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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: Would you fire the doctor? |
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A doctor told my pregnant wife that in times when she really can't resist, it is okay to smoke 1 ciagrette. Just not everyday.
The question is, would you use this doctor again? |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Would you fire the doctor? |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
A doctor told my pregnant wife that in times when she really can't resist, it is okay to smoke 1 ciagrette. Just not everyday.
The question is, would you use this doctor again? |
Hell no! 
What kinda stupid doctor is that? Next thing he'll tell your wife is that it's ok to smoke crack if she can't resist.  |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:31 am Post subject: Re: Would you fire the doctor? |
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I basically told her if she goes to that doctor again, she's gotta pay the bill herself. My way of saying 'we're not going to that doctor again'.
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
A doctor told my pregnant wife that in times when she really can't resist, it is okay to smoke 1 ciagrette. Just not everyday.
The question is, would you use this doctor again? |
Hell no!
What kinda stupid doctor is that? Next thing he'll tell your wife is that it's ok to smoke crack if she can't resist. |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Just visited my wife in the maturnity ward today. I was getting in the elevator and this woman in a wheelchair says "cigarette" to me in English.
I laughed and said I don't smke in Korean. I then get in the elevator and go to the sixth floor. She gets off and asks me if my wife is pregnant...I say yes.
"Me too"....WTF? |
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: |
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Smoking doesn't kill your wife but it does kill your baby. Nicothinamide may interefere with the developmental process of the fetus.
She better quit smoking if she wants to be a good mother. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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She has quit, but it's hard on her. What I DON'T NEED is a stupid quack doctor who got his dgeree out of a cereal box telling pregnant women that smoking is okay.
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Smoking doesn't kill your wife but it does kill your baby. Nicothinamide may interefere with the developmental process of the fetus.
She better quit smoking if she wants to be a good mother. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: |
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| Smoking doesn't kill your wife but it does kill your baby |
On the contrary, smoking will kill your wife and your baby.  |
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tomwaits
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
Location: PC Bong
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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What's wrong with this?
Maybe the stress of freaking out for a smoke is worse than having the odd one.
Geez---how hysterical can we get these days? He's not telling her to rlease sarin gas in a small room----or to spend 18 hours a day in PC bongs
Chill
I blame Universitues for this type thinking |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I blame Universitues for this type thinking |
While that is a contributing factor, I think the real culprit is the tendency for herd-type thinking and compulsive conformism, not to mention the obsession with cleanliness and health in Western societies. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I blame Universitues for this type thinking |
While that is a contributing factor, I think the real culprit is the tendency for herd-type thinking and compulsive conformism, not to mention the obsession with cleanliness and health in Western societies. |
Yeah right. I went to see a doctor the other day for soar throat and the doctor used the metal tongue depressor to check my throat which appears to have been used before and will be used for lines of people waiting outside. I tried to turn away but it was too late...
I was in horror and felt sicker as I realized what he has just done with that nasty thing. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
She has quit, but it's hard on her. What I DON'T NEED is a stupid quack doctor who got his dgeree out of a cereal box telling pregnant women that smoking is okay.
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But how do you know the next doctor is going to be better? Maybe he'll tell her she can have a cig a day and that'll be fine as long as she gets her kimchi. My point being that as soon as a Westerner hears a Korean doctor say something that strikes them as odd or wrong, they tend to label them all as stupid quacks who got their degrees out of cereal boxes.
Anyway, you're not likely to find a Korean doctor who agrees with all of your views. I suggest you look for a doctor who will compromise on the things that happen during and after the actual birth. Those are more likely to be where major differences of viewpoint between East and West occur. |
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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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I would be more concerned with the over-all quality of care that your wife is getting, and how comfortable she feels with the doctor, than one piece of advice you don't agree with. You assume that he's a "quack who got his degree out of a cereal box" because you disagree with one statement he made. Are you a doctor? Do you have any evidence that one cigarette would harm the baby? Maybe the doctor thought that telling her she could have an occassional cigarette would prevent her from taking it up completely again. I have heard doctors that say an occassional glass of wine is fine for pregnant women, and I wouldn't necessarily assume he's crazy even though it sounds dangerous to me.
No wants likes to think about pregnant women smoking and no one advocates it. But it's been done for decades (and I've seen it several times in the U.S. as well). If your wife smoked 3 cigarettes in 9 months, would it really harm the fetus? I don't know, because I'm not a doctor. I don't know anything about birthing no babies, and neither do you. You're just pissed because he said something you didn't want her to hear.
I would let you wife decide. She's the one who is pregnant. And, he's not forcing her to smoke anything; you two can agree that it's out of the question. But, I guess since you are paying for it, it's apparently your decision. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Good points. On the other hand, smoking creates addiction, right? You wouldn't tell a recovering alcoholic to go ahead and have a glass of wine. |
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leebumlik69
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: DiRectly above you. Pissing Down
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Would you fire the doctor? |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
A doctor told my pregnant wife that in times when she really can't resist, it is okay to smoke 1 ciagrette. Just not everyday.
The question is, would you use this doctor again? |
Let her go back for a counseling session so she can raise the issue and record the m*f.cker. Then report him! |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| What about doctors over-selling C-sections? |
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