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Is there anyone here that still smokes after being diagnosed. I am looking for some support to quit. I have attempted it several times since my diagnoses and have failed terribly. The patches, gum, vape pens and even cold turkey (which I wouldn't recommend)! The Doctor won't put me on Chantix because I suffer from Severe Major Depression and the side effects wouldn't be good for me!!! Two weeks ago I had an exacerbation and the E.R doctor ordered chest x-ray.s He came back after reading them… read more
I quite by keeping a dayly log of what I smoke at first I reduced by 5 smokes à week then the next week I added 5 more that équaled 10 smokes in two weeks some and never beat myself if I missed à day… read more
why cant a stop smoking a have tried so many times and failed xx
Hi! I hear that my patients left. I have never eaten so much fruit in my life. Went to the doctors the wiegh scale lied!
Yeah its a messed up question, but I'm sure there are others here who also feel this way and I don't know how else to reach out and ask for help to change how having COPD makes me feel about myself. Okay I need to stop writing this now because I'm crying and can't see through my tears very well.
yes. I feel the same. so I focus on what I can do to maintain whatever I have health wise..and I remind myself I grew up in a time where tobacco companies trapped people into the addiction and where… read more
Sorry folks, sometimes I'm not thinking and give myself a Like or a Hug, and notice it later. Well maybe it's not a bad thing.
Don't automatically assume your health will get better if you quit smoking. The only sure thing is stopping smoking will not make it worse. I quit 9 years ago and my health has gone down every year… read more
I smell smoke, it irritates my nose and throat. My husband doesn't notice it. Am I crazy, or can we be affected by odors that others don't notice? I use air purifiers. The one in the bedroom has helped greatly, but the one in the living room must not be big enough, because I still notice it.
Thank goodness I'm not going crazy. I smell something like burning sawdust a lot and I can smell dampness. I can also smell body odour. Very annoying. I never smoked so it isn't an enhanced sense of… read more
I don't know what it means, but pulmonary told me I was in stage 4 and if I don't quit smoking and use a c pap at night that I would die in 6 months. Well they gave me a trilogy machine and it's up to me to quit cigs. Not so hard to quit. So far it's been impossible to stay quit. I stay so depressed. This disease has control of what I can do now. And compared its horrible. As I don't watch TV nor Read... any advice?
I agree with this. If you don't want to quit then you won't. Wouldn't it follow then that if you don't quit it's not because you can't but because you won't. It takes work for most people. I'm not… read more
See............with me if I smoked I could barely breath during and after...........made the decision an easy one.I was so scared.
Hi everyone... My husband has been diagnosed with stage 3 emphysema. The last pft that he took just a few months ago showed that his fev1 is at 31%. He is in pulmonary rehabilitation now. He is continuing to smoke claiming that he only smokes 1or 2 cigarettes a day.my question is this... I understand that everyone is different but I was wondering if anyone knows how fast he might progress to the last stage and what is in store for the both of us since he continues to smoke. How much time might… read more
listen to jean. he wont last long if he continues to SMOKE
Thats terrible but very true
