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Originally posted by AGDee
My mom quit smoking 22 years ago. She has emphysema and chronic bronchitis and has been on oxygen for about 8 years now. She's home bound and has to rest on her way to the bathroom. She still says that there are times she really would like a cigarette. It's a hell of an addiction. Stay quit. The longer you smoke, the harder it is.
Dee
and you would think all of that would motivate me to quit, wouldn't ya?
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Are you sure your mom isn't my grandmother?
Grandma smoked from age 13 to 76. Currently she also has chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and according to the doctor, about 10% of her lung capacity. She's on oxygen and takes breathing treatments several times a day. She hasn't left her apartment in 4 months (last time being her 80th bday party, down the hall).
My mother is an only child, so she's grandma's sole caregiver. You'd think this, and watching her father die of lung cancer 14 years ago, would be enough to get her to quit? Nada.
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