SMOKERS... LETS KICK the HABIT!!

Originally Posted by gaea

Incubus, I do not know you however reading that at 47 you have copd has just choked me into to tears, i think im done...im putting on my patch and gonna finish my book. and pray like hell this time my quit will stick. I hope that you have some really good and solid family support. and i hope your lungs have the opportunity to heal.

Awww gaea no need for any choking or tears on my behalf, I did it to my myself. I appreciate your thought though. Sadly because it is copd it means my lungs will never regain function but I can stop the disease getting any worse from this point.

If my story inspires you to stick in there and apply yourself to giving up then that would make giving up and telling my story entirely worthwhile. I would be honoured to have been an inspiration.

The one negative side-effect of giving up is I've gone from being 100lbs all my adult life to 125lbs. It means all my summer shorts that I've just got out of winter storage don't fit me and I had to buy new Levis in the winter too. ...it's summer so at least I can get out on my bike and unicycle in an effort to try and reduce the weight gain a little.

Don't let potential weight gain put you off though, you can do something about that but you can't fix damaged lungs.