ncfcfan85
29-08-14, 12:28
Another health worry to drive me nuts :(
On Sunday I was at a pub Summer garden festival where they had things like live music, BBQs, bouncy castles for the kids etc. I went along with my housemate who noticed one stand was selling (or rather lending) "shisha"s. I don't know if that is the correct name but more is online and they look like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah#mediaviewer/File:Hookah_2.jpg
Now I've never smoked in my life and have no intention to, but my housemate just kept going on about them being perfectly safe as it is "just water vapour". The compère on the mic at the stage was also sort of advertising them to the large crowd (I could see many people using them at their tables) and he was also emphasizing the fact that they are "safe and legal" - finally my housemate, in an effort to convince me to have a go, got the guys from the shisha stall to come over and explain that they are safe. So I had a couple of "puffs" on this thing. Now because I'd never smoked, I didn't have a clue what the hell I was supposed to be doing, and I could gather it wasn't working very well (I was doing it through a small, plastic extension pipe so that I wasn't puffing on the same pipe as my friend, OCD and all that) so I gave up.
Next day, my throat felt horrific. 5 days later, my throat still feels horrific and now I have pain behind my ears, in my ears and all around my neck. I'm also having rather unpleasant results when I go to the toilet, if you know what I mean :( I don't know what's going on but I can only contribute it to this damn Shisha thing that I didn't even want to have a go on, but now I can't stop thinking about what an idiot I am for doing it. I only did it because I thought it was safe and "just water vapour" but upon Googling it, it seems there is tobacco involved, so I was lied to, and that makes me even more angry. My friend knows I didn't want to have a go and knows I have massive hypochondria, but I still did it.
He thinks what I am feeling now is just my hypochondria but the fact is my neck, ears and throat all hurt a lot. I've been trying strepsils for my throat but seeing no improvement. What do you think I should do? Does anyone think it is likely to be the Shisha thing or just a co-incidence??
Thanks
On Sunday I was at a pub Summer garden festival where they had things like live music, BBQs, bouncy castles for the kids etc. I went along with my housemate who noticed one stand was selling (or rather lending) "shisha"s. I don't know if that is the correct name but more is online and they look like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah#mediaviewer/File:Hookah_2.jpg
Now I've never smoked in my life and have no intention to, but my housemate just kept going on about them being perfectly safe as it is "just water vapour". The compère on the mic at the stage was also sort of advertising them to the large crowd (I could see many people using them at their tables) and he was also emphasizing the fact that they are "safe and legal" - finally my housemate, in an effort to convince me to have a go, got the guys from the shisha stall to come over and explain that they are safe. So I had a couple of "puffs" on this thing. Now because I'd never smoked, I didn't have a clue what the hell I was supposed to be doing, and I could gather it wasn't working very well (I was doing it through a small, plastic extension pipe so that I wasn't puffing on the same pipe as my friend, OCD and all that) so I gave up.
Next day, my throat felt horrific. 5 days later, my throat still feels horrific and now I have pain behind my ears, in my ears and all around my neck. I'm also having rather unpleasant results when I go to the toilet, if you know what I mean :( I don't know what's going on but I can only contribute it to this damn Shisha thing that I didn't even want to have a go on, but now I can't stop thinking about what an idiot I am for doing it. I only did it because I thought it was safe and "just water vapour" but upon Googling it, it seems there is tobacco involved, so I was lied to, and that makes me even more angry. My friend knows I didn't want to have a go and knows I have massive hypochondria, but I still did it.
He thinks what I am feeling now is just my hypochondria but the fact is my neck, ears and throat all hurt a lot. I've been trying strepsils for my throat but seeing no improvement. What do you think I should do? Does anyone think it is likely to be the Shisha thing or just a co-incidence??
Thanks