COPD

[livingwith]

I quit smoking 7yrs ago went to the pocono mt4yrs ago and could not breath at all up there, I just found out that I have COPD , I am 53 and just brought my first house alone, I am so scared, i DON’T WANT TO BE SICK, I have a whole life ahead of me,,I exercise every day at the gym and now the warm weather is coming I will walk at nite also, I had no clue I could get sick after I quit smoking especially so long ago.
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[Julie2009]

Hi - I just got diagnosed last week with COPD. I am 57 years old. I smoked until I was 39 and then started smoking again at 52. I had no idea I had a lung problem until I had a CT scan done. I have quit smoking - I am not really having any symptoms from the COPD at this time. How have you been? Have you gone to a pulmonary specialist? What did he/she say about your COPD? Hope to hear from you.
Best regards,
Julie

[johnlee]

Hi im 43 i feel like im responsable for my condition although if i had known that cannibas resign was so dam harmful i would have stayed well away from the fucking stuff . bloody goverment making it cat B dont help makes you think its not so harmfull now i feel as if my life is coming to an aburpt end just when i started to enjoy it.

[Julie2009]

So have you been able to quit smoking pot? I have tried pot in the past but I am addicted to nicotine. Believe me - It was so very tough for me to put down the cigarette. I really enjoyed smoking - and was in complete denial that it was poisioning my lungs and the rest of my body. Didn't realize that pot could also do the same thing. You are the second person who posted about pot - I am really surprised.

How has it been going - if you quit now - you can stop any further damage. You are young - you never know what modern medicine might have in another 10 years and this will not be such a big problem. Keep positive! Hugs, Julie in Southern California.