Pneumothorax kicked my ass, twice

[wouter999]

Friday a week ago my lung collapsed again, this time forcing me to undergo a procedure known as a pleurodysia(sp?). This hurt more than you can possibly imagine. What they did was inject a solution of chalk and saline water between my ribs and my lung, thus forcing a gigantic sterile pneumonia all across the surface of my left lung. This created scar tissue across my lung, effectively thickening my lung wall about threefold.

Anyways, the morfine was soothing, the nurses were hot, and the food was disgusting. Hello kids!

[kevin_smithers]

Three times infact!!!

That does sound very painful indeed

[Veniogenesis]

Oh my. I really hope you get better. Sounds utterly painful.

[silverx2]

this would be a good sign that you should STOP SMOKING RETARD

[wouter999]

I kind of did after the first one, sweetie.

[silverx2]

oh, just making sure.

[Markp.com]

hehehe welcome back... and if this was caused by smoking, then its all your fault and I have no sympathy for you... if it was something that you didn't cause then you have all my sympathy!

[adit_ya_sharma]

Ahem....(throws off his cigg.) Get better soon!

[argonauta]

ok, today will be my last day smoking. there are signs everywhere

[kevin_smithers]

ok, today will be my last day smoking. there are signs everywhere

I am on day 6 and its getting better

[wouter999]

Quitting smoking was actually pretty easy, but that was mostly because I was drugged up during the time it takes to lose the physical addiction.

[darkstar]

hope you are ok now
if not i wish you a speedy recovery

[graphix_dude]

lol well at least the nurses were hot

[Dragonusthei]

hehehe welcome back... and if this was caused by smoking, then its all your fault and I have no sympathy for you... if it was something that you didn't cause then you have all my sympathy!

I agree

Sounds like whent through an awful ordeal and i hope you get better soon but second hand smoke causes this kind of crap for others. Who choose not to smoke.

[wouter999]

Even though I smoked for a couple of years my lung was in great condition. They performed an endoscopy prior to inserting the chest drain, and it looked pretty and pink, without any trace of tar or smoke damage. So I doubt that second hand smoke causes any significant damage.

[random25]

I have been trying to stop since my dad died from lung cancer a while back.

[gerbick]

damn son. you've been through a lot lately.

and quitting... it's something easy if you never start. but if you had lost somebody that close to you due to it... surprised that you didn't stop almost immediately.

[random25]

My dad continued to smoke up to the day he died.
But by the time he knew he had cancer it was too late.

Im addicted!
I get all crazy if i dont get a smoke to calm my nerves (Blow stuff up crazy).
Stupid tobacco
Bhlaaa...

[Orkar]

Am at the 24 hour mark (give or take) of quitting.

For the several-eth time... <done this before and been off the butts for three to six months at a time> smokers who have quit or are doing it get what I mean.

Any non-smoker with a smarta$$ comment can be force fed several thousand pounds of ashtray leavings by any sympathetic smoker or former smoker...

Don't you just want to shove these self-rightious idiots gnards down their throats???

So I'm mostly delusional... inhale deeply if I pass someone smoking on the street... and all that.

Wish you the best ... If your under 30-35 wooter it's probably not the heavenly butts, if over that age ... well maybe ... but quitting is good for everyone... even that horrid chewing gum for the rest of your life is a hundred times as healthy as the butts.... Damn it!... Damn It!! Damn IT!!!

[gerbick]

Any non-smoker with a smarta$$ comment can be force fed several thousand pounds of ashtray leavings by any sympathetic smoker or former smoker...

Don't you just want to shove these self-rightious idiots gnards down their throats???

Just because I don't have the same addiction as you don't mean I ain't qualified to say a damn thing. Sorry you're addicted to nicotine so ****ing much; seek help if you can't stop. I'm being serious there. But here... I'm not... perhaps you need a better outlook on how other people can, or can not, say what they feel.

It's an addiction and at a bottom level, it's as treatable as most other chemical dependencies. Don't like that, then suffer deeper in your denial... and ashtrays.

So I'm mostly delusional... inhale deeply if I pass someone smoking on the street... and all that.

Wish you the best ... If your under 30-35 wooter it's probably not the heavenly butts, if over that age ... well maybe ... but quitting is good for everyone... even that horrid chewing gum for the rest of your life is a hundred times as healthy as the butts.... Damn it!... Damn It!! Damn IT!!!

Wow. Dude, you seriously are way too high-strung. Calm that down a bit.