Posted on 10/26/2006 11:37:16 AM PDT by stylin19a
I am 2 hours post-op surgery.
The last words I heard before going under anesthesia were: "Quit Smoking"..from the anestheseologist.
The first words I heard coming out of the anesthesia, again by the anestheseologist, were "QUIT SMOKING".
Please...no pros\cons of smoking. Perhaps I'm too close to the surgery but, smoking now dries out my mouth, taste absolutely rotten and gives me a headache. I now have very little desire to smoke.
Please, no comments about no desire.
I don't think what the anestheseologist did is right. It's not his call to get me to quit smoking, it's mine...if and when I'm ready.
Is what he did legal ?
Yes, it's legal. See US Constitution, 1st Amendment.
He may have saved you from spending your later years in a plastic tent with a hole in your throat. Is that legal?
What kind a surgery did you have?
What is it you think the anesthesiologist did to you? Hypnosis? Aversion therapy? It is possible that the anesthesia has an effect or reaction with cigarette smoke that lingers for awhile and that is causing your reactions.
Of course it's legal. Doctors are supposed to give good advice. It's not his fault that you don't want to take it.
It's called medical advice. Good grief.
One day, there will be a situation where someone get's hurt. I have no doubt....
He said what he did because there are more problems with increased secretions and spasms of the airways because of smoking....which complicates going under anesthesia..not to mention that whole lung cancer thing.
MM
if he said "quit smoking and pray to Jesus"
now you got a lawsuit!!!!!
It's legal. It doesn't take a genius to know that smoking is bad. It's no less legal for him to say it than your neighbor or your brother.
Give yourself a day or two - you are probably too close to the surgery. You probably also have some effects of any post-op meds going. Last time I had surgery, I figured the most I could be trusted to do was read FR - didn't think I should post while "under the influence".
Then he should restrict his practice to those he approves of, if he can...... Not cajole and intimidate those he does not. He has no right to do that.
The patient, on the other hand, has no choice in the matter of who does his anesthesia and is at the mercy of his doctors and the hospital once he agrees to the operation, and often has no say in it at all.
There could be a good solid case made against involuntary psycho therapy made here.
whats worse is becoming gay after surgery.
why were my pants around my ankles ????
There's a big difference.
It's no different for an anesthesiologist to suggest quitting smoking than your mother, or father, or spouse saying it.
What exactly is it about that situation that makes you so mad?
I went to the doc in the Navy once for an ear infection and he asked me if I smoked. I said yes. He grumbled something to the effect of, "I don't know why we have to waste our time on you people", like I was already dead.
LOLOL,, this is a joke, right?
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