Just a simple visit for script refills. I'm in very good health for my age and only take one medication. So I'm getting close to 1 month of being tobacco free. After 49 years of chain smoking I will say I noticed breathing improvements within days! Anyway I'm smug and proud sitting there on the exam table. She listens to my lungs and says they sound very good, very clear. Asks if I'm still smoking? I happily say I'm tobacco free. She asks if I'm using the methods offer by Smoke Free Florida. Nope I said I'm using an e-cigarette method. Well... the stuff hit the fan! You CAN"T do that, she says! Followed by... DO NOT use that!
I'm surprised, even a bit shocked. This is not what I was expecting. She waves some pamphlets in my face and wants me to take them. I've read them before. Nothing in them works. I refuse and ask her why I shouldn't use this method. She says... It's not FDA approved! You CAN"T use it. I say...So you're telling me several packs of cigarettes a day is better? You're recommending that I go back to smoking tobacco? She waves the pamphlets at me again... I took them and threw them on the floor. Stood up (thankful that I wasn't undressed) and headed for the door. There ensued a very heated exchange up the clinic hallway. Good grief! It's a bit funny looking back at it! My adult children would just cringe! lol
To make a long story short she explained that these are the guidelines that she's required to follow and has very little choice in what she can say. I explained that she needs to rethink the way she words things. Finally she did admit that I had made a very smart choice for myself. I admitted that I wasn't aware that her profession could be a risk. It was okay and I'll still go to her. After all now she knows where I stand. lol
No one is going to convince me that tobacco is safer than vaping. Plus I like, enjoy and will vape regardless. After all I smoked for 49 years with all the attached issues involved in doing that and no one could stop me. If you get this reaction from a health care provider try not to be intimidated into to returning to tobacco. The only exception in my mind is if you are suffering from health issues that could be directly related. Do at least ask for well explained researched explanations as to why this would affect you negatively. And try not to make a big spectacle of yourself down a clinic hallway! Lmao!
I'm surprised, even a bit shocked. This is not what I was expecting. She waves some pamphlets in my face and wants me to take them. I've read them before. Nothing in them works. I refuse and ask her why I shouldn't use this method. She says... It's not FDA approved! You CAN"T use it. I say...So you're telling me several packs of cigarettes a day is better? You're recommending that I go back to smoking tobacco? She waves the pamphlets at me again... I took them and threw them on the floor. Stood up (thankful that I wasn't undressed) and headed for the door. There ensued a very heated exchange up the clinic hallway. Good grief! It's a bit funny looking back at it! My adult children would just cringe! lol
To make a long story short she explained that these are the guidelines that she's required to follow and has very little choice in what she can say. I explained that she needs to rethink the way she words things. Finally she did admit that I had made a very smart choice for myself. I admitted that I wasn't aware that her profession could be a risk. It was okay and I'll still go to her. After all now she knows where I stand. lol
No one is going to convince me that tobacco is safer than vaping. Plus I like, enjoy and will vape regardless. After all I smoked for 49 years with all the attached issues involved in doing that and no one could stop me. If you get this reaction from a health care provider try not to be intimidated into to returning to tobacco. The only exception in my mind is if you are suffering from health issues that could be directly related. Do at least ask for well explained researched explanations as to why this would affect you negatively. And try not to make a big spectacle of yourself down a clinic hallway! Lmao!
