Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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- Craggy Island
Indeed!
Smoking - did but don't. You?
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Mother smoked, father never. Mother died at 60, father survived a stroke several weeks ago and is virtually fully recovered from it now.
A surgical conference I attended had an amazing presentation from a vascular consultant at UHSM (Wythenshawe). He received a call from the ambulance service about a patient coming in, blue light, with a suspected aortic aneurysm rupture. Now they're not allowed to reveal names but something in this case HAD to be said. So this patient's initials were shown to us and they were A McC. About to leave for the day, he popped his head around the door to ask his Snr Reg if his op was going well and noticed the patient being operated on was A McC and procedure, aortic aneurysm repair. Everything fine, he went home.
The following day, he discovered that A McC had died as a result of the ruptured aneurysm but his Snr Reg had gone home. Doing his ward round, he discovered a patient A McC in one of the beds. Reading his notes, he discovered this was the patient his Snr Reg had operated on and it was for an enlarged aneurysm which had been treated. Confused, he started asking around in A&E to discover the patient who'd died had a first name beginning with A and the same second name as the patient operated on. He further discovered they lived in the same town and were twin brothers.
When A McC came to, he went to deliver the bad news and informed him, 'Terribly sorry but your brother's died.' The guy filled up and said, 'poor Alan.' The consultant assumed he was confused from the anaesthetic and said, 'no, not Alan, Adam.' The patient looked shocked. 'Adam? You're sure it was Adam and not Alan?' This was confirmed to him so the consultant asked who Alan was. They weren't twins, they were triplets. The patient had sought medical advice after his mother had died of...an aortic aneurysm rupture and his investigation unveiled he had an enlarged aneurysm that needed treating. Adam hadn't had his checked and it had ruptured and killed him.
Now it was imperative they track down Alan as there was a family time bomb ticking in his chest. They eventually found him and rushed him in to discover his aorta was perfectly fine and no trace of aneurysm.
Mother died, one of triplets died of the same condition and one of the triplets saved from death of the same condition but the third triplet was clear. Why was this? Investigations revealed mother smoked, Adam smoked, Andrew smoked, Alan didn't smoke.
A lesson for all of us there, I think. All the hospitals I go in to tend to have creaky looking middle-aged people wheeling themselves around in wheelchairs with one or both lower limbs amputated and you can bet you'll be more right than wrong guessing the cause of the losses.
A surgical conference I attended had an amazing presentation from a vascular consultant at UHSM (Wythenshawe). He received a call from the ambulance service about a patient coming in, blue light, with a suspected aortic aneurysm rupture. Now they're not allowed to reveal names but something in this case HAD to be said. So this patient's initials were shown to us and they were A McC. About to leave for the day, he popped his head around the door to ask his Snr Reg if his op was going well and noticed the patient being operated on was A McC and procedure, aortic aneurysm repair. Everything fine, he went home.
The following day, he discovered that A McC had died as a result of the ruptured aneurysm but his Snr Reg had gone home. Doing his ward round, he discovered a patient A McC in one of the beds. Reading his notes, he discovered this was the patient his Snr Reg had operated on and it was for an enlarged aneurysm which had been treated. Confused, he started asking around in A&E to discover the patient who'd died had a first name beginning with A and the same second name as the patient operated on. He further discovered they lived in the same town and were twin brothers.
When A McC came to, he went to deliver the bad news and informed him, 'Terribly sorry but your brother's died.' The guy filled up and said, 'poor Alan.' The consultant assumed he was confused from the anaesthetic and said, 'no, not Alan, Adam.' The patient looked shocked. 'Adam? You're sure it was Adam and not Alan?' This was confirmed to him so the consultant asked who Alan was. They weren't twins, they were triplets. The patient had sought medical advice after his mother had died of...an aortic aneurysm rupture and his investigation unveiled he had an enlarged aneurysm that needed treating. Adam hadn't had his checked and it had ruptured and killed him.
Now it was imperative they track down Alan as there was a family time bomb ticking in his chest. They eventually found him and rushed him in to discover his aorta was perfectly fine and no trace of aneurysm.
Mother died, one of triplets died of the same condition and one of the triplets saved from death of the same condition but the third triplet was clear. Why was this? Investigations revealed mother smoked, Adam smoked, Andrew smoked, Alan didn't smoke.
A lesson for all of us there, I think. All the hospitals I go in to tend to have creaky looking middle-aged people wheeling themselves around in wheelchairs with one or both lower limbs amputated and you can bet you'll be more right than wrong guessing the cause of the losses.
ArDee
Guru
- Location
- North of Buntingford, Hetfordshire
Little bit like asterix, had my first and only drag on a cigarette when at school – as everybody else was, 1[sup]st[/sup] thought was how do they do that!
Not smoked since, although, both my parents did and my sister does.
snailracer
Über Member
Often you'll find they are wheeling themselves outside for a fag.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Never smoked in my life and never will.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
It's not quite so amusing if you have a family member who was a crackhead for many years... it doesn't just happen in gangsta rap, I'm sorry to say.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
Yes, what actually happens in cases like that?? I mean, how does it happen?
....Except from a big saw of course
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
For the first time in quite a while tonight, I was really tempted to buy some baccy and a pack of liquorice Rizlas ... I'm having a beer instead.
Yes, what actually happens in cases like that?? I mean, how does it happen?
....Except from a big saw of course
Fags, arteries, blockages, amputations. S'not rocket science just cause-and-effect simplicity.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
As I thought, but I was just wondering anyway as when you hear of the effects of smoking, you never hear about it, it's always the lungs this and the lungs that. Lungs lungs lungs! what an attention whore those lungs are! 
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Filthy... just plain filthy.
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
OP
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swee'pea99
Squire
fenfirsttimer
Well-Known Member
- Location
- The Fens
Not smoked for 25 years & now can't stand the smell of stale tobacco, ashtrays etc etc
I used to smoke 25 to 30 a day and realise that my poor stamina & breathlessness may be the past catching up with me....
I used to smoke 25 to 30 a day and realise that my poor stamina & breathlessness may be the past catching up with me....
marshmella
Guru
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
Not smoked for 25 years & now can't stand the smell of stale tobacco, ashtrays etc etc
I used to smoke 25 to 30 a day and realise that my poor stamina & breathlessness may be the past catching up with me....
It's probably an urban myth, but i thought that if you quit smoking it takes seven years for your body to recover. like i say i heard it somewhere a long time ago.
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