Coughing too hard gave me a hernia!

[Skip]

Yup! Smoking so much strong stuff over so many years has caused me to get an umbilical hernia (belly button sticks out too far). It can be painful and require surgery to fix.

Chronic coughing is a leading cause of this kind of hernia.

So I just want to warn those people who chronically cough due to smoking cannabis or extracts. I'm talking the kind of cough where you think your lungs are going to pop out of your mouth.

I notice people using oil, shatter, waxes etc. have this kind of cough. Mine was just from strong pot (mostly sour bubble).

So if you find yourself coughing uncontrollably, it might not affect you when you're still young, slim and active. But for us older folk who might be even slightly overweight, it's a big risk factor. It takes time to weaken the abdominal wall, but once it breaks, it can't be undone except by surgery.

Now I can no longer smoke! So I'm now doing tincture and edibles and an occasional CO2 extract (no coughing!!!).

While it makes me sad that I can't enjoy smoking, esp with others, I know I'm doing the best thing for my health.

So if you cough chronically, keep an eye on your belly button! Or go easy on the heavy stuff.

 

[Stoner4Life]

Bummer Skip, hope you get it fixed soon and get back to some puff puff passin'



EDIT:
I've bruised/popped a few ribs over the years stifling coughs or having sneezing fits, 2 or 3 weeks later it's back to good again but hurts like a bitch until then.......

 

[CosmicGiggle]

..... sour bubble, huh! thanks for the recommendation, I've been looking for something 'strong'.

Oh yeah, sorry for your hernia Skip.

 

[OakyJoe]

Chronic coughing is a leading cause of this kind of hernia.

wow! never knowed!

 

[trichrider]

sorry for your predicament, smoking is so hard to abstain from, but good reason to quit.

I've got chronic cough and worry more about an aneurism or stroke than a humble hernia, fact is i've never given hernia a second thought...till now.

hope you can get that taken care of and accept that smoking is now just a pleasant memory.

regards
'rider

 

[barnyard]

I've got one to. I'd post a pic but I don't think y'all are prepared for such a site!

 

[Mikell]

Ouch, sorry to hear. Hopefully the surgery goes well

This was my biggest fear with dabs, but I thought it was just paranoia..

 

[admiralcornport]

hey skip, I have the same...

happened about 12 yrs ago. coughing my brains out over and over.

Mine is about the size of a tennis ball, and I can stuff the intestines back in by pushing on it.

How bout you?

 

[420mt]

I have had 1 for 6 or so yrs got sick of looking at my shirt sticking out so I bought a Copper fit back support to help keep it inside, This support kicks ass totally comfortable and I get lower back support also I am going to get loproscopic surgery on it this fall, it's around 2500$$, I wish I would have bought the copper fit sooner

 

[vostok]

Chronic coughing is a leading cause of this kind of hernia.

the coughing is cause your lungs are irritated...reduce the irritation use a bong to reduce the smoke temp, or a vaporizer I'm booked for one on my 60th...by far the best is to reduce all that shit in your weed, and cure it my way ...

here: http://forum.grasscity.com/blog/1093/entry-13371-water-cure/

I'm sure you can afford 3 days spare at the end of harvest..?

 

[DrFever]

i have coughed so hard i shit my self haha

 

[Weird]

I have a hernia from working out that pops out when I cough.

Coughing can cause lung damage as well as other maladies. For years I have put in great efforts to get my plants to feed off their leaf stores before harvest, I found this and a good cure really reduces the cough.

 

[D. B. Doober]

i have coughed so hard i shit my self haha

Got some Bubba Kush once and coughed so hard liquid poop shot out of my ass....and I still had a mile to go. Got to the coffeeshop and washed my ass in the sink...then when I got home took a shower and scrubbed my ass and it was so raw that there was an audible scream from the bathroom

 

[McKush]

^^TMI man, TMI DBD. one word for you, Depends.

 

[vostok]

Hernia from memory is you tear the lining or skin between you tummy muscles and your guts, can be painful, but rarely does it fix itself, better for a doc to sew it up, many leave it and suffer ..but I may be wrong..?

 

[unk1]

big time bummer.... there's gotta be some strains that would be worth puffing on that won't make ya cough? medibles are always fun though

Bummer Skip, hope you get it fixed soon and get back to some puff puff passin'



EDIT:
I've bruised/popped a few ribs over the years stifling coughs or having sneezing fits, 2 or 3 weeks later it's back to good again but hurts like a bitch until then.......

that hurts like a bitch! i've slipped a rib from coughing on some concentrates before... i try to stay away from that stuff now.

 

[LEF]

Thanks for the warning

Was thinking how dabs seem like least smoking of material, and now i hear how it can be dangerous.

Dont smoke many dabs personally.

 

[hush]

Thanks for the heads up, Skip, and sorry for your prognosis. Coughing sure does intuitively feel violent, like it could do some damage under the right circumstances. I do everything in my power to avoid heavy hits, especially when vaping oils. But sometimes it happens.

I need to get more into sublingual dosing...

 

[Skip]

Thanks for all the well wishes and commiserating!

Sorry to hear so many others have the same issue, but I figured I wasn't alone and needed to warn others.

I have pushed the hernia back in the past, but now it won't go back! So that's what made me decide to give up smoking.

I'm not rushing to surgery yet. I've had it for a few years, but just recently it got worse (with my last crop of Sour Bubble). The prob for me with that one strain is it seems to stick very well to the lungs and it takes a lot of extra effort to cough it up. I guess the rest will have to go into tincture or butter.

And the benefits of not smoking to your lungs and heart cannot be understated!

I'm actually enjoying the tincture and edibles more than ever now.

 

[DrFever]

Thanks for all the well wishes and commiserating!

Sorry to hear so many others have the same issue, but I figured I wasn't alone and needed to warn others.

I have pushed the hernia back in the past, but now it won't go back! So that's what made me decide to give up smoking.

I'm not rushing to surgery yet. I've had it for a few years, but just recently it got worse (with my last crop of Sour Bubble). The prob for me with that one strain is it seems to stick very well to the lungs and it takes a lot of extra effort to cough it up. I guess the rest will have to go into tincture or butter.

And the benefits of not smoking to your lungs and heart cannot be understated!

I'm actually enjoying the tincture and edibles more than ever now.

You know skip TBO i hate smoking weed i am all about edibles vapour usually only weed i keep goes out the door i always preferred hash oil over bud my next harvest is all going into E vap