@contentandwell, JK, great news that your new pcp spent over an hour with you as a new patient. Starting anew after being with a pro for a long time is always a bit anxiety provoking for me.

Wonderful that your longtime PCP called and visited with you privately! Certainly speaks to how highly he values you not only as a patient but also that he was "big enough" to acknowledge he could have done a better job with your osteoporosis.

Sharing off topic personal interests is what I attribute to my close bonds with several docs...our grands, vacation spots, add another dimension and when making a change, that personal part of the relationship adds to the missing them.

Changing from my very personable cardiologist to a new, more formal one was particularly difficult but paid dividends for me. Sometimes, a change adds a new approach or perspective. On my first visit, he gave me two new diagnoses that set me on a new adventure and one that I might not have discovered otherwise.

A close friend once gifted me with a little pillow: "It takes a long time to make an old friend". So true but new ones can become cherished, too. Look at all the cyber friends made here at Connect ! Smiles