I went to the foot and ankle doc today for an slight injury and had an interesting experience. It was my first visit to this practitioner and as we were going over my history, he asked if I've had the pneumonia vax and the flu vax. I answered yes to both. I was anticipating the next question, about the death vax, but he never asked it. For once, I kept my fat mouth shut and we went on to discuss my issue. He gave me a course of treatment and a brace for an inflamed tendon and that was it. I was pleasantly surprised.
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My cardiologist quite asking me if I was vaxed.
Guess he doesn't want to know.
There's a vax for pneumonia????
The pneumonia vax gave my father pancreatitis and my mil ALS. I would never recommend anyone to get this one.
Yep, it’s called pneumovax 23 and it has been around for years. It uses weakened live bacteria and protects against a number of pneumococcal strains. It is definitely is indicated for we “golden agers”. It’s a good idea for everyone else.
Yes…pneuma-vax
Yup I got it 10 + years ago unfortunately before I knew how awe full they are.
Full of awe.
My doctor asked me if I wanted the flu shot and I said no. "Okay" he said. Never asked about the COVID shot but I think he knows what I think from other family members (like my kids, sadly).
Wanted to make a post about this actually. I LOVE this guy. He is pro-vax but also the most pro-patient doctor I have ever had. He has advocated for and beaten down insurance companies that refused to pay for life saving surgeries because they weren't technically "indicated." The crazy example is that he ordered an MRI for a patient's DAUGHTER when she was in town (not even his patient) because he had a bad instinct that she had more than just a normal headache (which is what her regular doctor told her) The MRI showed a tumor and the surgery he coordinated for her saved his life. They tried to deny payment for the MRI and the subsequent 250K surgery, because the MRI was not technically indicated by her symptoms. He went round and round with them until he won.
When my son was sick with 106 fever that wouldn't break our family doctor of 12 years kept giving me dates two weeks out. At that time this guy didn't know us from Adam, he was the internist for a close friend. My friend kept saying, let me call "Dr. Smith" and I kept saying, "he doesn't even know who we are." My friend called him anyway and he called me and said, "can you have him here in an hour? I said, "can you see him if he's not over 16?" He said, "I'm not supposed to but we can figure that out later." When they got there his staff left and someone said to someone else, "Smith has another unscheduled patient I guess we'll have to get him in somehow." My son had a prescription antibiotic filled and taken before our family doctor even returned the call.
Same son, at an out of state school. Called doctor "Smith" to get a script and he said he couldn't technically prescribe migraine medicine because he hadn't seen him within 12 months. Then he said, "but if YOU had a headache and were thinking of visiting him there would be no reason HE couldn't pick up YOUR prescription." He always found a way to take care of his patients and blow off the red tape.
The reason these guys believe in medicine and even big pharma is that a lot of it IS lifesaving and great. My mother's heart valve replacement, for example. Don't forget to remember that the brain washing psyops are extremely sophisticated which is why they are so hard to combat. People that believe in the red cross or UNICEF have seen good works they have performed. Same with the SHRINERS. That's how they lull you into believing these are people who really care for our well-being.
Our job is to be the voice of reason, not come off as asshole know it alls. That's my view of the world anyway. I like to think I come off as a pretty open minded critical thinker. I can see the wheels turning when I gently tell people, "I don't know, something just ain't right IMO. I'd feel more comfortable if they would stop telling me things I KNOW aren't true, like that Ivermectin is horse medicine. That's like saying Doxycycline and Gabapentin are for fish and dogs only." Nudge, don't push. And for goodness sakes no shoving.
My cardiologist never mentioned it to me either. He said I should get it last year but didn't say anything about it this year.
My doctor asked me in April if I had been covid vaxxed, I told him no, and that was the end of the discussion. He moved on to other things.
I would ask his opinion about it. My doctor answered like he was reading off a cue card. He should have just said “I’m doing what I’m told because I don’t want to lose my job” Here, let me murder you.