Smoking - I'm Livid !

10/26/2006 | stylin19a

[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 ?

[stylin19a]

thank you for all your responses.
smokers & non-smokers alike.
I know it comes from your heart and personal experiences.

thank you for your concern, humor and general Freeperness.

thank you to those who understood my agitation.

I wonder how I would have reacted if the anesthesiologist had approached me pre-op and said something like this.

"If you'd like to try and quit smoking, I have an idea that might help..how about just before you go out i give you suggestion, and just before you come to, i give you the same suggestion? "

I probably would have given it a try. Choice and free-will, what a concept.

I'll give it a rest now..
thanx again
FreepOn

[alnick]

I apologize for my tone. I should have been more tactful.

Seriously though, I don't think the doctor did anything wrong. He just gave you some medical advice, which you're free to follow or not. :-)

[tuffydoodle]

ping

not horse related but really funny!

[stylin19a]

assuming facts not in evidence

[ShadowDancer]

I now have very little desire to smoke.

And you're complaining? Frankly, you're a freaking idiot. Grow up.

[motormouth]

I was being sarcastic. Just forgot the /s. But thanks for playin'.

MM

[tuffydoodle]

Didn't you say upthread that you went to a hypnotist to help you to stop smoking?

[tuffydoodle]

"Frankly, you're a freaking idiot. Grow up."

Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.

[stylin19a]

yep....my choice...did it of my own free will

[HairOfTheDog]

Hey - At least he didn't tell you to eat nothing but Bon Bons. If I could stop smoking just cuz some guy whispered it to me while I was half awake, I'd be thrilled. :~)

[tuffydoodle]

So your only complaint is the timing? You did asked for help before and didn't get it. You didn't ask for help this time, but got it anyway, so you are mad. Is that about the gist of it?

[tuffydoodle]

I need to lose some weight, I want the name of the anesthesiologist.

[Cold Heat]

Unethical? Surely,you jest! Contrary to hospital policy? Surely,you jest! Annoying? To some,absolutely.

Far more then annoying to me, I assure you, and there is absolutely no jesting in my comments.

If I were this young man, and I make a few assumptions here, I would most certainly file a complaint, and go from there.

When you do this sort of thing, no matter how you justify it, it destroys trust, and without trust, the medical profession is damaged more than the patient.

If this is what you call normal operating procedure, I would never set foot in your hospital.

[stylin19a]

agh...u still don't get it.
that's ok, as long as I get it.


now i'm really done here, honest...last post to this thread...cross my heart

thanks agian

[La Enchiladita]

Please. Feel free to tell us how saintly YOU are.

[metmom]

He's a medical professional who probably sees the results of smoking all the time. And you're upset because he gave you advice that's good for you?

[L.N. Smithee]

Please. Feel free to tell us how saintly YOU are.

I'm good-looking, smart, and most of all modest. I'm a great guy!

[eleni121]

Glad you made it. Let me say something to you:

Quit smoking

[stylin19a]

see posts 85 & 201

[stopsign]

Everything Cold Heat said and more. I'd be P!ssed. Hope the surgery worked,... : ) <<< me