Lung cancer

[SlimSkeeter]

Sooo....

Lung Cancer....


Thoughts?

[surgicalstrike]

Death.

Um..yeah, that's about it.

[CrAnIuM]

Sooo....

Lung Cancer....


Thoughts?



I don't have it.

[Titty]

I'm a fan of it, personally. It's another of nature's magical ways of thinning the herd.

Plus, I fucking hate smokers.

[Wenis]

I don't like it.

[4nik8]

Was seriously on my mind recently...along with emphysema and other lung ailments.
Started smoking when I was 17 (thats about 93 years now for those tryin to do the math) and was getting bugged by shortness of breath when I went full out doing things.

Tossed the smokes a little over 2 weeks ago now. It aint easy, but about 50 bags of sun flower seeds later I haven't picked up another cig and already feel clearer (no cough) for my efforts.

Yeah...those are my thoughts on it anyway.

[SlimSkeeter]

Well, I ask because it has entered my little sphere of reckoning this week.

My mother was diagnosed with it.

On the one hand, she has been a heavy smoker since her teen years, and has even battled cancer before (it went in to remission) yet she still refuses to quit smoking, which is where most, if not ALL of her health issues stem from. And I seriously don't owe her a whole lot for the fun (read that as fucked up) childhood I had.

But on the other hand, thats my mom...

She (due to the OTHER health issues she has) is NOT a candidate for surgery.

So...chemo/radiation therapy is going to be the course of action.





I watched a cousin waste away from chemo for about a year before she died. I dunno if I'm strong enough to watch that happen to my mother, much as I hate her some days.

[CrAnIuM]

I dunno if I'm strong enough to watch that happen to my mother, much as I hate her some days.



Then don't.


Wash your hands of it and move on. I did it in 1998. No regrets.

[Negativecool]

^^^Yes.

Both my parents are smokers. I'm awaiting a similar diagnosis for them at some point here as they are now in their 60's. I tried smoking for a while at 16, not due to peer pressure but just to see what all the fucking fuss was about in regards to "ZOMG DON'T SMOKE CANCER AGH!" The buzz cigs provided wasn't compelling enough for me to continue.

Knowingly killing oneself to serve an addiction has always confused me and pissed me off a little. If beating off gave my dick cancer and caused it to turn black and not work as well as someone who has never beaten off before---I would fucking stop cold turkey. And, if I took it to the point where I DID get cancer all over my cock and I needed the equivalent of a plastic tube in my tracheotomy for my dick, I sure as shit wouldn't say fuck it and beat off anyway.

[SittinGrumpy]

My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer years ago. I was still a teenager and she told me that she would not give up her breast so if kemo didn't help she would die. For months I was scared to fucking death and mad as hell because I knew that if she wasn't so fucking vain she would live.

This is where I think you are, no matter how fucked up our mothers are (for most of us) she is still your mother and it hurts; however, you are mad because she did this to herself.

People do not consider (right or wrong) how their actions affect the people around them.


You know I am here if you need to talk.

[Incognito]

Don't want anything to do with it.

Thats why I quit smoking about a week ago. I bought an electronic cigarette and its working well. The ol' lady quit too.

[Firestorm]

Don't want anything to do with it.

Thats why I quit smoking about a week ago. I bought an electronic cigarette and its working well. The ol' lady quit too.

Seriously good for you. That shit will kill you. Best way to stay quit, so I'm told, is to try something different at the times you usually smoke, like taking a walk after a meal, etc.

[Incognito]

Seriously good for you. That shit will kill you. Best way to stay quit, so I'm told, is to try something different at the times you usually smoke, like taking a walk after a meal, etc.

Thanks.

The electronic cig is the only thing that works for us.

[SlimSkeeter]

Well.... New news is mi madre has stage 4 lung cancer...the terminal stage, if that helps clear things up. Could go into remission for years, could mutate horribly, could just not grow anymore, but will never go away.

My mother signed her own death warrant years and years ago. Somehow I have a hard time mustering the give-a-fuck to feel bad about it. At least most days.

Fuck this noise... peace.

[Josie]

peace.

:35:

[Titty]

Don't want anything to do with it.

I have yet to hear of someone who actually wanted it.

It's not as if anyone is given the choice of being afflicted with it or not.

[Incognito]

I have yet to hear of someone who actually wanted it.

It's not as if anyone is given the choice of being afflicted with it or not.

Then why are you a fan of it? I'd bet that if you or someone you care about were to get it, you wouldn't be such a fan anymore.

[Grim_Legion]

so i was chatting to a mate the other day, says his father kicked off, I asked him from what , he replied the big C .. aahh cancer i said, no he replied, he went swimming, rip tide pulled him out and he drowned ..

[CrAnIuM]

^ Zing !

[Incognito]

Don't want anything to do with it.

Thats why I quit smoking about a week ago. I bought an electronic cigarette and its working well. The ol' lady quit too.

Its now been over a month and still haven't touched a cigarette. These e-cigs are amazing. Chocolate Mint is my favorite e-juice flavor so far.

http://buccaneersterritory.com/puffin.gif

[SlimSkeeter]

Its now been over a month

Congrats on that....

In that same span of time my mother has started her Chemo treatments and as given up all hope, at least as far as her FB friends know or are concerned anyway.

[Incognito]

Congrats on that....

In that same span of time my mother has started her Chemo treatments and as given up all hope, at least as far as her FB friends know or are concerned anyway.

Oh man. Sorry to hear that. Maybe by some miracle the chemo treatments will work.

[SlimSkeeter]

Oh man. Sorry to hear that. Maybe by some miracle the chemo treatments will work.

Thanks. Right now she's using it as a ploy to get attention. Shes only had a couple treatments and they haven't had any follow up testing done to see what, if any, effect they had so we have no way of knowing either way. So, as you might imagine, this pisses me off to no end..

[surgicalstrike]

These e-cigs are amazing. Chocolate Mint is my favorite e-juice flavor so far.

You must have the mental capacity of a downs retard. Nicotine addiction is physically over after three days, the rest is mental. Stick with those e-phags though, seems ya need something to suck on. O.o

[SlimSkeeter]

Would you PLEASE not try to hijack this thread. You wanna trade insults, take it elsewhere.

[KommieKat]

My mother noticed a lump growing on one of her breast, had it checked out, it was cancer and soon, very soon, scheduled to have her whole breast removed.

She did not bother with chems nor therapy. She just had it hacked off. Done deal. Over...

[Titty]

I'd bet that if you or someone you care about were to get it, you wouldn't be such a fan anymore.

My grandfather died of it in 1996. I'm sad he's gone, but he willingly partook in an activity that directly affected his health.

Though non-smokers do indeed get lung cancer (the rate is much lower), those who do smoke shouldn't be surprised when they find themselves afflicted. The negative effects of smoking have been widely known for decades. By choosing to smoke, you're ignoring such dangers and essentially gambling with your own life. Not a smart choice, if you ask me.

[Incognito]

My grandfather died of it in 1996. I'm sad he's gone, but he willingly partook in an activity that directly affected his health.

Though non-smokers do indeed get lung cancer (the rate is much lower), those who do smoke shouldn't be surprised when they find themselves afflicted. The negative effects of smoking have been widely known for decades. By choosing to smoke, you're ignoring such dangers and essentially gambling with your own life. Not a smart choice, if you ask me.

Everything you said its true... but knowing that even non-smokers get lung cancer, how can you say you're a fan of it?

Wait, I almost forgot who I'm talking to. Nevermind.

[Titty]

how can you say you're a fan of it?

Because, despite also taking some non-smokers, it overwhelmingly prefers to stricken those among your demographic: barely-literate, slovenly, shiftless, brainless, spineless, dickless, hopeless, useless sacks of protoplasm. Just look at a family photo for an accurate depiction.

You're not even smart enough to realize how stupid you are. Thankfully, natural selection lends a hand by making sure your type lives a much shorter duration than an actual human.

Vaya con Dios, retardo.

[CrAnIuM]

^ LoL.


Yous guys is funny.

[Incognito]

Because, despite also taking some non-smokers, it overwhelmingly prefers to stricken those among your demographic: barely-literate, slovenly, shiftless, brainless, spineless, dickless, hopeless, useless sacks of protoplasm. Just look at a family photo for an accurate depiction.

You're not even smart enough to realize how stupid you are. Thankfully, natural selection lends a hand by making sure your type lives a much shorter duration than an actual human.

Vaya con Dios, retardo.

Grow up.

[SlimSkeeter]

She did not bother with chems nor therapy. She just had it hacked off. Done deal. Over...

Thats the general "good way to go" with breast cancer. Glad to hear she survived.


Mom has lung cancer and is on blood thinners at a level that would cause her to risk bleeding out if they attempted surgery. Taking her OFF blood thinners for the required time to get it out of her system would put her at a very high risk for another heart attack or stroke.

[Josie]

lung cancer .. another heart attack or stroke.

"Natural Causes"

/cold and callous

[Grim_Legion]

By choosing to smoke

Cancer cures smoking, given enough time ..

[CrAnIuM]

Cancer cures smoking, given enough time ..

Exactly.

And abortion cures 99% of everything else. <--Win.

[Grim_Legion]

.. and anything not covered by the two above, can be taken care of with a shotgun and shovel ..

[SlimSkeeter]

"Natural Causes"

/short and sweet

Right

[Titty]

Grow up.

Grow an inoperable tumor.

[SlimSkeeter]

Knock it off....

[proper stranger]

Nicotine addiction is physically over after three days, the rest is mental.

Addiction to nicotine is much the same as an addiction to most other drugs. It's a life long companion. The addiction is always there. Over time the mental cravings become less and less, but seldom go away completely. If you were to talk a non smoker into smoking a pack of cigarettes, he would most likely be sick and have no desire to continue smoking those things. However, take someone who has a nicotine addiction but has not smoked in ten years, and have them smoke that pack of cigarettes. The physical addiction, in most cases, will not pass by the opportunity to take up right where it left off. In many people the force of the addiction will rush back in tenfold. More likely than not, they will become full time smokers again. Call it physical or call it mental. Once you are hooked, you are hooked for life.

[Jenn]

I'm sorry to hear that Slim. My friends mother passed away from lung cancer after a 2 year battle with it, and I think they were more relieved she finally passed since her body was just too weak to go on.

I never smoked a day in my life but I watched my grandmother suck down 2 packs a day and die of respiratory arrest due to a long time battle with congestive heart failure from smoking.

Lung cancer can be treated, but at stage 4 the chances it will be are slim to none, especially if its spread. I am REALLY praying for a miracle and I hope everything turns out okay.

[Jenn]

My mother noticed a lump growing on one of her breast, had it checked out, it was cancer and soon, very soon, scheduled to have her whole breast removed.

She did not bother with chems nor therapy. She just had it hacked off. Done deal. Over...

That's my aunt did. Chemo is toxic to the body. I can't say I'm 100% against it because if god forbid something happen and one of my children get cancer, you're damn right Im trying everything to help them, but with breast cancer its just so much easier to get a mastectomy.

[Josie]

It's a life long companion. Once you are hooked, you are hooked for life.


This sounds like pamphlet propaganda. Addictive personalities find things to be addicted to. It isn't simply that the (gmo) nicotine has a grip on its victim.

[Josie]

much easier to get a mastectomy.

Did you watch said Aunt go through the before, the during, the after, and the reconstructive surgeries that follow?

[Jenn]

Did you watch said Aunt go through the before, the during, the after, and the reconstructive surgeries that follow?

It was actually a walk in the park for her. I did, however, watch a friends mother go through chemo, and that was not.

[Josie]

It was actually a walk in the park for her. I did, however, watch a friends mother go through chemo, and that was not.

o_O interesting. I suppose all experiences are different. Thank you for sharing :)

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