A friend was recently admitted to hospital
as she had blood clots forming in her legs
and was told this was related to smoking.
She's had an op to remove the clots and
while in hospital she was on one of those
automated syringes to administer a very
gradual and small dose of something to
open up her arteries - had the side effect
of making her flushed and feel hot.
Her toes were in a bad shape and was lucky
not to have had some or all of them
amputated although I believe this is
looking like she's now "safe" I'm not 100%
sure there still could be a chance one toe
can't be saved.
The doctors have told her she must never
smoke again.
My question is this. There are five of us
in total and we're all smokers. I've taken
to smoke outside as I'm very worried about
the passive smoke but her partner is sayng
it's safe because it's the nicotine and
carbon monoxide that causes this disease.
Am I right to worry and carry on smoking
outside or is he right and she's fine as
long as she doesn't smoke herself?
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