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Thomas3.20.2010
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"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses." - Hippocrates

As a smoker, it was Cancer and Heart Disease that I was aware of. It never even occurred to me the risk I was taking with my Lung Health! That's why I want folks to know about COPD and what it can do to you and what you can do for it! I was so blind to the possibility. You can read my story here:

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/Thomas3.20.2010-blog/2012/12/31/beating-the-odds 

Now, I have a chronic, progressive incurable smoking related illness for LIFE! But I won't just roll over and take it! I won't give in or give up! There are lots of steps we can take to make the best of our situation, all involving very challenging lifestyle choices that also derive so many benefits for personal growth and well-being.

None are more important for COPD than Smoking Cessation! No medication or Oxygen Therapy can replace the life giving properties of Smoking Cessation! 

But if you don't know that you might have COPD then you won't know that you need to manage it! HALF of people with COPD don't know it! Get tested (the test is called Spirometry) and breathe a sigh of relief whether you're diagnosed or not. IF not, then you may have stopped in time, If you have COPD then you can begin to make the changes necessary for a full and happy LIFE! Take courage from our Friend, JOJO, who had a lung transplant and our Friend, ELLEN who is about to get a surgery called LVRS. No matter how bad your damage done, never ever lose hope! 

Health and healing have the same root word Old English hǣlth, of Germanic origin; related to whole. Quitting smoking brings us into a pattern of wholeness. Isn't that what we all want in our lives?

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63 years old. 20 year smoker. 11 Years FREE! Diagnosed with COPD. Choosing a Quality LIFE! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galatians 5:1