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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: janet who wrote (15655)	1/18/1998 9:21:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Janet, Family practice and obstetrics are without doubt two specialties that can wreak havoc on normal family life. It does seem that all babies are born between the hours of 2:00 and 4:30 a.m., and then there are those incredibly long periods of labor, waiting for it all to happen. I don't know how women go through it and then go out and do it all over again. That's gotta be worse than trying to quit smoking! Emergency is a good one, in that you put in your hours and leave it behind when you go home . . . well, most of it, that is. Emergency medicine is perhaps the one specialty in which one invariably sees immediate and logical results. I think that would be a highly rewarding aspect of emergency medicine. I would say without doubt that nicotine is an antidepressant, and a very good one! I know that when I quit smoking, I tend to depression and even lose my appetite. I found the nicotine gum had an antidepressant effect, whereas the nicotine patches when worn did not. It has been reported that people using the nicotine gum do not experience weight gain, whereas the nicotine patches have no effect on appetite suppression. I know many people who found exercise alone curbed their nicotine cravings, but I have never tried it. Have you thought of opening a practice devoted to nicotine cessation? I think you'd be a natural! The monetary rewards are good, and hours are great for family life. <vbg> BTW, you might want to click on my profile and go to the link to St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh. There are some interesting medical discussions and a lot of good links to other medical sites on the Internet. Dr. David Crippen, the page's webmaster, is one of my faves. The discussions regarding tobacco (there are two of them) are quite informative and somewhat off the beaten medical track. Holly