Just released from ER to be met with severe ignorance

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OK…I feel the need to make this thread because of the complete ignorance and beliefs the general public has towards the vaping world scares the shit out of me on the future.

Very briefly on why I was in the ER to begin with-

I came in to work at 6am this morning and when I pulled in I simply reach behind my passenger seat to grab my bag when I was struck with a severe pain in the middle of my back. Assuming I must of pulled a muscle I went on about my morning although I was in some nasty pain and couldn’t move or take deep breaths. Around 730am the pain had double and I was hunched over from my pain which was in the middle of my back and it was deep! Best way to describe it was spine/lung muscle pain…my breathing got worse and to the point I collapsed.
Thankfully the is an ER across the street from my job and my crew rushed me there. After a slew of tests they told me I had a collapsed lung and pulled a muscle/pinched nerve around my spinal area. Long story short a breathing/oxygen treatment worked and re-inflated my lung without having to have a nasty procedure done (thank f’ing god)
So all of this was caused from reaching back and getting my bag. Twisted the wrong way at the right time I guess…so I went back to work to talk to my staff and was heading home to lay down, also I haven’t vaped today because, well, I can barely breath on my own let alone vape…

This brings me to the point of the thread…

The owners were there and the FIRST thing out of his mouth was “you have to throw that electronic thing in the garbage man” I said, what my ecig? WTF does that have to do with any of this?? “Well it’s OBVIOUSLY not good for you and really fucked up your lungs to the point they collapsed” his wife steps in on this and says “Well what would you think would happen when you put anti-freeze into your lungs” "I mean I don’t know what they PUT IN THOSE THING but it is obviously harmful"
At this point I am still in pain, exhausted and pissed off and not in the mood to go into my whole defense preach, so I just say, “Vaping or even if I smoked fucking cigarette has NOTHING to do with the fact I messed up my back and collapsed my lung”

2 more people chime in with their “knowledge” saying basically the same bullshit and telling me to throw all my stuff in the garbage!?
I haven’t even told them what happened in the ER or what the doctor said at this point and already I have 4 people on a witch hunt and jumping on my ass blaming the fact I vape??

I don’t even bother fighting and I walk out to go home when 1 more person asks me “Yo, you ok man?” I tell him what happened and he tells me I should really think about stopping vaping, I tell him to F off and get in my car and leave…

I just still cannot believe the ignorance the general public have about vaping and how obviously quick they are to damn it ONLY because I had a (unrelated) issue with my lung!?! I wont get into all of this because we have all talked about it and there’s no dead horse beating here but WOW.

The response I just got SCARES THE SHIT out of me for the upcoming storm! Just how insanely quick people are to point their finger at vaping before having ANY facts on the situation or even vaping itself!!!

I just wanted to share this little story with you guys, if there is anyone that would understand it would be all of you!!

For now I’m at home resting and enjoying some good motherf@#$ing juices!!!

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Damn, man! That sounds like one rough and very annoying day! Glad that you’re alright though! Hurt your back and collapsed a lung by reaching behind you - never heard of that - that’s quite an impressive feat! :slight_smile:

As for your colleagues?

http://www.laslow.net/reactiongifs/Batch02/Facepalm.gif

I hope someone, somehow, changes their mind!

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Yeah thats the other crazy thing!! I have no idea how that could even happen! The doctor said the collapsed lung thing (pneumothorax) happens, especially to people that are tall and thin like myself. Makes me feel like a sissy though haha! Aww poor little guy hurt himself reaching into the back seat :…(

:wink:

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Oy frickin’ vey! Some people’s kids need to learn when to shut their pie holes and keep their opinions to themselves. So sorry for what you went through and then having to deal with ignoramuses on top of it! Sheesh. I’m glad you’re okay and didn’t murder anyone. :wink: Get some rest and forget the close-minded.

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Glad you’re recuperating nicely! But DAMN!

Yes, I have a couple of herniated disks in my lower back. I have to be extremely careful how I lift things, or its back to Duke Hospital and sign the form where it says I can’t sue them, should I not be able to get off the table after they jab my back with a needle full of steroids! No fun! EVER!

Read your post again and for the folks that gave their expert opinion on vaping products, all I have to say is…wow! I bet they think the earth is only 6000 years old as well!

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No it wasn’t the people at the hospital saying this, it was at my work afterwards. The owners, my staff and other people

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Yeah, I had to go back and make sure it wasn’t the physicians saying any of that, thus the edit!

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Perhaps if you showed them some of the research on the “lack” of evidence that vaping is harmful. Or maybe even take your e-cig in, break out the various items you use to make liquid and show them.

Nah…fuck that! Problem is most people are ignorant to vaping facts, especially concerning health. So when they see a person doing something they don’t understand, then see the person hurt, well their natural response is to put two and two together to equal 4. My guess is they care about you enough to say what they did, however misguided they are. Get back from the lung issue. Get your strength back. Then go have a complete workup on your chest. Take the results to them and show what vaping has done to (for) you.

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I wish they were only ignorant about vaping. They are usually ignorant about everything! Never stops them from spouting their opinions about everything they know nothing about.
You must have had a hell of a horrible day! Hope you get well soon so you can blow them a big cloud when they open their traps next time. That’ll make em run @#*%$ :chicken:s

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The problem is that they think they do understand. It looks like smoking. You put something in your mouth, suck on it and blow something out. If it looks like smoking it must be smoking and smoking is bad for you, everybody knows that.
It’s the, I fit my coat, my coat fits in my bag so therefore I fit in my bag, kinda logic people use. And don’t forget it has been on telly and in the newspaper so it must be true!

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Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Bad day just doesn’t seem to cover it. At least you’re still around to give us hell. You’re now living proof the propaganda machine is working…

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Wow…man…sorry about your crappy day…glad you’ll be okay though! As for your co-workers, I must agree with @SthrnMixer that these people must care about you to put their two cents in, however, if it is genuine care that made them say such ignorant things then maybe they deserve a second chance to learn about what vaping truly is from you.

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If they won’t listen to you then oh well, there will always be ignorant people in this world who are just looking for something to b#*%h about!!!

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Wonder if they have discovered that the Earth is round yet, or is that yet to come…

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Thank you guys so much for all your kind words, I’m alright just confined to a bed and a heating pad staring at my mixing station thinking “I can sit there for at least 1 hour and make something right?”…nope…DAMN!!

As for my colleagues, they ALL are great and wonderful people and actually close friends! I hope I didn’t come across like I was angry with them directly (except for the last guy I told to F off cause he really is a twat hehe) the truth is I love those guys and they do totally care!! My anger, for the lack of a better word, is toward the people that put those thoughts in their heads to begin with and the fact that, as @ringling put it, it’s proof the propaganda machine is working. That’s where it breaks my heart.
I do plan on showing some of these guys what’s up about vaping, if they want to take the time to learn that is. Some of them have actually shown interest but they only know what has been vomitted out in the media and false "research"
I just hope the ignorance doesn’t have deep roots and I really felt today that I think it may…

Anyways thank you all for your words again–I appreciate ya!

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Here’s a little something for all THOSE people…enjoy!

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Whaaaaaat!!! Get the F out of here, you’re kidding me right? It’s a tabernacle, everybody knows that! It says so in the Good Book! And Yes @Jimk it is 6000 years old and we used to saddle up dinosaurs and the proof of that is in a museum somewhere in the good ol US of A. There was even a woman in the senate recently, defending the opening of a Uranium mine and she said the earth had survived for 6000 years and it would also survive the mine. I mean come on, to be a member of the senate you must be very, very smart so you’re all wrong and it only proves that vaping is really, really bad for you and obviously affected your brains. The evidence is there for everybody to see but you vapers are just to dumb because of these clouds that come out of your mouth.

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I read it on the internet, it must be true…My Bartender told me, it must be true…Obama said it, it must be true…Hilary said it, it must be true…THE FDA SAID IT, IT MUST BE TRUE…lol

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Best wishes for a speedy recovery and unfortunately this is why our vaping is going to regulated. Like I said yesterday. They are smart enough to know everything and ignorant enough to believe they do.

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Hey man glad you’re OK. That sounds like a frightening experience. The ignorance from the general public as well as the medical professionals is just astounding. I keep hearing and reading from the “pros” that they “read” or “heard” about the dangers without actually doing the research themselves. Your average vaping enthusiast is far more educated than the average medical professional when it comes to vaping. Scares the shit outta me.

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