My podiatrist did the same thing. He saw dollar signs as he heard about all my muscoskeletal issues, even though I was only there for some, TMI, anti-fungal toe polish. He even followed me into the receptionist area to ask me again about my back, my doctors, and my treatment options. Though, clearly, none of them involved my feet.
Even my neurosurgeon was interested and perplexed. He did all these physical diagnostic tests but was surprised by the ease with which I could perform all of them, all of them but sitting down. "Did you fracture your tailbone?" he hypothesized, obviously stumped. Of course, the MRI showed it was just my disc. His treatment suggestions were just best guesses in the it-couldn't-hurt category.
While being such a fascinating case to a variety of doctors has its obvious downside, namely the physical problems that defy routine treatment, there is an upside, I've discovered: the doctors stay longer, listen more, even think harder. In other words, they are paying closer attention to me than they did before. And that's a good thing in a doctor . . . especially when you've got all these variables.
If these people are so interested in you you should consider hiring yourself to a medical school. Artists models are paid because they have interesting bodies, you should be paid too.
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