So I don't have the flu

[kierthos]

Probably a sinus infection. I have medicine, and it is good.

Side note: While waiting at the doctor's office, and I have a witness for this, an old man walked up to me while I'm reading my book. He leans down, so his face is about six inches from mine and says "Are you a religion?"

I swear, that's what he said. I presume he meant, "Are you religious?"

I told him I was an atheist, and he sat back down.

No, I have no idea what was going on.

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[dreamshade]

The last time I went to a doctor, the woman at the desk asked me for my religion. I said that was private. She just drew a line threw the field. That threw me off.

[kierthos]

I don't know... are there medicines that are derived from pigs, and therefore against religious strictures for Muslims and Jews?

I mean, that's all I can think of, because the only other time I could see needing to know a religion for a doctor's visit, is if you're a member of one of those sects that thinks God will provide medical care, and if that's the case, you wouldn't be at a doctor anyway.