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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Can someone describe how much lung damage a person has after smoking for twenty to thirty years? And when a persong does quit smoking does some or all of the damage lung get repaired? I heard somewhere that your risk of getting lung cancer is like that of a non-smoker after five years of quit, is this right? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 212 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,189 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1113 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 39 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Thank You Josie and Marie

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

Don't smoke

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1985

I just wondered. I saw a picture on the web of a set of lungs that were nearly black. It made me really sick. How awful, I don�t even want to think about it. How could I allow myself to smoke and what it must have done to my lungs. If you don�t want to get shocked don�t go looking for smokers lungs on the web.

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

Stickin to it, Looking would certainly make it concrete. I think part of the struggle I have with quitting smoking is that the damage I'm doing is gradual and internal. I can't see it. If the doctor would just give me a picture of my lungs each year, I beleive quitting would get easier. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,737 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $318.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

You know, I've told people that even when people die, it still feels like abandonment. I know a lot of people who are struggling with the fact that they lost their parents during childhood. Like I told someone, when my parents died I was grown and could bearly handle it. As a matter of fact, I lost my mind. I didn't understand how children handle it at all. I should add that I was never raised by my parents, although they were around. I was just lied to about who my parents were. My "foster" parents left me in a mental hospital whne I was thirteen. Just didn't come back. I think I couldn't handle their dying because I had not gotten what I needed from them. I think children who loose parents have that gap. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,730 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $318.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 52 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

You're right. Another thing I've found is when I quit smoking, I go on a health kick. Now I can lose the weight I've been claiming that I couldn't lose because the doctors were feeding me weight gain with some of those psych meds. (Watch out for those meds. They should come with obesity warnings.) Maybe not right now, but give me a few months. I'm joining a stress reduction class. My smokes would have provided all the stress reduction I needed. I have to admit, I did ask myself today that if I was told I was dying, would I smoke? The junkie was there before I cleared my mind properly. The junkie wants no hospitalization. It does not want to have to go outside to smoke. I really want to die clean. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,723 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $318.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

So we're being lied to when we're shown stats on what happens to our bodies at certain quit marks? I've already suspected that a lot of it is propaganda. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 42 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,715 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $310.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 55 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

I think it is more like 15 years. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 42 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,703 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $310.8 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 5

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