you'd like more information. 

Jenny

Dr. Mary Briggs at Lahey Clinic (273-8564). Lahey is right at the
junciton of Rt 128 and Rt 3 in Burlington. It usually takes me a few
weeks to get an appointment. Only a few days if there is a problem. 

I prefer a female gyn. I figure she has a vested interest in knowing
her stuff.

Patti

    Drs. Alan & Rebecca Green Professional Assoc is a great preactice!
    As well the the two doctors, there are several nurse/midwives or
    nurse/practitioners.  Routine scheduled maintenance and minor problems
    are handled by the n/m n/p professionals [all women last time I
    looked] unless one demands to see one of the doctors.
    
    Alan & Becky do most or all deliveries and all surgery.  Alan is
    my actual 'doctor' because when I needed to see an MD Becky had just 
    discovered that her expected child was in fact going to be twins 
    [i.e. she wasn't taking on new patients until after she returned to work] 
                                   
    Everyone I've dealt with in the practice has been superb and I
    recommend them highly.
    
    As to my preference:  My first gyn doctors were all men, the Air
    Force didn't have too many women doctors, and they were for the
    most part sympathetic, caring people.  When I began seeing
    nurse/midwives instead, I found their questions more enlightened
    and less clinical.  I have never seen a woman MD in this capacity
    so I do not have a basis for direct comparison.  I do know that
    when I see Alan Green, I don't feel funny or dumb and that he listens
    when a talk and answers when I have questions.  From some of Becky's
    patients, I gather she is the same.
    
    My preference is for the kind of tiered environment I find in this
    kind of practice.
    
      Ann

    
    
    Re: .7
    
    You said that you are going to a femal gyn in Tewksbury.  Seeing
    I live in Tewksbury, I would definitely like to know what her name
    is.  It would make going a lot easier seeing it probably won't be
    far from my house.
    
    Tracy
    
    

                                      
    In the Boston-Cambridge area, I go to Cambridge Women's Health Care
    Associates on Concord Ave. in Cambridge near Harvard Sq. The people
    I see I think are only practitioners, not doctors, although they
    can (and have) prescribe drugs. I've gone to them for a number of
    reasons and found them to be very competent, professional and
    respectful of the fact that I was kind of uptight (literally) about
    the PAP smear part of it. 
    
    They are all women, by the way.
    
    Roberta