Ask the Doctor thread

[Orfus]

How much do Doctors charge per visit (Ohip)?.

My wife says $50 per, I say $100.

 

[The cute one]

How much do Doctors charge per visit (Ohip)?.

My wife says $50 per, I say $100.

Not a polite discussion for mixed company.
Or so I believe.

 

[oldguyzer]

How much do Doctors charge per visit (Ohip)?.

My wife says $50 per, I say $100.

I left medecine a long time ago and do not have current numbers. The answer really is "it depends" on what the visit is for, what is requested, what type of quck you are visiting, and what their situation is (hospital, private practice, corporate practive, etc). Before you think all doctors are money-grubbing misers, back in the day salaries were capped at a relatively low level, considering the overhead of running an office, paying receptionists and nurses, buying old issues of Sports Illustrated, etc.

 

[User-E]

I left medecine a long time ago and do not have current numbers. The answer really is "it depends" on what the visit is for, what is requested, what type of quck you are visiting, and what their situation is (hospital, private practice, corporate practive, etc). Before you think all doctors are money-grubbing misers, back in the day salaries were capped at a relatively low level, considering the overhead of running an office, paying receptionists and nurses, buying old issues of Sports Illustrated, etc.

Reader's Digest was my fav doctor office magazine. Good jokes and good stories. I read a million of their condensed novels over the years.

 

[bobistheowl]

What's the shelf life of sealed Hallowe'en candy, the decent stuff, not the super hard toffee wrapped in wax paper, twisted on the ends.

Let's say, A box of 75 assorted Maynard's gelatinous sugary snacks, in sealed pouches. If you didn't eat all of them yourself in a year, would they spoil? If someone didn't eat candy, and they had some left over, could they give them out the next year, and not make someone else' kid sick? I know anything dairy won't last, but what about the ones that are all sugar, modified corn starch, and tartaric acid. How long do those remain edible?

 

[papasmerf]

What's the shelf life of sealed Hallowe'en candy, the decent stuff, not the super hard toffee wrapped in wax paper, twisted on the ends.

Let's say, A box of 75 assorted Maynard's gelatinous sugary snacks, in sealed pouches. If you didn't eat all of them yourself in a year, would they spoil? If someone didn't eat candy, and they had some left over, could they give them out the next year, and not make someone else' kid sick? I know anything dairy won't last, but what about the ones that are all sugar, modified corn starch, and tartaric acid. How long do those remain edible?

Check with the manufacturer.

Better yet check the packaging

 

[bobistheowl]

Reader's Digest was my fav doctor office magazine. Good jokes and good stories. I read a million of their condensed novels over the years.

"I Am Joe's Testicle"; I remember reading that one in the doctor's office, before I knew any of that stuff about balls. Everything I'd been told to that point wasn't true, but the guys who told me, didn't know, either.

 

[bobistheowl]

Check with the manufacturer.

Better yet check the packaging

I asked The Doctor, not a nurse.

 

[papasmerf]

I asked The Doctor, not a nurse.

Take it for what it is worth.......was publicly posted

 

[bobistheowl]

Take it for what it is worth.......was publicly posted

I plead "avatar humour". I never saw a doctor wearing white shoes at work.

 

[papasmerf]

I plead "avatar humour".

Weren't you in home alone??

 

[bobistheowl]

Weren't you in home alone??

I never saw any of those. I just remember the picture of the kid with his hands on his cheeks and his mouth open. When I see that, I always think of the pre "food fight" scene, in Animal House, when Belushi did that with mashed potatoes.

 

[User-E]

Will drinking sour milk make you sick? I had a bowl of cereal with milk that was just on the verge this morning. Gross.

 

[oldguyzer]

Will drinking sour milk make you sick? I had a bowl of cereal with milk that was just on the verge this morning. Gross.

It can. It depends on your tolerance for the byproducts and how many there are. Some people can tolerate a great deal, some puke over the smell.

 

[bobistheowl]

If someone's uvula was amputated, what negative effects would they suffer, other than when speaking?

 

[oldguyzer]

If someone's uvula was amputated, what negative effects would they suffer, other than when speaking?

Uvuloplasties are typically done for sleep apnea, although chronic inflamations are also treated this way. It is major surgery and takes about a month to recover completely, although you are mobile and speaking in about three or four days. There is no real effect from a missing uvula as far as health, speech, or eating are concerned. There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.

Sometimes speech is affected, sometimes not, but if affected it's a quick process to learn to ennunciate properly again.

 

[User-E]

Uvuloplasties are typically done for sleep apnea, although chronic inflamations are also treated this way. It is major surgery and takes about a month to recover completely, although you are mobile and speaking in about three or four days. There is no real effect from a missing uvula as far as health, speech, or eating are concerned. There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.

Sometimes speech is affected, sometimes not, but if affected it's a quick process to learn to ennunciate properly again.

I had my tonsils removed when I was 12, and my voice was never the same after that. I used to be a high C soprano ... now I sing alto and some tenor comfortably. I wonder if all the **'ing during my career affected my vocal cords? Hmmmmmm


Oh looky - I found a filter! /-Thumbs-up::/

 

[oldguyzer]

I had my tonsils removed when I was 12, and my voice was never the same after that. I used to be a high C soprano ... now I sing alto and some tenor comfortably. I wonder if all the **'ing during my career affected my vocal cords? Hmmmmmm


Oh looky - I found a filter! /-Thumbs-up::/

I can still make you hit High C :biggrin2:

 

[bobistheowl]

Uvuloplasties are typically done for sleep apnea, although chronic inflamations are also treated this way. It is major surgery and takes about a month to recover completely, although you are mobile and speaking in about three or four days. There is no real effect from a missing uvula as far as health, speech, or eating are concerned. There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.

Sometimes speech is affected, sometimes not, but if affected it's a quick process to learn to ennunciate properly again.

There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.

Or for someone who swallows swords in a sideshow, as an elective surgery?

What is/was the function of the uvula? Besides humans, what other primates/ mammals/ vertebrate groups have an uvula, and what purpose does it serve for them, if, perhaps, not for us?

 

[bobistheowl]

What's up, doc?