My doctor's desk girls are retarded.

[Autumn]

I LOVE my endo. He is 50000% behind me in every way. He renewed my scripts for me for a year without me asking, and he has given me scripts for avodart and spiro as I ran out of my own supplies.

Course, the script for spiro just arrived in the mail.

Boyname "Girlname" Lastname

Seriously? They addressed it to me with my female name in quotes as my middle name. What in the flying hell? I feel pretty violated. Use one OR THE OTHER, NOT BOTH. NOT ON THE SAME LETTER. ->-bleeped-<-.

The front desk girls have gotten into arguments with me in the past ("He won't give you the script without seeing you" "Just give him the message, will you?" - and they screwed it up bigtime requiring 4 phone calls.) He told me that when I would have dealings with his office, that I would just use my female name. I stopped bothering, because every time I called in using my female name they'd call me back in a few minutes and ask if I was my male name. My name is on my file, physically, as I wrote them a note about it.

*facepalm*

When I actually make it back to see him (and can afford it... thanks to my insurance saying bloodwork is unnecessary), I'm definitely going to politely complain.

[Hannah]

Preach on honey. While I was in the hosptial the sign on my door had my name in "quotes" for the first couple days until my doctor got there. I made sure to tell the witch who insisted on it what I thought of her on my way out.

[Alyssa M.]

My endo does the same thing with the prescriptions. I think it's all about officialdom: OMG must adhere to strict identity checks lest someone get illicit estradiol! People at her office always call me Alyssa in person ... except the automated calls reminding me I have an appointment. 

To hell with officialdom! I've been dealing with the university a lot lately. I am now Alyssa to: my lab computer network, another lab in the U.S. where we run simulations, campus mail servers, campus directory, and, oddly, campus libraries, which sent me a fine notice for haveing a reserve book out for an hour too long. I am <boyname> to: the campus billing office, transcripts, the foreign lab that maintains software we use and (login-accessible only) documentation, campus ID card, and the student health center.

The last one is really irritating. I had to go in because of a minor injury (no worries, I'll be fine), and I told them to call me Alyssa. The nurse that saw me was really irritating, and seemed to use "quotation marks" when she said my "name," like "it" was a joke "she" was "in on."    It's amazing how much knowing my legal name changes how people treat me, and irritating as hell. Bastards.

[Dana Lane]

I use the Mazzoni Center in Philly for all my medical needs and they put my female name with my records so when I am there they call me Dana. However, if I call them and use Dana <Last Name> they can't find me so I have to use my male name. Kind of irritating but I imagine it can be complicated if computer systems aren't setup for it properly. Everyone at the Mazzoni Center are just incredibly awesome and treat everyone with total respect. I could never see them being ->-bleeped-<-s like some of the others mentioned in this thread. 

[Radar]

The longer I live the more I'm proven that doctor's offices hire inept, unorganized people. I've lost count on how many times I've had to deal with a doctor office's screw-up.