Hello Everyone, Happy smoke free football Sunday & may the best team win 🙂
So its been a while since I posted , so Im an oldie but goodie now over 4 yrs in smobrity after a long history of killing myself (( 40 yrs )) what the heck was I thinking .. (( I wasnt )) I never thought I can ever quit till I came here & let me tell ya this place is the greatest place that I called my home away from home & Ill never forget it or the people that helped me threw, I waited to quit ,means I got sick then quit & by that time I was stage 4 copd /emphysema, young diagnosed at 44 well 37 with the beggining of emphysema , so dont let age fool you,sick lungs dont show!! loong story short I was on oxygen 24/7 missed my sons football games , events my daughter did in college and spent many weeks in icu , One thing to remember is your lungs do not repair themselfs, once they are damaged they are damaged and if you quit smoking they can prolong from getting further damage but never repair, my biggest mistake was i kept smoking thinking I had time .. and not me .. truth is you dont have time & loung disease does not discriminate , so never say not me , I had to have a lung transplant ( a single left lung ) They were giving me both but there was something wrong with my donor lung so I got one and im the most greatful person on earth with my one! I went from not being able to breathe my lung capasity was down To 14% . In 2 yrs time Im now at 75 % one lung 🙂 im so proud lmao I entered the transplant games of america in july 2014 I ran i jumped I played basketball & we won championship WOOHOOO LMAO I took home 4 medals .. I seen my daughter gratuate College and become a R/N nurse , Im seeing my youngest gratuate h/s this yr (( hopefully )) I m out doing events on organ donation, quit smoking, I deal with young kids now , and I became a grandmother of a beautiful healthy baby boy whom I love to peices & boy all i can say is life is good on this end, you will be surprised what you can do if you give it your all .. we smoke for many reasons how many say its stress , lol bet all of you 🙂 but stress is a daily part of life , change is good , I dont no how many days i have now b/c my quit clock is gone & I am having trouble making a new one LMAO but I do know im 4 yrs and 3 months free from the biggest stressful situation ever , isnt it more stressful thinking all the time about quitting then it is to actually give it up really , well you all can do this , its not easy but it is very doable 🙂 just dont wait !!
