A Rant!!!

I am writing this post  basically to have a moan about something that I find intensely  irritating at times. Like a lot of people with Pulmonary hypertension I have COPD which is actually empathysema.COPD describes a group of lung diseases. Most people who have these illnesses are smokers or ex-smokers.
Whenever I see a doctor who I haven`t seen before there is always this  presumption that I am a smoker which I am not and have never been. I have told doctors I have never smoked but I can see by the look on their faces that they just don`t believe me which I find  extremely annoying.
It is as absurd to make this assumption as it is to make the assumption that everyone with Aids is gay.I find it extremely annoying and I wish doctors would not do it.
End of rant!!!

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