Overall, this was a very frustrating experience.  I scheduled an appt for new onset chest pain. I sent a message explaining what was going on, and what next steps I should take.  I got a one sentence response from scheduling telling me I had an appt scheduled for 13 days later.  My chest pain did end up resolving before the appt, but was encouraged by many in my life to still attend the appt.  I really wish I hadn't. When I got there, the MD was late into my room (which I know happens, I also am a healthcare professional). I expressed that the only thing I did differently was get my COVID vaccine, and that I knew this wasn't anxiety chest pain.  My MDs response to the COVID vaccine possibly creating a heart issue was "we only see this in men. That isn't to say it couldn't happen in women, but it's only been seen in men." Well what if this did occur in a woman?  She still asked me if the chest pain was related to anxiety, and I very clearly stated multiple times I knew it wasn't.  To assess me she listened to heart and breath sounds for about 30 seconds.  Then she said there was nothing we could do since the chest pain had resolved.  I asked her "Should I have just cancelled this appointment?" since I was feeling very defeated about the whole situation.  She said no, that it was good to talk things through, but literally everything that was said to me could have easily been messaged to me from the beginning, ESPECIALLY when she told me there was nothing to do since it resolved.  If I knew that, I would have never wasted my time coming in.  I was surprised she did not want to check labs or anything.  Finally, the thing she said to me that bothered me the most was that "If you are worried that this was from the COVID vaccine, you are not in an at risk group so you really don't have to get it." In my head all I could think was "is this a joke". So I shouldn't continue to get my boosters because my parents are at risk? Because I take care of patients that deserve to be protected? Because I should care about the general well being of the public and those who are immunocompromised? I felt like all around the appointment was a waste, it could have been done over messaging, and that I saw my provider for 5 minutes.  I will unfortunately be looking into finding a new primary MD after this visit.  I am very glad I have other amazing professionals on my team after this encounter (shout out to my GYN, dermatologist, GI, and oncology docs - they make me feel seen/heard/and encourage me to listen to my body!!) 
GH Internal Medicine