Meeting your doctor outside of his or her office/exam room

I used to see my urologist swimming at the YMCA all the time. It was a bit weird. We never meet in the locker room however. That might have been too weird.

I am good friends with my Primary Care doctor. She has been very good to me both in the office and outside the office. We have gone out for coffee several times, gone shopping together and she lets me call her on her cell phone (I am really careful not to abuse that privilege). I don't know what I'd do without her. She has helped me out in a lot of bad situations that were not necessarily related to my health. For example, when my sister had cancer and was at death's door, my doctor gave me some gas money to travel the 300 miles to be able to be with her (my sister made it, by the way and is doing fine now). That's just a little bit of what she has done for me. And she is someone I can confide in about anything and she doesn't judge me. I found a one in a million friend and doctor!

I ran across my old childhood doctor in the hospital garage when I was about 28. She had not seen me since I was a teenager. She always treated me well and helped me get through a very difficult adolescence. Her battery on her BMW was quite dead. I was driving a solid new Dodge Dakota and a new set of jumper cables got some use that cold November Afternoon. If felt good to offer some payback. I told her I was the one writing the prescription this time "let it run for at least a good 20 minutes, ok?" She was quite thankful. She always wanted me to gain some weight. She was happy to see I gained about 30 pounds and a good portion was not body fat.

German cars and dead batteries / fritzed-out electronics go hand-in-hand, unfortunately.

Girl who baby sat me came back to town, and we connected socially. When I saw my doctor for abdominal cramps he referred me to HER! Or else drive 200 miles. She did a very thorough exam including a sigmoidoscopy after an enema. Then I had to see her then next day!

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I used to swim at the same Y as my urologist. We frequently found ourselves in the locker room or open shower at the same time.

It was somewhat creepy.

I've run into my old GPs a few times, mostly on public transport.

I see my GP quite often outside "work" as she lives near me. I have shared a couple of train journeys with her and we have sat together. We're both professionals in different professions so there is no tension there and we chat about different things like normal people. Occasionally we talk about medical matters and she has asked how I am feeling on one day or another. I'm seeing her in her surgery every few weeks for checkups, but it's nice that she's interested outside those too...

She's treated and examined me at home and we've had a tea or coffee together there (when my breathing is OK that is).

My new GP is my wife's friend's boyfriend. So we go drinking regularly.

I see my GP every week. We attend the same church.

Ran into my GP once at the movies. She was with her husband. Probably something that happens frequently for them, I don't imagine there was much of a conversation afterward. Just said hello.

See him almost daily. We work out at the same gym.

I have seen him a couple of times at the mall. He spoke to me as we passed.

My doc is also a farmer, i mend tractors for a living and have fixed his a a few times , and talked over my health issues while doing so

I saw my Doc at the grocery store about a week after an appointment I had. She was very friendly and even remembered my name. She is a great Doctor.

As a cashier a a local store, I have had the PA I see as a customer. Nothing weird or uncomfortable about it. Small talk was about the local hs football team.

I had an exam today at the gym as part of a fitness assessment. Met the doc affiliated to the gym for the first time and recognised him as a regular at the gym. I've often seen him working out, in the pool, showering and changing but we've never spoken before. Was strange to know what he looks like naked as he examined me naked, and strange to think it wasn't the first time he would have seen me naked even though the first time he's examined me.

I have seen my GP at a local supermarket. When I say hello and greet him with his title, he also says hi. But as it's a large practice, I don't think he has any idea who I am.

Big deal. Doctors are people too.

Depending on what country youre in nothing illegal was going to happen.

Although the doctor is being stupid if he puts naked pics with his face out over the internet. Could ruin his career

I attend the same gym as my regular doctor. I have seen him naked many times in the showers and locker rooms and often we have chatted in those situations or perhaps both just in own under wear or half dressed. He has a very good body and is around my age.

Not many people know this but me and my husband are friends with my gynecologist, we see him mostly at the YMCA and sometimes I hang out with him and go to lunch or dinner with him or he will come over to visit us which is why I'm going to have a different doctor do my exams, we live in a very small town and we don't have many friends here

That's a good plan. A dual relationship is likely to cause problems. Don't take the chance of that problem being your health.

I'm friends with my cardiologist. I do know him from work however. We've had each over for dinner. I've gone to his sons graduation party. He's truly a lovely man . He's pathan from Pakistan. The best at doing heart caths I've ever seen. He did me, my mom and my sister.

I think there's a difference when both parties are physicians. There's also a big difference between casual friendly and true friends.

How would you deal with finding and communicating very bad medical news to a real friend? Would that relationship cloud your medical judgment? In the worst case, could you call a code on your friend? I'd want to leave it to others that I trust.

I would absolutely not treat a friend or family member. That the cardiologist treats me is a testimony to his nerves. I've never felt safer when in his care. I have coded docs from the hospital and it was very upsetting. Not at all my idea of a good time.

I've gotten care from doctors I've been friendly with, but it was always something simple and easy - need an antibiotic, take care of an ingrown toenail, diagnose a chest cold. Never anything chronic or serious. As Amy said, become friends, get a new doctor.

I work with my GP on a volunteer basis for St. John ambulance so at major events such as the royal show, motor racing events etc I'll work with him.

On two occassions, I have seen my doctor out in a public setting. The first time was in the market where we passed one another and simply said , "hello" and moved on. The second time occurred following my full examination the next day at a work related function where physicians were invited to attend. She was completely appropriate but I couldn't help thinking how just 12 hours earlier she had seen me naked on the exam table!

The clinic where my neurologist is, my office and Starbucks are all close. I run into him all the time.

He always asks if I have a headache, and if I do, he checks out my eyes since I'm a case study and he gets the best information if I'm "in the wild," as he says.

It was insanely awkward at the start, but now he buys me a coffee if I turn into a 2-minute patient.

I used to see mine a lot when I worked in a hospital. I have also seen her at a few parties. It wasn't awkward at all.