Chris wrote:
vtec> Don't you hate it when doctors say "take a deep breath" when what they mean vtec> is "take a high clavicular audible breath" (meaning, really, a SHALLOW vtec> breath)? I always ask my doctors "Do you really mean a deep breath?" I vtec> think it annoys them but I have to re-translate because if I take what is to vtec> me a deep breath, they say, "No, I mean a DEEP breath!"
Yes! The only doctor I ever had who knew what a deep breath really should be was my allergist, who saw asthma patients daily. For all the rest, I've learned to add a little clavicular breathing to the deep breath to give them what they want to hear...
Vicki Bryant Naperville, IL
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