Hey to all

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Oh poop forgot to post my story - sorry i forget not everyone knows me lol

Ok well in April this year i suffered a spontanious pneumothorax (basicly my lung had a bleb on it which popped) which led to part of my lung deflating (this wasn't due to smoking btw) in hospital i had a hemothorax (lung was bleeding) which may or may not have been caused by the drain put into my lung cavity to remove the air being a bit too big .. Anyway approx 8-9 hours later i wasn't in the best shape in the world i'd lost a lot of blood and was drifting in and out of consciousness - they decided at this point they better do something quick and took me by ambulance to the main thoracic hospital close by - i was taken into surgery and lots of blood, part of my lung removed , 2 scars and 3 days later i was let out of HDU onto a ward. My lung was sealed and it can't happen in that lung again as they have removed that piece.. One week later and i'm ready to head out of the hospital without so much as a puff of a ciggy being needed or wanted...

The moment i set foot at home the cravings started to come and a week later it wasn't looking good for me not going back to smokes so in need of having something that wasn't going to put so much in my lungs i ordered a small 401 kit - wasn't very good but would i recommend it to someone else that was where i was then the answer is yes -- it took all the edge of my cravings and 2 weeks later i ordered a standard 510 since that i had 10 weeks off work to dabble and found ecf - now with a few box mods my standard 510 and now my little eGo as well as all the spares i need or could want im a happy chappy and even happier to be able to tell my story .. well that's me i just hope you are all still awake now that you have read it lol

[bel]

Thanks for sharing your story with us Mark, im so glad it has a happy ending

[VE Jason]

Must have been a scary time Mark.

But, at least some good came of it

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Honestly i didn't know most of it i was out of my tree dosed up on morphine which is probably a good thing - i had no idea how much blood i lost until i looked on my chart - 5.66 litres ...

But there is a good side it started me on a path of something i consider to be a healthier alternative and thanks to the forums i've met some lovely new friends along the way with a common shared interest

[Chrissie]

(((Mark))) thank you so much for posting your story here I'm sure it will give encouragement to anyone reading it. Same as with most forums, we have a lot of guests (on average 500 every day) that prefer to just read rather than post & I'm certain that many will have been touched by your post.

[monster74]

I'm pleased you came out the other side Mark.

Thanks for sharing

Nats x

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Welcome Mark.
Yes, thank you for sharing. It sounds like you've been to hell and back.
I often wonder how many people there are who have turned to e cigs because of health scares, I did, although I still haven't had the results of my lung cancer tests, I don't believe I have it, they like to scaremonger. Having said that though, I won't go back to smoking again, it's too expensive and stinks!

My brother has emphysema, COPD, which specialists say was caused by smoking havana cigars for years. He only has one third of one lung capacity now, the other lung is completely dead, he's housebound and finds even talking virtually impossible as it makes him breathless. He was an RAF pilot then went on to become a managing director of a company that employed thousands, it breaks my heart to see him now. He lives alone and hardly sees anyone except his carer. If that's not enough to encourage anyone to pack up tobacco, I don't know what is.

[blakey]

I'm only a day behind everyone else but welcome anyway

[Scylla]

Glad I'm not the only one, Blakey

Nov 5, 2011 19:14:35 GMT warlordxxx - (Mark) said:

i ordered a small 401 kit - wasn't very good but would i recommend it to someone else that was where i was then the answer is yes

Absolutely! We can't look down on those humble kits, most of us started our baccy-free lives on them

What a story, Mark I didn't have acute health problems but was rotting away with no hope of giving up smoking. Am sure I wouldn't still be here but for e-cigs.

scylla