Wow 3 Years

[Barbara145]

Thank you precious exer"s for all the well wishes and congratulations. It has been a journey of growth and healing and feeling.  When I quit smoking I thought I would not have to pay for 52 years of smoking.  Wrong!  I have emphysema, COPD and asthma.  ( I did not know any of that when I quit.)  ActuallyI had been told I had COPD but no tests to substantiate that.)  Well I have been sick alot since last   February.  Multiple courses of strong steroids and antibiotics.  August 25th I was taken to the emergency room and admitted to ICU for respiratory failure. I suspect if I had not quit smoking when I did I would not have survived it.  God knew.  Fast forward to today I am o.k.  Did my yoga last night, my sats are running 96 to 98.  I am on steroid and brochodilator nebulizers 5 times a day.  The hospital sent me home with oxygen which at the present time I don't need. All I can say is that I wish I had quit smoking way back when.  As for now I am enjoying this precious life I have been given and I pray for the best.  With love,     Barbara