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     Anonymous |
hey folks this is a message to all the smokers out there Please stop. i'm also not looking for support - but - who knows - i may later on smoking - i know better. we all do.i found out thursday i have oral cancer. many many years of smoking cigars, haven't seen the specialist yet ( Tuesday) but the initial doctors thoughts were I'll probably lose parts of the roof of my mouth and a couple teeth. if i'm lucky. don't know the long term prognosis. i'm early 50's. i never listened to this kind of plea when i heard it from others - i'm just hoping one or two of you might i got myself into this mess and i'm really not afraid of dying if it comes to that. i am terrified when i think of the horrible way this will affect my family - emotionally, financially and other ways i probably haven't even thought of yet, I'm posting this anonymously for lots of reasons mostly shame and embarrassment also my friends and family come to this forum and i haven't told them yet. i haven't told anyone else yet as i figure there's no sense in adding to their stress with all the unanswered questions. I will tell folks after i see the specialist on tuesday. i hope to have some answers then thanks for letting me vent a little so smokers - knock it off! nonsmokers - hope this doesn't bring you down. for everyone - please enjoy the rest of this weekend - love up your family and friends and enjoy life because you never know what tomorrow brings i'm out | ||
| 86129squids |
+1. Good luck, do your best to deal with it- my mom and dad both smoked- dad, Lucky Strikes and Pall Malls, he died from heart failure at 56- mom lived a lot longer, but I know the cigarettes aged her more than need be. Keep your chin up, buddy. | ||
| Brumbear |
I smoked for 20 years .One day I got a call from the hospital said my dad was rushed into surgery had a stroke and emergancy bypass surgury back in 98. I walked into hospital saw the old man hooked up to all that crap. Doc said it was all from smoking I quit a few months later never looked back. Also Dad made a full recovery and I am betting on you to Annon fight hard bro!!!!! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Meds have come a long way. No "cure" just yet, but they should be able to keep it at bay a good long while if they caught it early enough. And they're still trying. My wife works for NCI (National Cancer Institute) as a contract specialist. The money they're spending and the stuff they're working on...amazing. If they can pull it off....wow. And it's just a matter of time for me. Mom's had it twice. Dad's had it once. Uncle (mom's brother) died from it (2 packs a day - and a SURGEON, of all things!!). I'm sure it'll pop up in me eventually. But I'm hoping all the alcohol will keep me pickled and preserved enough to keep it at bay LOL. Seriously. Keep your head high, and forget about the embarrassment bit. Be proud you're still here and beating it (because if you ARE still here...you're beating it). In her own words, my mom is "stuffing her bra again - might as well, I ain't using 'em". That woman's 72 years old and can walk me up and down a tennis court at will. Just be proud of who you are, and of the fact you're still here. | ||
| Gunut75 |
I smoked on and off for almost 20 years. I quit one week before homecoming. It's hard because I actually enjoyed it. Keep fighting. There is no shame in what you are going through. | ||
| Nevrenuf |
that's pretty much what happened to my sister a couple years ago. she was able to fight it for a year and just couldn't do it any longer. just don't give up. thoughts and prayers are with ya. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Let us know how we can support and encourage you and the family! I lost a father in law to pancreatic cancer last year. It's really hard, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss him somehow, but people get through. And now, when I get ready to pull that carb, or spray that brake fluid, or do that brake job, I get out the rubber gloves. Were you smoking cigars daily, weekly, monthly? I enjoy a cigar on an average of about one a month. I've never been able to get a good answer for if that brings any significant increase in cancer risk. | ||
| Blake |
How you doing Anonymous? | ||
| Breadman |
Hey Anon! First off, the best of hope and wishes to you and yours. Second off, and this is for you and anyone else who has even *thought* about quitting smoking. I quit with the help of a little book that proved to be phenomenal in making quitting smoking relatively easy. I have encouraged everyone I know who smokes to pick up a copy of the book. In fact I raided every used bookstore in town and bought every copy to pass out to friends and family. The author, Allen Carr, smoked *5* packs a day for 20? 30? years and quit and then wrote a book about it. http://productsearch.barnesandnoble.com/search/res ults.aspx?WRD=Allen+Carr Sincerely, Spencer | ||
| Pwnzor |
The author, Allen Carr, smoked *5* packs a day for 20? 30? years and quit and then wrote a book about it. That's one cigarette every 14.4 minutes, 24 hours a day. I call major BS on this. Let's say the guy sleeps 6 hours a day. Now it's one cigarette every 10.8 minutes. That's if he smokes while in the shower, while eating, while having sex, while swimming, whatever. This means ALL he did was smoke. When exactly did he have time to work so he could earn the money to pay for the cigarettes? Anonymous, I hope you're doing as well as you can do, under the circumstances. | ||
| Crusty |
When I quit in 1990, I was smoking over 3 packs a day. I had a friend who would regularly smoke 4 and 5 packs a day. Back then, you could smoke everywhere. It was acceptable to chain smoke at work; let alone in your car, at restaurants or at home. When I was working as a Shaft Miner, I learned how to light and smoke a cigarette in wet conditions that would make a shower seem like just a humid day. If I was wearing a hard hat, it would be no problem to smoke in the shower. I could smoke while riding my Superglide on the Interstate, and frequently did. It's very possible to smoke 5 packs a day, though I wasn't that bad myself. I sure am glad that I quit, though. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
smokers die early and save us billions in long term care, social security payments, and pesky long term medical issues. same with the fatty mc fat fats. there were studies out europe to the affect of both. I will hunt down the links. | ||
| Drhodes1970 |
It will be 2 years in January that I stopped. Best thing I ever did. I also stopped drinking the same day. I bought my 1125 with the money I saved. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I have been smoke free for 7 months after nearly dying in Feb.from a pulmonary infection....I feel better than I have in years. | ||
| Big_red_79 |
@ Anonymous: good luck with everything and i hope for the best for you and your family under the circumstances that have arose. i currently have been smoke free since march of this year, and have only picked a cigarette up once or twice, puffed a little and couldn't figure out why i started and remembered why i quit, they tasted terrible! and also i figure it will help me live a little longer now that i have someone else to care for in this world! too bad it took 18 months of her life for me to figure that out! its nice to run and chase and play with her, now if i could just get my wife to quit as well! and to the smokers out there, the laws are cracking down everywhere about smoking and there is no point in bucking the system, because it wont get you anywhere. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Anon, best of luck to you and your family. I quit about a year ago ( 2 slip ups since) but I have to say I feel better, and my family is happy. And an extra $5 and change in my pocket everyday! If you want to stop, you can. It's hard and it sucks big time, but I garauntee that at some point 6 months maybe a year down the road you will be very happy you did. on the other hand city has a good point. carry on.. | ||
| Blake |
Based on his opening commentary, I have no doubt that Anonymous has quit the cigars. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Sorry, bad wording, that was meant for other folks who might be considering quiting after reading the OP. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Pwnzor, If he was a farmer or truck driver or any sort of outside job, he could be chain smoking all day. As for myself, I smoke skinny roll-ups, a packet of Drum will last me a week or sometimes 2, it depends. My Dad smokes cigars & a pipe, & has done for all of my life at least. He's just turned 83. My maternal grandad smoked all his adult life too, & popped his clogs at 89 bless him. My Mum gave up smoking when I was a kid & got killed in a car crash. I'm not trying to make a point here, just saying there are no hard & fast rules. I'll let you all draw your own conclusions, you're all big enough to make your own minds up & take responsibility for your own actions. So no mewling about not knowing the risks & then suing somebody. |
