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Routine Surgery

pir8fan
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Good morning to all my fellow EXer's! I hope that today is the start of a fantastic week! Mine is not going to be much fun!

As a lot of you know by now, I am having a quadruple by-pass on Friday! I keep hearing that it is a routine surgery! I suspect that routine surgery and minor surgery have one thing in common! That is the fact that they are both surgeries that someone else has! When it is your body that they cut into, nothing is minor, or routine!

The better news is that I am at one of the top 5% of cardiac units in the country! Also, because I live in Florida, which is known as "God's Waiting Room", these guys get lots of practise at this kind of thing! At this point my surgeon is going to be one of two who are described as "cutting edge"( pun intended)! They are both very highly regarded on a national level! So, generally things looks pretty good!

The other side of the coin is that I do not have any practise at being the patient in this kind of thing! I hope that I hold up my end of this OK! Either way I am thinking I have the least fun role in this drama! So looking at this from my seat, I want to encourage all of you to avoid this situation! Take care of your hearts! Take care of your quits! There is not a cigarette that has ever been made that is worth the price that I am going to pay! Look around the site, at JoJo and her new lung. Ask her if smoking was worth it! Look at Kellie, and the surgery that she is about to have, and ask her about smoking! Ask Thomas, and all the others who have COPD! The EXamples are all around you!

I know that you have seen all the commercials! I know that you have seen the Surgeon General's reports! All of your family and friends have told you what can happen! But that seems a bit abstract! Listen to us! We are your friends! We are very real people, with very real nerves, and blood, and feelings! We have no political axe to grind! We have no financial incentive to tell you this! STOP IT! Do not wait to find yourself on a list for a surgery, before it dawns on you that smoking is not a good idea! Use every resource at your disposal to make sure that you never smoke another cigarette! You can live Free! The people here at this site will support you every step of the way! Live Free! Breathe Free my friends! Quitting takes some effort, but it is damn well worth it!!                     Tommy

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