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What doctor should husband see next?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 402232" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>HD, what you're suggesting is pure common sense <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And yes, that's not something he usually wants to hear. Maybe if the doctor tells him to do X, then he'll listen. Because of course, anything I suggest is just me trying to nag or control him, right? </p><p> </p><p>Normally, I don't say much at all about his health problems or choices unless he brings it up and starts complaining and asking me what I think. It is very tempting to interject my opinion when we're dining out and I'm looking at what he orders or how much he eats. But he and I approach food differently. For example, when we go out to eat, he picks an item based on whether or not he likes how it tastes. He doesn't look at price or nutritional values at all. If we got to a buffet, he loads up his plate, goes back for seconds, thirds, fourths, dessert, more dessert, etc. Then there's me: I look first at the price, then at the relative healthiness, and FINALLY whether or not I'll like the taste! At buffets, I'm usually finished after one, maybe two sensible trips and get to sit there while he chides me "Is that all you're eating?" A lot of it has to do with how he grew up with food. His family is very much a bunch of emotional eaters, and whenever comfort foods are handy at family gatherings, they load up their plates like they're getting ready to hibernate for the winter. I have emotional eating, too, but it tends to be more in the form of snacking when I'm anxious. </p><p> </p><p>I guess we'll know more after the bloodwork next week -- maybe the doctor will finally call it like it is and tell him specifically what he needs to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 402232, member: 3444"] HD, what you're suggesting is pure common sense :) And yes, that's not something he usually wants to hear. Maybe if the doctor tells him to do X, then he'll listen. Because of course, anything I suggest is just me trying to nag or control him, right? Normally, I don't say much at all about his health problems or choices unless he brings it up and starts complaining and asking me what I think. It is very tempting to interject my opinion when we're dining out and I'm looking at what he orders or how much he eats. But he and I approach food differently. For example, when we go out to eat, he picks an item based on whether or not he likes how it tastes. He doesn't look at price or nutritional values at all. If we got to a buffet, he loads up his plate, goes back for seconds, thirds, fourths, dessert, more dessert, etc. Then there's me: I look first at the price, then at the relative healthiness, and FINALLY whether or not I'll like the taste! At buffets, I'm usually finished after one, maybe two sensible trips and get to sit there while he chides me "Is that all you're eating?" A lot of it has to do with how he grew up with food. His family is very much a bunch of emotional eaters, and whenever comfort foods are handy at family gatherings, they load up their plates like they're getting ready to hibernate for the winter. I have emotional eating, too, but it tends to be more in the form of snacking when I'm anxious. I guess we'll know more after the bloodwork next week -- maybe the doctor will finally call it like it is and tell him specifically what he needs to do. [/QUOTE]
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