My last two doctors going back 24 years, know/knew that I smoke a pipe. I get asked if I've changed my smoking habit every six months and I tell them truthfully how often I smoke. Neither one of them have told me to stop smoking.
The reason I said what I said, and im sure its what @ItsKarl meant too, is that doctors all sign the Hypocritic Oath.......to do no harm.
The Hypocratic oath was changed in the 1960's. Doctors today do not swear the same oath that our grandfathers or great grandfathers swore.The reason I said what I said, and im sure its what @ItsKarl meant too, is that doctors all sign the Hypocritic Oath.......to do no harm.
My doctor happens to be one of my closest friends. We smoke cigars, eat fatty meat, shoot guns, drive too fast......and several other things many doctors would tell you to avoid.
Your post asked for advice, we gave it.
I told you to follow your heart, JUST like your doctor did.
And ItsKarl said to follow your doctors direction..... who said to follow your heart.
Both sound like good advice.
Either way, take care of yourself and do what you want.
And again, pipe smoking is generally a pastime for older people.
I was a bit kinder in my previous post but, there are a LOT of pipers who have had heart attacks, a LOT. I knew one who had FOUR heart attacks and still smoked a pipe. Another who had two. Many from the old Smokers Forums most likely know who im talking about.
The only change, as far as I'm aware, was to omit the Prayer of Maimonides.
I would add to your list that it (nicotine) also prevents the kidneys from properly excreting sugar so not best for diabetics and causes periferal artery disease through plaque build via heavy use over time. All things in moderation.
This, and all in moderationNot going to give any advice about this, but......
Your doctor will absolutely tell you to not smoke, its their job.
I will also say this......
Over the years involved with the Internet pipe community and in real life, I have known several pipers who suffered a heart attack. They are still here smoking their pipes nearly two decades later.
What does your heart tell you to do?
If you don't get the answers you want, keep asking until you do.
well if you get enough strangers together you're bound to find a few that know what they're talking about.
Yeah generally doctors always seem to do the same with me. Last doctor told me all my numbers seem better since I started smoking the pipe regularly.
Certainly and all the guys that listened to people on the internet instead of their doctor are dead anyway so they don't as they didn't reply.
And how is one supposed to distinguish those who know what they're talking about from those who don't?
Your judgement and " do the work, damnit!" The poster's "track record" is a reasonable start. Having some analytical skills will obviously help. Check advice, which seems plausible, against other sources you trust. Do a bit of sleuthing. All sorts of ways to verify what your hear or read. A poster who asserts "everybody" does such and such is obviously suspect. Same for "all/every doctor(s)/lawyer(s)/cop(s)/teenager(s)/teacher(s)/20 year old(s)/politician(s)/Generation (your choice) and etc. on infinitum.
