Dear Catfanatik:

Welcome to this rather quiet albeit important list. I may be the original
doctor phobe (if there is such an expression), but obviously we are not
alone. Therapy doesn't appear to be the answer. However, since you are
even able to get into the doctor's office you are quite a bit more advanced
than I am (an apparently some others, as well). Perhaps you could obtain a
prescription fro some valium or xanax to deal with your panic, prior to
going to the doctor.

Good luck, and lets try to keep this list alive, since I don't think anyone
else understands the depth of this fear.

(by the way I like cats myself, though I still consider myself a dog person)
RJS