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Smokers Have A Higher Rate Of

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎01-23-2020 12:15 PM

"When you smoke, you are increasing your risk for colon cancer. ... Smoking can also cause more aggressive polyps known as flat adenomas, and these can be present in both light and heavy smokers. Not only do smokers have a higher risk of developing colon cancer, they have an increased risk of dying from the disease."

      I'm going in early tomorrow to begin the removal of a flat adenoma with high grade dysplasia in my cecum.

Send me some good thoughts and prayers please.

And think of this:

How often do you want to redo day one?

could become

How often do you want to drink that colon prep.

Smoking and colon cancer: Are they connected? 

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.