Posted on 10/26/2006 11:37:16 AM PDT by stylin19a
geez....see post 85....
That's the point. smoking is incidental to my agitation
I'd like to own the franchise. :-)
I agree.
I already read that post. If he also noticed your leg was swollen, and said, "Get that checked out," right before and after you went under, he would also STILL BE DOING HIS JOB!
Now have a drink to soothe your dry mouth, then shut it and get some SLEEP!
My point is that this sort of thing creates a lack of trust with the medical profession, and I speak to it, because it has done this to me. I refuse to subject myself to any more of it, and have not received surgery that I should have received long ago. But I can't help that feeling, because it was not me who violated that trust. It was a anesthetist.
I cannot control who my anesthetist is. I cannot suddenly resolve this lack of trust.
If it were not for the shenanigans of these guys, I would have more trust. But I can't, and this thread has reinforced this lack of trust because it tells me this problem is still rampant.
That's my story! And I'm stickin to it! :-)
Many people are unaware of the fact that anesthesiologists,along with pulmonary disease specialists,know more about the respiratory system than any other physicians.
In fact,if any "blood gasses" were done pre-operatively,peri-operatively and/or post operatively it's very possible that the results were such that he could detect early...or not so early...damage caused by smoking.
In short,an anesthesiologist is better qualified to advise people to stop smoking than any other specialty.
All things like this need to come through the physician of record. Not the one with the goofy juice.
Legal and also unethical and not likely within hospital policy or protocols.
The physician of record may well have instructed him to do so, and/or they may have an understanding to do this as a common practice.
No problem here.
Smokers everywhere: Please juice up, and then listen to the following command... "QUIT SMOKING."
Unethical? Surely,you jest! Contrary to hospital policy? Surely,you jest! Annoying? To some,absolutely.
And I know something about this stuff,having worked for 20+ years at one of the most highly respected hospitals in the world (I'll give you a hint...it's in Boston).
I'm impressed. Really, I am.
Legal?! How dare he? Sue him for watching out for your life, even rude as that is.
sheesh.
It would have helped if you had written in the beginning that you were concerned about a post-hypnotic suggestion by the anesthesiologist. I don't know about the ethics of that. I did a Google search and found this testimonial to such practices:
If there is any true validity to what was written above, you may want to consider what you wrote: "Perhaps I'm too close to the surgery but, smoking now dries out my mouth, taste[s] absolutely rotten and gives me a headache. I now have very little desire to smoke." I ain't a doctor, but one could not be faulted for thinking that if the guy was trying to hypnotically incur in you an aversion to smoking, it worked, at least for now. That's not bad news for you health-wise, but I also don't like the idea of someone getting in your head without your express permission.
...one third of children have anesthesia induced by the alcohol swab if you tell them it will numb their skin. If you say you will fall asleep in the OR children fall asleep as they enter the OR. Sometimes they have to be turned over to operate because they sleep on their stomachs. If you give post hypnotic suggestions like, "You will awaken comfortable, thirsty and hungry" patients come back complaining because they can't stop eating and are gaining weight since surgery. I changed that to "You won't finish everything on your plate."(snip)
So keep on with your work and know that no one is against success. Doctors and nurses are changed by their experience. I was called crazy for playing music and talking to anesthetized patients until the results were seen. then everyone mimics you and you are invited to present conferences. One thing I enjoyed was playing children's music in the OR and watching everyone regress and become childlike and fun to work with...Peace, Bernie Siegel MD
If I might be so bold as to offer you advice...the physician in question broke no laws.The physician in question violated no part of the Code of Professional Ethics drawn up by the AMA *or* the American Academy of Anesthesiologists.
He annoyed you.
It seems possible to me that there's a specific reason why he advised *you* to quit.Perhaps a chat with your primary care physician might put your mind at ease in this matter.
sorry if it wasn't clear...that was the gist of my original post
you have no idea who i've talked to about what,
but i see you are still giving advice not asked for.
i'm sorry if the gist of my annoyance is not clear.
I think I detect a pattern here.
You.....don't.....like....being....given.....uuuumh...
advice!
Got it!
No.
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