What to say when your GP asks if you are a smoker

[Di]

My doctor actually suggested that I give e-cigs a try!

[Karma]

Hi Di

sounds like you have a good GP

[Banky]

When my doctor asked if I was still smoking I said no, I now use a e-cig and gave up the fags
she was pleased that I stopped smoking. After seeing her a few times after one thing or another
I was asked if I was still a non smoker I said yes she said she was putting on my records now
anon smoker my hospital records also state this.

[free2light]

I have just had a check up as I had a Umbilical hernia repair operation a few months ago, my GP asked if I was a smoker or a non smoker. My reply was a non smoker as I was advised to give up 6 weeks before my operation and I thought how I was going to do it as I have tried that many times without success. My Nephew introduced me to Electronic cigarettes and I was that impressed with them i did a lot of research into various manufacturers and received numerous samples until I found the best ones which I now sell on our family run website link removed by Karma . My GP was that impressed with me and the Electronic cigarettes he now has our information brochure on his reception.

[giles]

I'll take any excuse to preach the virtues of ecigs, so my doctor (and the practice nurse) had to listen. They were very polite.

[theinhaler]

Jan 9, 2013 19:55:56 GMT free2light said:

I have just had a check up as I had a Umbilical hernia repair operation a few months ago, my GP asked if I was a smoker or a non smoker. My reply was a non smoker as I was advised to give up 6 weeks before my operation and I thought how I was going to do it as I have tried that many times without success. My Nephew introduced me to Electronic cigarettes and I was that impressed with them i did a lot of research into various manufacturers and received numerous samples until I found the best ones which I now sell on our family run website link removed by Karma . My GP was that impressed with me and the Electronic cigarettes he now has our information brochure on his reception.

thats a very expensive cigalike in the link , can get a very nice mod for the same price

[linzmac13]

Jan 9, 2013 14:29:23 GMT @mp2012 said:

I saw doc yesterday, told him I quit smoking 23rd October, told him I was on ecigs, got checked over. Apparently there is no longer any sign of wheezing in my lungs!

Me too!!! Saw mine today, told her I stopped 26th October...and no signs of wheezing either!!! She asked how I was getting on with vaping and said...Congrats, please don't go back to the cigs...with no hesitation I told her I wouldn't unless e-cigs got banned and taken off the market lol

[lobeydosser]

When I told my Diabetic Nurse that I was on the e-cigs and making my own e-juice, she said that she would have a look in her "out of date" cupboard and see what she had that I could use.

She arrived at the house the next day with a bag full of unused sterile syringes that will keep me going for the next ten years!

If I went back on the fags now, she'd kill me.

[Bluefish]

Jan 9, 2013 21:30:08 GMT lobeydosser said:

When I told my Diabetic Nurse that I was on the e-cigs and making my own e-juice, she said that she would have a look in her "out of date" cupboard and see what she had that I could use.

She arrived at the house the next day with a bag full of unused sterile syringes that will keep me going for the next ten years!

If I went back on the fags now, she'd kill me.

Dob her in for thieving, that's taxpayers money mate

[Karma]

Blue, these things have a sell by date and would just go in the bin

I have some out of date, by 2 years, alcohol swabs, that came from the NHS. There's nothing wrong with them, in sealed packs, but the NHS can't use things that are out of date

[Bluefish]

I do realise that Karma hence the smiley Just more NHS waste

[Anne (fuzzy)]

I told my GP I'd given up smoking tobacco cigarettes and am using a much safer alternative with no carcinogens. I showed him my e cig as he'd never heard of them, briefly explained how it works and said although it isn't NRT, it contains a small amount of nicotine as NRT patches etc. do. But the big difference is, e cigs work as a smoking alternative and NRT doesn't work to stop people smoking. He was very interested.

(*No crafty link inserted or liking my own post as I'm not a vendor or vendors associate* )

[farzooks]

I saw my GP last week for a flu jab and we talked about e-cigs. He was very interested and agreed with me that it's a good thing, but we need to know more about where and how some of the no-name juices are made and what controls are in place.
Overall, he's in favour of it, having seen on a daily basis the damage caused to people by a lifetime of stinkies and vaping, while it's not perfect, is better than that.

[markh]

i showed my dr my e-cig and she wrote on my records that im an ex smoker

[jakethevape]

Jan 19, 2013 22:38:18 GMT markh said:

i showed my dr my e-cig and she wrote on my records that im an ex smoker

That's because you are an ex smoker and that is a good thing!

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