Did I say breast milk?

Just a word of advice here from ol' Mattie Boom Boom. Before you ask your doctor why you're no longer allowed to drink breast milk, double check your prescription info to make sure it doesn't say your medicine is excreted in breast milk and user should not breast-feed while taking.

If you've already slipped and asked the question I would advise you not to go into a rambling monologue discussing the semantics of "breast feed" and its ability to ambiguously denote both the "feeder" and the "feedie". Don't chastise the people who write the prescription info or the pharmaceutical companies who are "ruining your life". Don't try to recover by asking whether you should be concerned if the medicine causes you to start lactating since it can be excreted in breast milk and you have a niece on the way who could fall asleep on your chest one day while you're babysitting. All these things will make the situation worse and more uncomfortable than it already is.

If you do slip and ask the question just pause for a second, chuckle at your faux pas, then continue, "Did I say breast milk? I meant alcohol." Sure, it will still be embarrassing, but you'll be able to leave with your head much higher than in the previous scenarios, not to mention your doctor won't add two new medications to your existing regimen and he'll probably continue to see you.