When began working, all the doctors - this was about the mid 70's - we the left overs from the recent wars. They were all cranky old guys and the women doctors were few and far in between.

As the years went by, the physicians became younger and younger - with more women filling out the ranks. By the time I stopped working, it seemed like all the new doctors had just put down their Legos and Barbies and walked into the buildings to begin working.

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When I ended up in the hospital, I was truly staggered at the baby faces I saw - It was a teaching hospital, so they were really young!

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I was asleep one morning and a woman's voice woke me up. I looked up and my heart stopped. A 10 second affair.

It belonged to a doctor who wanted to me my internal medicine doctor - At first I thought it was a joke, she was young and attractive and I thought, "She is not a doctor - she is way too pretty".

After I got out of the hospital, she took over my care and everything was good.

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As part of my 'rehab' I took my blood pressure readings daily and recorded the numbers in a book.

When I brought the book in to show Dr. B, she was kinda confused.

They were normal, until I got to the office on my check up days.

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She took my book to ask another doctor about it and came back in a few minutes later. She told me I have 'White Coat Disease'.

WCD is a joke about a patient getting anxious about seeing a doctor - the BP goes up in anticipation of seeing a doctor.

We shared a laugh about it and I thought, "Dang, what a way to be found out.....betrayed by my own heart......"