This all seems a bit fishy to me. First, the whole scenario of smoking leading to two weeks of pain seems improbable at best The OP joined the forum on Friday at 5 pm, and he posted this thread at 6 pm. Between Friday and Saturday, he posted 4 times -- all to this thread. He's authored no other content other than to react to a few posts -- again only on this thread. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck; it must be a duck.