Can a Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist be Dr. Dolittle?
I saw this great article on Facebook about how much people living with chronic illness need doctors who will listen. Mainly people with illnesses read that page, I think. How could we get doctors to read it, I wonder? Something funny happened to me when I read it. I hope you get a smile from it, too. My kids were watching the old musical Dr. Dolittle. It’s the one with Rex Harrison and the cute pushme-pullyou animal which looks so much like one – no, two – of my mom’s alpacas. I know it’s old, but still delightful. So Dr. Dolittle decides to become an animal doctor because he can’t get along with people, who he finds hypocritical and pretentious. He sings, “Why can’t people behave more like animals?” Of course, he means humble and honest and kind. Well, later on, I was reading the article When You Talk – Does Your Dr. Listen? and this strange thing happened: Somehow the movie and the article merged into one. I had to laugh out loud. The song changed into, “Why can’t doctors behave more
