Just wanted to tell you all what i've been doing for the past week. So i was at work, right? I felt fine all day and then the clock hit four and it was time to go home, and thats when it happened, shazam.

It felt like i had 5 litres of water or something in my lungs and i almost choked at the spot, i was hospitalized for 7 days, and had a tube in my lung for the whole time.

Thing is.. I've smoked for 14 years. Every day for 14 years. And now I quit, it was the hardest fucking thing i've ever done, its a month now and its still making me crazy. And then 2 weeks later this happens.

My 'reward' if you will

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumo...us_Pneumothorax


Anybody had this? Heard about this?

Im twenty-fucking five, this should not be happening to me.

/rant

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Originally posted by DuBam Thing is.. I've smoked for 14 years. Every day for 14 years. And now I quit, it was the hardest fucking thing i've ever done, its a month now and its still making me crazy. And then 2 weeks later this happens. ... Im twenty-fucking five, this should not be happening to me. /rant

kinda explained it succinctly yourself

*edit* i do hope you're recovering right now

and i thought i was having a sucky day...

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

Don't start smoking again

Aw man. I was hoping this was going to be another starcraft thread.

hope you recover

wish you all the best

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!

Are you a tall, thin male? If you are, apparently that's why you have this particular plague, not because you smoke.

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Smoking will make it go away. You should go right ahead and light one up.

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Originally posted by digitalEyes Are you a tall, thin male? If you are, apparently that's why you have this particular plague, not because you smoke.

Smoking since age 11 had everything to do with it.

Sucks, man.

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Originally posted by DuBam Im twenty-fucking five, this should not be happening to me.

Did you read the Wikipedia article that you posted?

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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is most evident to people without any previous history of lung disease and in tall, thin men whose age is between 20 to 40 years old. But it can often occur in teenagers and young adults.

Yeah for the most part, it's idiopathic...meaning no-one really knows what the cause of it is. That is, in the case of a closed pneumothorax, like what you have.


It might be secondary to another disease though...so I hope you're having some follow up tests done.

It's the smoking...super serious.

http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/con...tract/92/6/1009

http://meeting.chestjournal.org/cgi...ct/126/4/896S-b

Chronic smoking increases a male's chance of spontaneous pneumothorax by 22 times due to chronic interstitial inflammation.