when our health is irreversible
A friend of mine is very sick. Lung cancer. She smoked for the last forty years of her life. Today she is in the intensive care unit and is waiting for a lung transplant. A most painful illness. Seeing her with all the gadgets that helps her breath air is just so difficult and very emotionally draining.I can't believe that with all the warnings on these disease inducing habits, millions refuse to arrest or stop and it makes me wonder just how difficult is it to quit smoking.
She is my age but I can see how her skin and her look had been ruined by the toxic of this unhealthy habit. With force labor to speak, she is thanking me so much for being there for her and how lucky I am to have never smoked.
I don't think it is a matter of luck for me to not smoke or have never smoke. It is a matter of discipline and control, imo. I am thankful and of course happy none of my children nor their husbands smoke in spite of the fact that their dad did.
I just wanted to share how my days went the past few days and I am hoping she will get better and be home soon.
Now it is time for me to go to bed.
Comments (21)
Sorry about your friend.
I survived 4 wars numerous battles and all thru this I smoked, it helped. When I resigned I quit. Never again will I smoke or in fact be with someone that does. Personal choice.
I'm happy for you Calliope. You are one strong person.
The problem is, there's a long line of patients waiting for a donor.
Very sad.
I'm happy for you.
My choice too, I will never be with anyone who does either. Second hand smoking is just as bad.
Even though the doctor had told him that he should quit he wouldn't do it.He would become angry whenever I had mentioned that he was ruining his health.
She's in one of the best hospital in the mid West. Thank God she got a good insurance.
Take care CC.
My Mother was smoking for over 45 years and I scared her so much,that she quit,when she was about 73 years old,but it was to late and some years later she got Cancer and died as 79 years old.
I was alone with my Mother the last night,when she died,because she did not want my Sister to be there,she wanted to be alone with me,and in fact I ask the Holy spirit to let her die in piece and she just sleeping when she left.
My Sister,my self and my 2 Sons,that lived with me from small,have never even try smoking,because we all got a lesson from what happen to my Parents......my Daughter smoked in secret for some years,but she Quit already over 20 years ago,so she is clean too.
The Father of my Indonesian ex,died also from Lung Cancer,but he went trough the usual way....they gave him oxygen,but still his last days and hours was like being slowly strangled to death.
Personally I can't at all understand smokers and specially when they smoke around other People,even they know,that it affect other People too
Rolf
By the way Rolf, in California they passed the law which I voted that no one can smoke around other people in public. Even in a bus stop.
Very sorry to hear about your friend. Dying from any kind of cancer is usually horrible! Having lung cancer and not being able to breathe on your own would be unspeakable!
I smoked for almost 20 years when I was young. When my ex and I started having children, I decided to quit smoking....which I did 42 yrs ago. Never smoked again!
So if any of you smoke, give yourself the gift of life and QUIT!
Most smokers have no responsibility for them self and not for People around them either.
Rolf
I am better now and she got better. She is discharged from the ICU.
Thank you.