Weeee're off to see the doctor...the wonderful doctor of ours...
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238425)
Walnut Creek, California
December 7, 2020 12:13pm CST
I have a routine medical appointment today. I'm not a big fan for my doctor, but I'm too lazy to get a new one. My favorite doctors have treated me like a smart person, and explained the details of what they're doing. I like my dentist for that reason. I've even learned some stuff chatting with him that I've used in my classes. But my current doctor kind of makes me feel like a drug addict, asking about my cigarette or pot smoking, but never complimenting me about the exercise I do, my healthy (optimistic) attitude, etc. I actually can't tell how "smart" he is. Geez, just thinking about him makes me want to reach for a cigarette.
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@BarBaraPrz (51849)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Dec 20
Well, y'know, you really shouldn't smoke...
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@TheHorse (238425)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec 20
@BarBaraPrz Ah, NOW I understand. Heh. Those were all the rage a few years back. Do people still wear them?
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@FourWalls (86993)
• United States
7 Dec 20
Don’t tell him about that episode where you turned into a cat for a few days!!!
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@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
7 Dec 20
Each doctor has his or her own style(s).
Some chat a lot.
Some are reserved.
Some show a certain bit of aloofness.
Yet if they genuinely want you to control smoking and other things, then it is fine.
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@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
8 Dec 20
@TheHorse
Well finally it is your choice !
Yet have the things in moderation!
Yet have the things in moderation!1 person likes this
@betlynfrnds (4071)
• United States
8 Dec 20
Because, because, because, because, becauuuuuuuse. Because of the wonderful things they say. 
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@wolfgirl569 (136160)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Dec 20
I am seeing a nurse practitioner right now and love her.
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@wolfgirl569 (136160)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Dec 20
@TheHorse I dont think so. I would have to look. The nurse is who saves your life many times in reality.
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@TheHorse (238425)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec 20
@wolfgirl569 Maybe people go into nursing for different reasons, relative to those who go into doctoring.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
7 Dec 20
ya seriously need to find'ja 'nother, but i know what a pain such can be. i get reamed quite oft fer my cig's, not gettin' a kudo's fer treatin' my crohn's with nutrition. refusin' pain meds, etc.
interestin'ly, the hubs 'tis ne'er scolded fer his smokin' nor drinkin'. the latter 'f which 'tis killin' him.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Dec 20
@TheHorse possibly? i've lost lots 'f my memory, both long term'n short. will seek such out though :)
@TheHorse (238425)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Dec 20
@crazyhorseladycx Have you read "Was it Heaven? Or Hell?" by Mark Twain? I love that short story.
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@xFiacre (14819)
• Ireland
7 Dec 20
@thehorse My doctor suddenly went quite strange before his family got him to retire. I went to see him about a chest infection and he asked “Do you smoke?” I said I didn’t. He open a drawer and pulled out a roll of stickers that read ‘I’m not a smoker’ and stuck one on my shirt. Then he grabbed my by the throat. By this time in life he had developed a really terrible shake in his hand and I was glad it was just my throat he was examining and not something else. Then he told me to go home. I said okay.
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@Fleura (35178)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 20
Well, maybe it's your chance to educate him regarding his attitude. When he asks about the 'bad' things, maybe you could say, in a jokey sort of way, 'Hey don't I get any credit for my healthy diet and all that exercise? It's enough to make me give it up!' (saying things in a humourous way always helps them go down better, I find)
You never know, you might actually make him think a little bit and perhaps opt for a more positive-reinforcement-based approach. Got to be worth a try, eh?
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@TheHorse (238425)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Dec 20
I actually thought of that. But I didn't quite get to it today. I wanted to get home and have a toke and a cig. Let us sing!
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@GardenGerty (169603)
• United States
8 Dec 20
That is a priority with me . . .a positive, optimistic doctor who acts like we are on the same team and who keeps me informed about what "we" are doing. I hate doctors that know it all.
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@JESSY3236 (22286)
• United States
8 Dec 20
My mother has finally stopped smoking (I think). She vapes now. She was getting nicotine juice (which made her smoke again), but she says now she is getting nicotine free juice for her vaper,
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