"Don't do that again"

[Writer Cath]

Now the vast majority of us have been to the doctor's before and a lot of times they give you advice on how to avoid what's causing pain/discomfort/assorted nastiness. But sometimes, sometimes their advice is just plain odd. I thought I'd share a few tales with you.

1. Dentist. Now resulting from childhood silliness, I have a fake front tooth. At this point, there was a bit of the root left so I kept getting caps, replacements, sort of like a denture glued on. After a couple months they came loose and I got a new one.

I was also horseback riding at the time. Once, I fell and basically landed on my ear, a move that eventually killed the rest of the root and would require a more permanent fix.

My dentist asked me if I'd fallen or hit my head lately. It took me a second to think, then I said, "Yeah, I fell off my horse a few weeks ago."

His response? "Don't do that again."

:doh: You mean I'm not supposed to do that deliberately?

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Chiropractor.

My wrist was really bothering me and I went in and asked if there was anything wrong. He asked me what I'd been doing lately and I said dusting.

His response: "Don't do that anymore."

Uhhh, okay, I'll set traps for the dust bunnies instead.


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Has anyone else ever gotten weird advice from their doctors?

[MMATM]

My most recent doctor's visit (about two weeks ago) I was the exact same weight (155lbs) as I had been the previous visit (a month prior... I'm taking an antibiotic that is still in the testing phase... I'm the 2nd person worldwide to enter the testing program and therefore I am speshul. Or at least I like to tell myself that... anyway [/end aside]). My doctor's questions (because I am a student) focused mainly on my eating habits, what type of exercise I was getting, whether I was drinking, and how my general health had been. His diagnosis?
"Gain some weight."
My BMI (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm) is 21.6, which is .1 less than precisely normal, and 3.1 more than even marginally underweight. I am also an athlete and my metabolism is through the roof. In order to gain weight I'd either have to bulk up hardcore or else eat just one or two large meals a day instead of multiple small ones. Frankly I feel fine (aside from the cough which the antibiotic is supposed to cure) and am happy with the way I look.

I've also heard from doctors, during times that I've been stuck in the hospital (the cough frequently used to turn into pneumonia) warning me:
"Don't try to get drunk and celebrate being out of here, your liver is on mega-overdrive from all the IV antibiotics you've been on these past two weeks [average stay] so it'll get expensive."
Pardon the threadjack.