by Strawb » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:09 pm
by Big Phil » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:10 pm
dedja wrote:Well done Phil ... smartest move you've ever made.
by JK » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:22 am
by GirlPower74 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:09 am
by Psyber » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:27 am
I tried it a bit about age 11 but never really took it up.GirlPower74 wrote:I've never smoked in my life. The smell of the stuff makes me physically sick. But I don't mind if other people want to do it.
by Jase » Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:50 am
Psyber wrote:I tried it a bit about age 11 but never really took it up.GirlPower74 wrote:I've never smoked in my life. The smell of the stuff makes me physically sick. But I don't mind if other people want to do it.
I take Strawb's point about it being a legal habit and smoker's having rights too, but it is a problem when you can't enter a building without inhaling the stuff because of all the people hanging around the doors.
Too much exposure tends to give me migraine, but if I'm careful I can avoid it usually.
It was much worse for my wife who had severe asthma later in her life, and even a small dose of any smoke could trigger a bad attack.
[It was a neighbour burning off grass before approved hours, and before we got the house sealed up for it, that actually triggered the attack that killed her.]
by A Mum » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:00 am
Jase wrote:Psyber that's terrible and I'm sorry to hear that ...
I have a little boy who is 7 and has been admitted to hospital twice with asthma and pneumonia, plus at least 4 other trips to the emergency dept for just his asthma. It's scary how quickly he reacts to smoke so any smokers who don't think their habit is hurting anyone else is full of cr@p...
It's scary how quickly he can go from breathing normally to barely being able to breathe at all...
Rant over
by Jase » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:11 am
A Mum wrote:Jase wrote:Psyber that's terrible and I'm sorry to hear that ...
I have a little boy who is 7 and has been admitted to hospital twice with asthma and pneumonia, plus at least 4 other trips to the emergency dept for just his asthma. It's scary how quickly he reacts to smoke so any smokers who don't think their habit is hurting anyone else is full of cr@p...
It's scary how quickly he can go from breathing normally to barely being able to breathe at all...
Rant over
Too true.
I have had many asthma attacks in my life - 2 as an adult where they reckon I only just got to hospital in time.
And many as a kid.
My eldest son also an asthmatic - I remember going to the doctors because he was having trouble breathing - and while in the waiting room I thought he had fallen asleep on the carpet floor - however it turned out that he had deteriorated so much he was just basically lying there - much to my horror on realising - the doctor scooped him up and raced him onto the oxygen etc - we were in a Royal Flying Doctor clinic - so that was lucky !!
One in relation to smoking though...
When I was 15 I was in a hotel with my family.
Some guy lit up a cigarette right next to where my mum and I were sitting - we knew him (although not well) - my mum asked him would he mind moving away a bit with his cigarette - that I was asthmatic - within a split second he took a huge drag on his cigarette turned to me and blew the whole mouthful of smoke into my face - he thought it was hillarious - I was in hospital having a major asthma attack within about 30 minutes.
At least asthma is understood more now - I remember my year 7 teacher making me do laps of the school oval as he thought I was 'faking' having an asthma attack / not being able to breathe - he believed me when I basically collapsed - I still remember my mum marching through the school gates and heading straight for him
by A Mum » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:16 am
Jase wrote: We know of a little girl 5 years old who last year had an asthma attack at her grand parents place near Mallala. The grandma packed up the kids (there were 2 other sisters with them) and started to drive to the Medical Clinic. By the time they had got there, 10 minutes later, the little one and died in her 12 year old sisters arms...
Any time my little one has an attack now, it's an ambulance ride...
If any pr!ck intentionally blew smoke into my little boys face, he too would be making a trip to the hospital....
by Magpiespower » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:25 am
Psyber wrote:I take Strawb's point about it being a legal habit and smoker's having rights too, but it is a problem when you can't enter a building without inhaling the stuff because of all the people hanging around the doors.
by A Mum » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:35 am
Magpiespower wrote:Psyber wrote:I take Strawb's point about it being a legal habit and smoker's having rights too, but it is a problem when you can't enter a building without inhaling the stuff because of all the people hanging around the doors.
If there's one thing worse than smoking it's...
Smokers with a victim mentality who squeal about "smokers rights".
Smoke if you want. But not around me. Coz I don't want your foul stench wafting in my face.
Grew up in a family of smokers and I absolutely hate it with a passion...
by CK » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:39 am
by Bum Crack » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:47 am
by stampy » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:48 am
by dedja » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:59 am
by A Mum » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:06 pm
dedja wrote:Apologies in advance to those that do smoke, but I have never and will never understand it.
To those that have given up well done, you've just added both quality and years to your life.
To those that respect others when they smoke, also well done.
My father tried hard to get enough cancer to kill himself a few years ago but luckily didn't succeed. He used to cough his guts up every morning for years and years until diagnosed with the big C.
Thankfully he hasn't touched it since.
Mum, my 13yo has asthma and if someone blew smoke in her face to hospitalise her I would end up in front of a jury.
by dedja » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:10 pm
by JK » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:20 pm
A Mum wrote:I just always put it down to asthma not being well understood all those years ago when I was a kid.
Pretty sure that kind of thing wouldn't happen these days.
by A Mum » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:25 pm
by Gingernuts » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:30 pm
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