i'm dying - Lung & Respiratory Disorders / COPD Message Board

marz · 03-12-2003, 12:44 AM

hi. i have some sort of lung damage from smoking weed. when i smokid it i woild hold it in as long as possible, some times for up to 50 seconds. on day i was smoking and i felt something tear in my chest. ever since i've been having pains on the entire left side of my body. i smoked cigarette and i felt pain run down through my lek like i'e damaged an important artery. i even get head ahes on that side of my brain. i've been readind stuff and i thought that i had an angina, so i wnt to the hospital, but they said they didn't see anything on the x-ray. i also think that the nerves on the left side of my body are dying and it doesn't seem like my blood is flowing the way it used to. I even get pains in my genitals. I think i'm dying. i recently read that some cells in my lungs could be dead. i was wondrering what are the chances of my lungs and body healing to the state they were in before i started smoking. i've been smoking weed and cigarettes for about 2 and a half years, and i smoked weed and cigarretes for about a month and a half after my first injury and once i felt a strange tingling sensation in my damaged lung. i haven't had anything to smoke for about a month now, but it still feels like my nerves and/or arteries all over my body ( including my brain ) are dying or breaking or something. i can hear my left brain move when i shake my head. can some one please help me, i'm 23, have no money, and i dont want to die. i appreciate any help.

thanks for your time
marc

wrin · 03-12-2003, 08:26 PM

Some of these symptoms could just be you over-reacting and some of them could be important.

Problem is, it's tough to tell which is which until you get a better idea of what's going on.

You really need to get to a doctor and have testing done to find out what's wrong with you. Tell him exactly what you just said to us.

I know doctors cost money and you don't have any, but frankly, there really isn't anything that anybody on this board can tell you for-sure, for lack of a medical diagnostic center and the ability to poke at you in person.

HRATL · 05-26-2003, 02:11 PM

Just checking to see how you are feeling now? Have you went to the Dr yet? Please let us know...We care!

sparkels1228 · 05-27-2003, 12:22 AM

Hi Marc,
I am so sorry you are going through so much and are feeling so scared and alone,I wish I could help you.
The only thing I can do is to tell you about smoking,If you quit now,you will greatly increase your chances of your lungs returning to as close to what they were when you started smoking.
Marc,I am 38 and I smoked for 28 years,i started when i was 10 years old,and as you have probably seen by my messages for help,that i am now having a biopsy done on my left lung because I have a mass in my left lung,and I also have emphyzema at age 38.
PLEASE stop smoking NOW,use the patch,gum,anything to quit,just quit now,I used the patch and A prescription medication called Welbutrin to quit in January,and it worked.
Try looking in your phone book or a county office for a clinic or County Hospital that helps people with no insurance.
Good Luck,I will pray for you. ROSE

Eagle · 06-01-2003, 03:32 PM

And you might feel more confident if you did a web search first as homework, right? Search term is the problem. "Damage from Smoking Weed"?

I'd probably make a list of what damages are possible and heard of, which your symptoms might suggest.

Keep us posted, okay? We really do care.