Yesterday I went to see my family doctor to renew a prescription. It so happened I was coughing pretty hard, so I had him check my chest, etc. Then he prescribed a strong cough medicine for me. Later on, the pharmacist read the instructions saying 'one to two teaspoons three times per day' and advised me to stick with one teaspoon as the medicine is pretty strong. He also said it had a drowsy effect so I wouldn't want to take it if I needed to be extra alert at any time. When I got home, I read the sheet that came with the medicine and I noticed the word 'narcotic'. That spells 'addiction' to me! These doctors think they are helping us, but frankly I'm now scared to take that medicine.
The interesting thing is that I was telling the doctor about my daughter in university passing this bug onto me. Then he mentioned his son is in first year at the same university. The big deal is that my mom, my sister and I have been patients of his since the mid-eighties and we all assumed he wasn't even married! I managed to inquire if he had other kids and indeed he had some younger ones. Were my mom and sister ever surprised to hear this gossip! It's not that we're clued out, I guess we are not prying kind of people and he's never mentioned having a family.
And flu shots are now available, by the way.
The interesting thing is that I was telling the doctor about my daughter in university passing this bug onto me. Then he mentioned his son is in first year at the same university. The big deal is that my mom, my sister and I have been patients of his since the mid-eighties and we all assumed he wasn't even married! I managed to inquire if he had other kids and indeed he had some younger ones. Were my mom and sister ever surprised to hear this gossip! It's not that we're clued out, I guess we are not prying kind of people and he's never mentioned having a family.
And flu shots are now available, by the way.
