my grandfather died from lung cancer. He had stopped smoking over 20 years earlier and the cancer still got him. It was desperately sad to watch him struggle in his last weeks
my grandfather died from lung cancer. He had stopped smoking over 20 years earlier and the cancer still got him. It was desperately sad to watch him struggle in his last weeks
I remember having to give an hour long interactive presentation to a woman you wore an oxygen mask throughout, within arm's length from me. Every breath was almost a gasp and her emphysema would ensure her constant suffering for the rest of her life.
At that point, 2 years after I had stopped smoking, I really regretted the 10 years of smoking which I only discovered another 10 years after this presentation had destroyed 30 % of my alveoli.
I only developed symptoms of emphysema and asthma 10 years after that discovery. So the 10 years of smoking will likely still get me even though I gave up 35 years ago.