I completely understand! You’re expected to walk into this stranger’s office and open up about everything that ails you? Yikes!

Finding a specialist that will treat you effectively is far too challenging a problem and we think about that every day at Amino.

This is a very important topic to bring up, though I don’t know if I have all the answers. The trusted relationship between a patient and their doctor should be based solely on medical evidence but unfortunately bias can exist in every area of our lives.

Sorry to hear you had such a terrible experience! Missing a diagnosis or going too long with the wrong diagnosis can be extremely frustrating and possibly very painful.

That’s historically been so hard in health care! How does a doctor *actually* practice, and how will their typical behaviors affect me as a patient?

Finding a good PCP is very different than finding a specialist, like @horse-pony’s suggestion below. “Good” means something different to everyone, so it’s hard to have one definitive answer.

That’s a great point, @horse-pony. One of the things that inspired me to start Amino is that I have a somewhat rare genetic condition where searching for a doctor by specialty isn’t as useful. For example, some hematologists focus on my metabolic condition whereas others spend a lot more of their time focusing on…