No way!  sounds like you need a  new Dr.!!! I wouldn't trust my life or health with someone like that.... let alone paying her pay check!

You are so right Kit

absolutely not Id find a new doctor she sounds like she has the personality and bedside manner of a twig. I tell my dr to wash there hands if they dont like it oh well. I went to my pulmo  and he strrolled in like he was just there to do a job and that was it no compassion. He asked me if I had animals in the house ,I said my son has a hamster.first words out of his mouth were get rid of it kill it if you have to. Well im not going back to him Im seeing someone else in the practice. He did the same thing with the hand washing. I said arent you going to wash your hands? he got angry but oh well.Ya have to stick up for yourself

Lisa.

Sorry i tend to ramble on

No.  You are not overly sensitive and she is not carrying things too far, actually she is not carrying things far enough.  I can understand if she didn't want to shake hands, but she needed to wash her hands before and after touching you.

Cuddles05, you should ask your doctor to wash his hands next time. It was all over the news that doctors are required to take a handwashing course. Well, it was in British Columbia for sure. That's where I live. My mom is a home support nurse, and she had to take that course.

my dr. never washes his hand when he touches me ever im in canada

my dr. never washes his hand when he touches me ever im in canada

Absolutely not!  This is your health and your concerns and it made no sense to me that she didn't shake hands yet didn't even wash them!  

No, you are not. In Canada, they are giving nurses classes on how to wash their hands. I think that's kind of sad, but even my mom had to take that course. You should file a complaint or ask the doctor next time. You are protecting yourself, and you have every right to do so.