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quit smoking too late

Post a new topicby livingwith on Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:08 pm


I started smoking at 16 and finally quit at 49. I calculated the number of cigarettes smoked to be ~400,000 give or take. That’s a lot of smoking and as a result, I now have moderately severe COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. I have emphysema and I have difficulty breathing. I tried to trim the hedges last week and I found out I could not sweep up the clippings. I had to ask my son to come over and help me. I am 53 and I do not have a future. Pls don’t smoke. If...Read the full article

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