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Originally posted by Nikki_DZ
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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Scary thing is, my mom only smoked from age 21 to age 40 and she's in this mess now...
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