I can rationalize die hard smokers - being noncompliant is a hereditary problem? You got the bad gene.
- just kidding-
lol ...
Well, I guess if you view being
independent and operating according to one's own
wishes and
desires as
problematic then ... yeah, I got the bad genes ...
Some folks are probably inclined in that direction ... while others are inclined to
take directions,
follow orders and ...
be compliant ...
Really Rswyan it's not your fault, you most likely inherited the variant CHRNA5 gene. Your brain will not let you do anything but rationalize it against all medical advice and studies.
Actually, that's inaccurate ...
on multiple counts ...
But don't let that stop ya ...
since you seem inclined to wanna talk chit ...
Two examples:
The old boy who did my stent took me aside (out of hearing range of anyone else) and we had a frank conversation. He told me that if I did nothing else (in terms of taking medications), I needed to be sure to take Plavix for next six months to minimize the chance of any complications while the artery healed around the stent. Followed that advice to the letter. Judging from the results, it seems to have been good advice.
I also commented (here on TBN I believe) that I found a study that I ran across that was done @ University of Louisville (KY) on stem cells to treat heart disease/heart failure to be very interesting and to hold lots of promise.
No doubt in my mind that this sort of thing
could be valid and effective.
Wanna know what my (primary) cardiologist had to say about that study when I asked him about it ? (less than a year ago)
He essentially dismissed it out-of-hand immediately ... saying that there was probably nothing to it ...
and if there was anything to it, he would have heard about it already ... and he hadn't ...
No curiosity or interest whatsoever.
(Google it ... all kinds of stuff out there ... Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, etc ...)
He went on to say that with this sorta thing he'd be concerned about a patient growing a third eye or an extra limb ...
ROFLMAO ...
Arrogance and
ignorance ... something the medical profession has an overabundance of ...
At that point I knew I had
an idiot on my hands ...
a highly trained idiot ... but an idiot none the less ...
That was further confirmed when he announced to me (earlier this year) that after I had had the stent done (fall of '07), I
hadn't been having any irregular heartbeats ... and then (this year) after that I went in and did a stress test that he ordered ... and the nice folks that were administering that test pulled up my old results from '07 and said
"Oh ... you were having PVC's back in '07 too ..."
Yeah ... no kiddin' ... I've had a
somewhat irregular heartbeat my entire life ...
And this guy (my primary cardiologist) was awarded with the William E. Lower Fellowship thesis prize for clinical research ... while a Cardiology Fellow at The Cleveland Clinic.
LOL ...
And don't even get me started on the electrophysiologist I saw ... another cardio clown ...
Well, mom was quite the independent old gal ...
But in terms of her views of doctors and the medical profession generally, she pretty worshiped the ground they walked on ...
Me ? ... not so much ...
Generational difference I suppose ...
But when it came to smoking, she exercised that independence ...
Her decision.
That's sorta the flipside to what you see as being my side of the coin: people that are so in awe of the medical profession that they unquestionably accept whatever is offered to them ...
as though it had been delivered from on high ...
They have the appropriate
worshipful reverence that many in the profession
demand ... lol ...
In terms of me getting "the gene", could be ... but I guess that one has to take
the good with
the bad ...
Mom was also her class valedictorian (in a large inner city school) and a member of the National Honor Society ...
