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This happened to my wife and I recently.
We came for a visit and her usual doctor wasn't available. This new doctor flat out said, "I didn't get a chance to read your medical history so tell me what's going on." My wife was confused, because this was her third visit to check her hormone levels. it wasn't a checkup, but a followup.
And this doctor proceeds to not understand any of this, as she keeps asking her questions about why she might be there, instead of spending two minutes reading the medical history.
My wife ends up crying while Im sitting in the corner begging my wife we should just leave because shes not getting anything from this doctor.
It's a valid strategy to ask the patient to recap what brings them to the clinic. It's very common to hear a different story from the one in the booking system or in the medical history. I'm not sure about the system were you live but medical history often takes waaaaaaaaaay more than 2 min to read up on. Maybe the last visit was recorded and had yet to been transcribed? Those can be a pain to listen to. It feels very reasonable that the doctor didn't have time to read up on your history if they were covering for a sick/unavailable colleague.
I would 100% prefer a doctor that is upfront about not knowing my medical history over a (more commonly occurring) dumbass pretenting to know it.
It's regrettable that your doctor made you feel neglected. Fault them for that, not the questions.
Edit: *recorded as in dictated!