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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 21, 2019 13:03:36 GMT -5
My mum was given a questionnaire about my dad's pension (she's the recipient since he passed). It asked about his lifestyle. One of the questions was whether he smoked. I was surprised at the definition of 'regular'...  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 21, 2019 13:09:44 GMT -5
Knowing that a questionnaire about someone's habits is a questionnaire seeking to deny benefits where ever they can...I'm sorry he has passed and frankly it is none of their business. If he didn't die from lung cancer attributed to heavy smoking then as far as I am concerned...see above. None of their business.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 21, 2019 13:11:47 GMT -5
Knowing that a questionnaire about someone's habits is a questionnaire seeking to deny benefits where ever they can...I'm sorry he has passed and frankly it is none of their business. If he didn't die from lung cancer attributed to heavy smoking then as far as I am concerned...see above. None of their business. True, but that's a side issue,in a sense. I'm just glad that my 4-5 pipes a month wouldn't put me into the category of 'regular'. |
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Post by puffy on Jul 21, 2019 13:51:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the purpose of the questionnaire is since he's not alive.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 21, 2019 14:26:37 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 21, 2019 14:48:48 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the purpose of the questionnaire is since he's not alive. They said that he may have been due more money. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Jul 21, 2019 15:19:47 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me. that's a lucky break! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2019 15:24:48 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me. I told my nephrologist that I smoked a bowl a month and he put me down as a smoker. He is soon to be my ex-doctor. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 21, 2019 15:42:58 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me. I told my nephrologist that I smoked a bowl a month and he put me down as a smoker. He is soon to be my ex-doctor. Strange...my Dr. asked if I smoked...knowing that I smoked a pipe...other than that pipe, no...put me down as a non-smoker. He understands insurance companies and their drive to rid themselves of any "high risk patients". |
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Post by chasingembers on Jul 21, 2019 18:21:12 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me. My doctor did the same thing. |
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Post by daveinlax on Jul 21, 2019 18:28:03 GMT -5
I told my nephrologist that I smoked a bowl a month and he put me down as a smoker. He is soon to be my ex-doctor. Strange...my Dr. asked if I smoked...knowing that I smoked a pipe...other than that pipe, no...put me down as a non-smoker. He understands insurance companies and their drive to rid themselves of any "high risk patients". I never ever disclose I enjoy a pipe or cigars. I'm not addicted to nicotine and have never been call out.  |
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Post by chasingembers on Jul 21, 2019 18:51:50 GMT -5
Strange...my Dr. asked if I smoked...knowing that I smoked a pipe...other than that pipe, no...put me down as a non-smoker. He understands insurance companies and their drive to rid themselves of any "high risk patients". I never ever disclose I enjoy a pipe or cigars. I'm not addicted to nicotine and have never been call out. You don't have to be addicted for it to show up in blood work. |
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Post by Mac on Jul 21, 2019 20:27:26 GMT -5
First reaction was that questionnaire was intrusive, and second one, skeptical of the motives.
Besides, I can say I smoke maybe 3-4 pipes a day,( but multiple bowls in each!)
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 21, 2019 23:09:54 GMT -5
For myself, I'd say it was at least 6 bowls a day! I average 6-9 a day and have for over 40 years now. 
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Post by bonanzadriver on Jul 21, 2019 23:44:04 GMT -5
It's yet another symptom of society's need to be able to categorize everything. Keeps it easy and obviates the need to "Think", about anything...
I choose to ignore these questions when at the doctors office, as well as the ones that ask if there are any guns in the household.
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Post by kxg on Jul 22, 2019 15:56:04 GMT -5
Interesting. During some recent medical procedures I answered the smoking question with "I occasionally smoke a pipe." Later, I discovered the Doctor's office had billed Medicare for "Smoking Cessation Counseling" which I did not receive (not that I wanted to). It seems the question gives the Doctor cover for padding the bill.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 22, 2019 16:13:24 GMT -5
Interesting. During some recent medical procedures I answered the smoking question with "I occasionally smoke a pipe." Later, I discovered the Doctor's office had billed Medicare for "Smoking Cessation Counseling" which I did not receive (not that I wanted to). It seems the question gives the Doctor cover for padding the bill. ...yup, there it is...plain as can be. |
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Post by instymp on Jul 22, 2019 16:54:16 GMT -5
Interesting. During some recent medical procedures I answered the smoking question with "I occasionally smoke a pipe." Later, I discovered the Doctor's office had billed Medicare for "Smoking Cessation Counseling" which I did not receive (not that I wanted to). It seems the question gives the Doctor cover for padding the bill. Yup, one of the things Medicare pays. Along with a couple others. Now I know why my Dermatologist wrote down Alcohol Counseling! |
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Post by instymp on Jul 22, 2019 16:56:53 GMT -5
I like their "Regular"!
I do a cigar a day & Load a pipe 3X a day.
But smoke all day.
Questionnaire might help them with stats.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 17:06:08 GMT -5
Interesting. During some recent medical procedures I answered the smoking question with "I occasionally smoke a pipe." Later, I discovered the Doctor's office had billed Medicare for "Smoking Cessation Counseling" which I did not receive (not that I wanted to). It seems the question gives the Doctor cover for padding the bill. Same experience here too, but with an Optometrist. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 23, 2019 0:06:31 GMT -5
This winter I was in the ER for really bad high blood pressure (250/148). They asked if I smoked, and I said I smoked a pipe at times. She put me down as a non-smoker. It surprised me. Often when medical staff are filling out a form, the smoker/non-smoker box is highly relevant with respect to circulatory disorders and general anaesthesia. (It is life-threatening to perform some surgeries on a smoker without a period of abstinence!)
As a pipe or cigar smoker, you have a lot of health risks, but not the risks the box is meant to warn doctors about
I am as honest and forthright as possible with my doctors about my alcohol and tobacco consumption. They may think less of me, sure, but the information may save my life.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 23, 2019 0:08:30 GMT -5
Strange...my Dr. asked if I smoked...knowing that I smoked a pipe...other than that pipe, no...put me down as a non-smoker. He understands insurance companies and their drive to rid themselves of any "high risk patients". I never ever disclose I enjoy a pipe or cigars. I'm not addicted to nicotine and have never been call out. It's valuable to me to discuss this kind of thing with my doctor and dentist. Not least for the purposes of oral cancer screenings.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 6:16:46 GMT -5
Oh they can spot those little white dots without any problem. Just so you know you can be denied certain procedures if you are a smoker. Skin grafts is one I know of first hand. Any doctor who cant diagnose without knowing if you are a smoker is not worth seeing anyway.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Jul 23, 2019 20:03:12 GMT -5
Oh they can spot those little white dots without any problem. Just so you know you can be denied certain procedures if you are a smoker. Skin grafts is one I know of first hand. They're going to deny a smoker skin grafts for a good damn reason. It can cause gangrene! Smoking status is hugely relevant to surgical outcomes. Don't mess around with that stuff. It can literally kill you to mislead the wrong doctor at the wrong time. Any doctor who cant diagnose without knowing if you are a smoker is not worth seeing anyway. Sometimes smoking is relevant in ruling out possible causes of a problem. A keratosis in your mouth could be a sign of a serious degenerative disease in a non-smoker, but in a frequent smoker, it's perfectly normal. You want your doctor to think horses, not zebras, when he hears hoofbeats. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 2:02:41 GMT -5
They do a little thing called a biopsy before one is diagnosed with anything. Except in your case your cranial rectal inversion is very easy to diagnose.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 24, 2019 8:43:56 GMT -5
They do a little thing called a biopsy before one is diagnosed with anything. Except in your case your cranial rectal inversion is very easy to diagnose. now now... We're all entitled to our opinions without the danger of being criticised for it. I actually think smellthehatfirst has a point. Perhaps we've become a little overly cynical as we've got older? I know I have. |
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Post by jeffd on Feb 18, 2020 18:33:44 GMT -5
I think that the real issue is that the health concerns of pipe smoking may overlap the health concerns of cigarette smoking, but it is all grouped together under the heading of smoker. So those of us who don't smoke cigarettes are thrown in with a group whose health concerns have a good chance of not being relevant to us.
I smoke roughly five to seven bowls a week, sometimes more sometimes less sometimes all on the same day. I know this because it takes about a week or a day or two more to rotate through my seven pipe pipe rest. It just depends on so many things. Like travel plans, home office use, available unstructured time, the books I am engaged with, how much I want to get all into something and etc.
That certainly is not the same as a pack a day cigarette smoker. But yea, we are both smokers.
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Post by adui on Feb 18, 2020 18:48:04 GMT -5
Nice! according to that I am NOT a regular smoker! I smoke once a day, twice on weekends!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 18:49:21 GMT -5
One that gets plenty of fibre in the diet!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 18:55:04 GMT -5
My mum was given a questionnaire about my dad's pension (she's the recipient since he passed). It asked about his lifestyle. One of the questions was whether he smoked. I was surprised at the definition of 'regular'... I’ve never smoked 6 bowls in one day let alone an average of 6 bowls a day. |
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