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Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fredonia, KS
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| ![]() Gina, my Dad passed away on June 6th of this year from smoking. He died of COPD which had weakend his heart. Please find the strength to fight the urge to smoke. My Dad struggled every day for a good breath. He had to lug around an oxygen bottle to go anywhere and even then he only could walk short distances before he ran out of breath. That's not how you want to live your life. You are a strong person and you want to live a long and healthy life. Fight the urge! Hang in there! You CAN do it!!!
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Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Francisco
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Little Bit & Buttons Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: US
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| ![]() My dad too died from smoking. First he had esophageal cancer, then they removed his larnyx and he had to talk with a little hand held thing that made his voice sound like a robot and then he developed lung cancer, and fluid built up around his lungs and heart & the doctors said because of smoking he literally drowned in his own body fluids. Please don't smoke ever again. |
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Keep Me Away From eBay Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arizona
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| ![]() how are you doing gina??
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Learn Yorkie CPR! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey
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I heart Hootie & Hobbs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA
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| ![]() So, Gina, the big question is, did you make it last night?! ![]() ![]() |
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doortego...I'm sorry about your dad too. I watch my husband struggle every day...he is now at 18% lung Capacity - which is very very bad. ![]()
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My husband was told he had asthma (he didn't) - and now - it's too late for him - The severe damage that was done cannot be treated - and the suffering is tremendous. I've never heard him talk about dying till the other day - he was actually wishing he could just get it over with because he struggles so much to get a breath. He's on a transplant list but he won't live to receive it....even if we COULD afford it...which we can't. It's a nasty soul-sucking disease. | |
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I have asthma and it is really tough. I can only imagine how much more difficult breathing is for someone who has COPD. I guess in a way I am lucky I have asthma...that is the only reason I never started smoking in the first place. God has a funny way of dealing with things, doesn't he? | |
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![]() I know how painful it must be, but your warning on this forum will probably save someones life. Thank you for sharing your story, Villette. It really makes us reflect on how precious life is. | |
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and all the best to your husband - he's entering a very important field - good for him ![]() | |
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Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| ![]() When I was quitting, I would take deep deep breaths and then hold them as long as I could. It gave me an oxygen high. Not as great as nicotine. LOL But it did help, and cleaned all that junk out of my lungs at the same time. |
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