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Smoking - I'm Livid !
10/26/2006 | stylin19a

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 ?


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

I have no patience for morons.

221 posted on 10/26/2006 3:17:46 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: L.N. Smithee

Self-admiration is not the same as saintliness.


222 posted on 10/26/2006 3:21:07 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: motormouth

I wasn't playing.


223 posted on 10/26/2006 3:26:28 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: tuffydoodle
. . . you are getting sleepy . . . you are getting very sleepy . . .


224 posted on 10/26/2006 3:34:51 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

zzzzzzzzzzz


225 posted on 10/26/2006 3:37:34 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: tuffydoodle

< . . . now quit smoking! . . . >


226 posted on 10/26/2006 3:39:24 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

it's a miracle, I feel absolutely no urge to smoke. thanks!


227 posted on 10/26/2006 4:01:55 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: L98Fiero

I recall a time, not that long ago, when doctors themselves smoked. Nurses too.

I work in a hospital and plenty of employees step outside for smoking breaks, and that includes those involved in patient care.


228 posted on 10/26/2006 4:02:46 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: La Enchiladita
Self-admiration is not the same as saintliness.

I didn't make any claim to "saintliness." You ludicrously suggested I had, so I gave you an answer as silly as your post.

229 posted on 10/26/2006 4:53:44 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Dixie Chicks: "We're Not Ready To Make Sense!")
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To: L.N. Smithee

You're the one who assumed sainthood for yourself in your sanctimonious smoking-cop posts to stylin19a.


230 posted on 10/26/2006 5:23:00 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: La Enchiladita
You're the one who assumed sainthood for yourself in your sanctimonious smoking-cop posts to stylin19a.

Nonsense. Any 'assumed sainthood' only happened in your mind, and I am not responsible for what goes on there. Don't blame me.

231 posted on 10/26/2006 5:40:17 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Dixie Chicks: "We're Not Ready To Make Sense!")
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To: stylin19a
He's a doctor.

That's what they DO. They tell people to quit smoking.

Sheesh.

232 posted on 10/26/2006 5:46:53 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: L.N. Smithee

Oh gee. Psychobabble. Too many liberals on this thread . . .


233 posted on 10/26/2006 5:54:41 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: tioga

The anesthesiologist had an opportunity during the pre-op appointment to counsel the patient re smoking.

Taking advantage of the patient being on the table to utter a suggestion like that is a bit shady, IMO.

He's like liberals who can't help proclaiming their politics regardless of the situation.

Surgery is a time to carry out professional duties. Anything other than that would be to offer comfort to the patient, not an admonition.

That is solely my opinion.


234 posted on 10/26/2006 6:00:16 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
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To: La Enchiladita
Oh gee. Psychobabble.

That's what happens when you are forced to deal with psychos.

235 posted on 10/26/2006 6:00:35 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Dixie Chicks: "We're Not Ready To Make Sense!")
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To: Finger Monkey

see posts 85 & 201


236 posted on 10/26/2006 6:02:09 PM PDT by stylin19a ("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
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To: La Enchiladita

No kidding.


237 posted on 10/26/2006 7:27:23 PM PDT by motormouth (Faith is a passionate intuition.)
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To: La Enchiladita
A friend of mine used to go with his physician father at Christmastime to deliver cartons of cigarettes to the nurses at the local hospital.

This November 16th (I think) is National Smoke Out Day. Our local hospital is going totally smoke free that day. No employee, no patient, no visitor, no construction worker may smoke. It won't be easy for some people.

238 posted on 10/26/2006 7:54:29 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: stylin19a
I am 2 hours post-op surgery.

I'm really careful about posting after one glass of wine.

Two hours post-op? You're a wild man!

239 posted on 10/26/2006 7:57:36 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane
LOL
nerve block is starting to wear off
somebody's gunna have to peel me off
the ceiling in a little while
240 posted on 10/26/2006 8:00:00 PM PDT by stylin19a ("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
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