Doctors giving you a hard time about smoking

[BlackIrish]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Many of you know I had surgery today. When the anesthesiologist came in to talk to me, one of his questions was "Do you smoke?"

I answered, "Yeah, I smoke an occasional cigar, maybe 1-3 per week."

His reply: "Oh, come on man!" Followed by reading me the riot act and calling cigars "death sticks."

Granted, I am grossly overweight, and I have high blood pressure. But my General Practitioner (the one who put me on the high blood pressure meds) is perfectly ok with it, my brother in law is an emergency room doctor and a fellow BOTL, and one of my colleagues at work is an MD and agrees that the occasional cigar will not likely do me any major harm.

So, have any of you other guys or gals been given a hard time by your doctor(s) re: your smoking?

Glad you're ok, Christian, and sending thoughts for a speedy recovery.

I'm wondering: do you get grief from the opera community about your cigars and whatever effects they might have on your vocal cords?

[macpappy]

Humans are the only animals on earth concerned with circumventing what nature and God intended. That we are born, we live and then we die. While there are instances in nature where animals eat their young, they do not consciously abort the pregnancy. While other animals do not willingly let another animal kill and eat them, most do eventually lay down and die when they have grown too old to survive. The majority of humans do everything they can to stay alive and many even prefer being hooked up to machines that breath for them, pump their blood through their bodies and even extract natural waste to prolong life.

If God had intended for us to me immortal than we would all be gods.

[Tenor CS]

Originally Posted by BlackIrish

Glad you're ok, Christian, and sending thoughts for a speedy recovery.

I'm wondering: do you get grief from the opera community about your cigars and whatever effects they might have on your vocal cords?

Thanks for the good wishes, Eddie. I don't smoke when I'm in opera mode. I might go 6-8 weeks without a cigar if I have a long run of rehearsals and performances. If I have to travel to sing or record somewhere, I don't even bring a travel humi. As much as I enjoy my cigars, I know that smoking when I have to sing at a high level is not good for my voice. If I lay off for a few weeks, though, my voice clears right up.

[BlackIrish]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Thanks for the good wishes, Eddie. I don't smoke when I'm in opera mode. I might go 6-8 weeks without a cigar if I have a long run of rehearsals and performances. If I have to travel to sing or record somewhere, I don't even bring a travel humi. As much as I enjoy my cigars, I know that smoking when I have to sing at a high level is not good for my voice. If I lay off for a few weeks, though, my voice clears right up.

Interesting. I haven't found that cigars have any noticeable effect on my singing.







I suck whether or not I smoke.
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[ucla695]

Luckily I haven't been read the riot act about smoking cigars. Instead, my doctor prefers to emphasize the benefits of maintaining a balanced diet and exercise.