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August 05, 2007
Dr. Hackencoff
Helpful hint #392: "Dude, I'm going to die anyway" will not stop a doctor's anti-smoking lecture. It will in fact make him worse. Much much worse.
I only wish someone had warned me.
Posted by Rita at August 5, 2007 02:19 PM
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Similarly, doctors have been known to over-react when an old hippie gives a complete answer to a question as to what drugs one might have taken in the past.
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at August 6, 2007 10:41 PM
Helpful hint with dentists - they get their shorts in a wad when you refuse to fill out the medical history form (for the umpteenth time) - even when you tell them there is nothing different from last time it was filled out.
Posted by: bogie at August 8, 2007 10:51 AM
Or when I tell them the complete list of surgeries I have, they look scared. Or impressed, it's hard to tell. :-)
I've taken to carrying a list of my current meds just so I don't have to try & write it all down on their little forms...which never have enough room for that.
Posted by: Rita at August 9, 2007 05:50 AM