10/07/2026
Your friends noticed you were off before anyone in a white coat did.
They followed up. They asked the second question. They remembered what you told them in March and circled back in May. They know which symptom scared you and which one you're pretending not to think about.
That's not an indictment of medicine — it's an accurate description of what an eleven-minute appointment cannot do. Continuity, memory, and noticing are not extras. They're the actual mechanism by which problems get caught early.
You deserve medical care that behaves the way your best friendships already do.
You know exactly which chat. Put this in it. — Dr. Georgine Nanos, MD, MPH