The hole in the nose thing.

[wolfontherun]

Ok I have always been a bit confued about this. I mean where exactly would the hole be? Does she mean that she has a third hole in there?

[JazmenFlowers]

there's a hole inside her nose. I believe in her septum. from an interview I remember her saying it is the size of a dime/quarter. that's why she said the doctor told her the next time she did coke, it could go straight to her brain, cause an aneurism and she could die.

[steviefan59]

i wonder about the asprin story tho...i don't know if i'm wrong but i always heard the hole was from excessive coke snorting...i suffer from migraines and i know sticking some asprin up ur nose isn't going to take the headache away...jmho but i think she was fudging the truth here...anyone else? take care...pat

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by steviefan59

i wonder about the asprin story tho...i don't know if i'm wrong but i always heard the hole was from excessive coke snorting...i suffer from migraines and i know sticking some asprin up ur nose isn't going to take the headache away...jmho but i think she was fudging the truth here...anyone else? take care...pat

I didn't read it as if she were blaming Aspirin for the hole in her nose as she's publicly and on television said that the hole is from cocaine use.

[David]

I don't know what Stevie was doing shoving aspirin up her nose. The usual -- & recommended -- method of delivery, as you know, is to swallow it with some water.

Apparently, this link between internal nose damage & cocaine use has affected other people, too. Someone named Dirk Diggler (that must be a nom de guerre) wrote:

I fell into a 4 month binge with cocaine and I just had an eye opener. I basically lost control. Yesterday I felt a little hole on the inside of my nostril against the septum. It seemed like a layer of skin had deteriorated. After that heart stopping find, I began to do some research into the connection of cocaine and my find and learned that cocaine can eventually cause serious damage to the septum and nasal cavity. My question is...Is there a thin layer of skin that covers the cartlidge that is the septum? I suppose I needed this discovery to open my eyes and I realize what I have done to myself. Right now I am more scared that what I discovered is permanent and I may need surgery. It must have appeared recently because I have never noticed it before. I don't feel that it is a deep hole, but more like a skin had deteriorated and left the cartilidge bare. This was enough of a scare for me to completely stop my use. I had not known that this could occur until I did my research. Since I am stopping my use, is there a skin that will grow over the hole or is it bare cartlidge naturally there and I caused damage directly to my septum's cartlidge. I feel that if a skin will grow back, I will have been lucky and need to use this as an opportunity to straighten my act. I'm not looking for sympathy or lecture, just some help in understanding what is going to happen. The thought of all of this is deeply concerning me and I need to know if I can let it heal itself. I know cartlidge does not grow back, but is there a skin that grow back over. I don't believe that I caused damage to the cartlidge itself.

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addict...ges/30642.html

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by David

I don't know what Stevie was doing shoving aspirin up her nose. The usual -- & recommended -- method of delivery, as you know, is to swallow it with some water.

I was wondering about this myself, but I didn't want to say anything. I was thinking that maybe I've been using aspirin wrong all of these years. Like, should I be putting the Bayer tablet in my eye or something?

I mean, you do have pain relievers that you apply directly to the source, like Ben Gay or Ambesol, but I'm not familiar with nose aspirin . . . Michele

[steviefan59]

omg lmao michele...that's what i was thinking...i should have put the asprin on my head for my head aches...anyway thanks for clearing up the issue...i was sure it was cocaine that did it...as to david's question skin does grow back but as to whether cartilage has skin growing over it i don't think so...to find out more about cartilage repair just google that and read up on it or see ur dr...take care...pat

[Tango]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I was wondering about this myself, but I didn't want to say anything. I was thinking that maybe I've been using aspirin wrong all of these years. Like, should I be putting the Bayer tablet in my eye or something?

I mean, you do have pain relievers that you apply directly to the source, like Ben Gay or Ambesol, but I'm not familiar with nose aspirin . . . Michele

Yep, it's generic name is acetylsalicylic acid! Cocaine's been taking a bum rap for years!

[kathy1]

i have never seen or heard anything about this. is it true?

[Tango]

Originally Posted by kathy1

i have never seen or heard anything about this. is it true?

Do you mean is the aspirin thing true, Kathy? Yes, read that article from Scotsman.

[kathy1]

thank you.

[HejiraNYC]

Ironic, idn' it? I guess Prince wasn't her only muse...

[danax6]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Ironic, idn' it? I guess Prince wasn't her only muse...

^That stuff goes up the nose? That's hilarious!

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by danax6

^That stuff goes up the nose? That's hilarious!

Actually it's supposed to be taken orally, but I could definitely see how a veteran cokehead wouldn't have a problem snorting it. Considering that this stuff also contains caffeine, I wonder if it was cut in with the coke to boost the rush. "Take me home, Stanback, Stanback..."

[MirrorInTheSky]

I spoke with a friend a few months back who interviewed Stevie for a magazine. During the interview, my friend claims that Stevie performed her signature party trick by threading a scarf through the hole in her septum and pulling the scarf through her nose. Weird.