Smoking is bad....UPDATE

[Queen of Poop]

My mom's sister (my aunt) has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Both my mom and her sister are heavy smokers. The sister quit the nasty habit 2 years ago though. My mom says the cancer isn't due to smoking, but rather that my aunt took birth control and prozac in her life. Mom needs to get her head out of the sand and realize her cough is from smoking and Auntie's cancer is from smoking!!

I am a non-smoker, never did it, never will.

[blue]

My aunt on my moms side has about a month left from all her years of smoking, cancer. My uncle was fighting a collapsed lung, a complication from when he was a smoker, not sure if cancer is involved.

My dads brother is fighting what is allmost cancer from smoking, not sure on the specifics.

That said Im gonna be a complete and total moron and have another ciggarette.

[Freedom]

I've never smoked, can't stand the smell of it.

We also have several family members dealing with cancer from chain smoking. It is tough to cope with, seeing what happens to them.

[Karen]

Please, blue, quit smoking now. I have seen too many people die untimely and painful deaths from a result of smoking.

And if my Dad can quit, anyone can. He did several years ago, and has felt better ever since.

Queen of Poop, I bet your mom knows deep inside that her cough is from her smoking, just cannot admit it to anyone else.

When my friend's grandmother was in the hospital, dying a painful death from lung cancer, my friend, her mother and sister all visited together. It was a rough time. When they were leaving, her mom turned to her sister and said "I need a cigarette, how about you?" My friend stopped them in their tracks and yelled at them, and said "Don't you see? Do YOU want to end your life like that?" They were stunned, and put off having a cigarette - at least until she left. Sigh.

[Pam]

I am so sorry. I lost an uncle to lung cancer. He had one of his lungs removed but didn't live much longer after that and it was pitiful to watch him trying to get air. My neighbor actually quit smoking and developed emphysema five years after quitting. Apparently the damage was already done. My hubby has been smoking for decades. It is a worry that I live with every day. At this point he has no plans to stop. Your post scares me because I feel that he will wind up like your aunt. I hope your mom will learn from this before it is too late. (((hugs)))

[blue]

Grandma on my moms side died from complications due to smoking for most her life. None of the nurses at the hospital during her last days couldnt or wouldnt say who was giving her ciggs but she would stick her head out of the window for a smoke until she couldnt get out of bed on her own anymore.

Yeah Im dumb.

[jennielynn1970]

Please, blue, quit smoking now. I have seen too many people die untimely and painful deaths from a result of smoking.

Do you really think it sounds like he cares to stop smoking?

[jennielynn1970]

My mom's sister (my aunt) has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Both my mom and her sister are heavy smokers. The sister quit the nasty habit 2 years ago though. My mom says the cancer isn't due to smoking, but rather that my aunt took birth control and prozac in her life. Mom needs to get her head out of the sand and realize her cough is from smoking and Auntie's cancer is from smoking!!

I am a non-smoker, never did it, never will.

I hope there will be something that doctors can do for your aunt. And that she will stop smoking. Hope your mom will stop as well.

Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.

[blue]

Do you really think it sounds like he cares to stop smoking?

I do care, I understand firsthand how addictive it is. Any other comments?

[DJFyrewolf36]

Smoking has a death grip on some people. I've seen first hand how hard quitting can be.

[Grace]

I do care, I understand firsthand how addictive it is. Any other comments?

I smoked for more years than I care to remember.

Then 10 years ago I got pneumonia. That was the best day of my life. I quit smoking, cold turkey. I was so sick I didn't even miss the cigs for about 5 days. By then I was past the worst of the cravings.

For the next year I thought about them a lot - but never gave in. Nowadays I truly don't even think about having one. I now know how I smelled when smoking - my clothes, the house, yuck.

My only advice - if you have a friend with pneumonia spend lots of time with him/her. Try to get really sick - that ought to help.

[blue]

Smoking has a death grip on some people. I've seen first hand how hard quitting can be.

I worked with a guy who quit not only smoking but mainlining heroin, he said heroin was easier to kick

I smoked for more years than I care to remember.

Then 10 years ago I got pneumonia. That was the best day of my life. I quit smoking, cold turkey. I was so sick I didn't even miss the cigs for about 5 days. By then I was past the worst of the cravings.

For the next year I thought about them a lot - but never gave in. Nowadays I truly don't even think about having one. I now know how I smelled when smoking - my clothes, the house, yuck.

My only advice - if you have a friend with pneumonia spend lots of time with him/her. Try to get really sick - that ought to help.

Before I started smoking I had bronchitus (sp) a number of years in a row and pneumonia once. Im not going to credit smoking for not having a reoccurence of either.

[Catty1]

I posted this link to a story on Paul Newman in General, but just the link. Some PTrs hoped he had a peaceful passing. I had a friend die of lung cancer...trouble is, it doesn't stay just in your lungs.

The priest at the church I go to talked about a course he went to years ago, where everyone there (all clergy) aimed to become totally willing to do anything that God wanted. Greg [our priest] was ready to be a missionary in Antartica, anything hard and drudging like that. But he kept getting the thought "I should stop smoking."

He REFUSED, telling God that. He had a family, and also a family history of male heart and other conditions. He lost a brother who was 52 years of age. He had every reason to quit.

His advice now to people who don't want to quit is to pray for the willingness.

Pray for the willingness.

One day, he was driving somewhere, opened the car window and threw his cigarettes out. That was it. The willingness and readiness arrived.

So pray for it please, friends.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429177,00.html

It’s been reported that he [Newman] quit smoking some 30 years ago.

But although stopping does help curb damage to your lungs as the years pass, the chance of getting lung cancer is never completely gone.

“The risk continues for at least 10 more years even after you’ve quit,” Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, told FOXNews.com.

“Once lungs are damaged they don’t grow back,” he said. “It’s like brain tissue — once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.”

“It’s a horrible way to go,” said Dr. Evan Sorett, a pulmonologist and director of critical care at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City. “People have to be put on morphine, they are gasping to breathe. It’s a terrible death.”

[blue]

The day I go back to Church will likely be the day I quit.

[Catty1]

The day I go back to Church will likely be the day I quit.

Now THERE'S a plan.

You can always church shop and see where you are comfy.

I used a spiritual recovery program for alcohol and junk food...the idea being the booze and junk were my gods already, and really mean ones who had the ultimate control. Had to seriously trade them in on a Higher Power that wouldn't do the same damage.

{{{hugs}}}