[JesseB]

So, my PT person found out that I smoke... And she said that it would make me more at risk for pressure sores...
I know it's bad for me, and stuff but. Is she just trying to scare me, or is this true?

[Manda]

no this is true,
I was a smoker too,
another reason for me though,
Is my injury level c-5
not good for my lungs (pneumonia,harder for me to fight it off))
not good for anyone's lungs
It's hard but I'm smoke free for over a year
Good Luck!!!

This post has been edited by Manda: 24 October 2008 - 04:44 AM

[Kev-O]

smoking would put you at more of a risk for pneumonia which is the number one killer for people in chairs.

[Unbreakable]

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smoking would put you at more of a risk for pneumonia which is the number one killer for people in chairs.

100% true. Make sure you get your pneumovax shot every 5 years and your flu shot every year to help reduce the chances of pneumonia. And ditch the friggin' smokes. Just make it harder than it already is for you to breathe.

[fatdave]

I smoked 2 packs of pall mall's a day before my injury now i smoke a half pack and im trying to quit, the P.T. found out i smoke and flipped out too.

[JesseB]

Aww. Well... I guess i'll start cutting down, and quit. After I get home.

[fatdave]

or, switch to chewing tobacco!






Just kidding

[JesseB]

fatdave, on Oct 23 2008, 10:59 PM, said:

or, switch to chewing tobacco!






Just kidding

yuck i hate chew, lol.

[fatdave]

yeah, i tried it once and got so sick i had to go to the hospital to the amusement of my family.

[JesseB]

oh damn. did you swallow the spit? lol

[fatdave]

no, i don't think so. i stole a pouch of redman from my grandpa and was trying to look cool ( i was only 11 )

[speedywheelz]

I smoke as well, have done for all the time ive been sci and before, so nearly 9 years sci...... yea i know its not good but i dont drink so...

I will definatly be trying to give it up next year as it is now starting to affect my breathing a little, like if i do alot of excersise i get out of breath quicker, but i am a quite heavy smoker so... yea to be expected I think. I have been smoking since I was 13 and heavy from around 15 when i was injured so.... if you can stop now as it will be easyer than it will down the line, if you wanna stop that is.

Oh nand also, yea it will increase the risk of pressure sores as it reduces blood circulation (someone can correct me if i am wrong but i dont think so)

take care
Lliam

[pikey]

I like smoking, but I do not like the problems that come with it, that tight feeling in my chest as I push myself up hill and that cough I have in the morning.

Still never did me any harm.

Take it from a fool.. STOP NOW!!!

[Tash]

my bf/fianc'e smoked before his accident and now he has two collasped lungs because of it. After the accident he already was having a hard time breathing due to his level if injury and since his lungs were weak from smoking they collasped.

He is now smoke free and alcohol free since accident and vows to never return to that lifestyle. By the way I use to smoke as well. I dont anymore it has been years.

[hooplady]

Ooh, you touched a nerve with this topic. My b/f and I just had words over this last night. He smoked before he was injured and apparently already had an existing lung infection before he went into the hospital. He ended up on a ventilator for weeks and it was touch-and-go there for awhile. The junk that they sucked out of his lungs was disgusting and it kept him in intensive care an extra couple of weeks - that's when the pressure sore developed.

When he was in rehab I told him that it was the one thing that I could not tolerate - he already has a sore so he will always be at risk and can't afford any additional factors against him. As a T2 he has trouble coughing already.

Now he wants to smoke again - he says it will be only once in awhile, and that I'm blowing things out of proportion. I think he's more addicted than he admits, and once the nicotine gets back in his system that he won't be able to control his habit. As far as I'm concerned it's a poor choice on his part and if he can't conquer this then he doesn't have much hope of staying healthy in his "new" body.

So please try to quit now, not later. You have enough to worry about; don't add to your problems.

Sorry for the rant...perhaps I should have saved this for the Steam Room.

[dom]

hi i'm thinking of giving up and have been offered champix [chantix in usa] is it any good? and i have heard scare stories of ppl commiting suicide on this, how safe is it? cheers for reply

[Unbreakable]

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hi i'm thinking of giving up and have been offered champix [chantix in usa] is it any good? and i have heard scare stories of ppl commiting suicide on this, how safe is it? cheers for reply

Well, either way, smoking definitely wouldn't be a problem anymore!

[City Girl]

If this is any help in motivating you to quit, smokers are also 50% more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction...and with SCI we all need as much help as we can get.

[edlee]

Something I was just informed of recently, at a follow up of having a cyst removed from my bladder,,,,Smoking makes your chances of getting bladder cancer double,,, AND,,, if you have had a case of bladder cancer the percentage of recurrance in smokers is 100 percent,,, let me repeat that,,,100 percent.

I had to have the doctor repeat it for me, too.

I quit smoking about 12 years ago after almost 35 years of cigarettes, cigars, chew and snuff. The snuff was the hardest to quit,,,,,had to go back to cigarettes to get off it.

I still miss it,,,,,but not enough to go back.
ed

[Illinois Boy]

I know it's bad for me, but one of the few things I still enjoy........

f*@k it...........

Jim

[Ches]

dom I've heard the same thing. Lots of people hitting rock bottom and taking their own lives on the drug.

[kiwiquad]

[quote name='speedywheelz'
Oh nand also, yea it will increase the risk of pressure sores as it reduces blood circulation (someone can correct me if i am wrong but i dont think so)

No need for a correction..tried & true from personal experience. After nursing a pressure sore for 4yrs, I gave up smoking for 3wks before a pending skinflap op & now the sore is almost gone.
Surgery is on the back-burner now.