It's finally caught up with me
- Rod
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It's finally caught up with me
After 54 years of Marlboros, it seems my luck has finally run out. I go into the doctor in 9 days to discuss the scan but I've already received an e-mail with the results. I'm in the first stage of Emphysema, which my father had. His was caught at a much later stage and he lived another 15 years. There's also some nodules to be discussed but, from the e-mail, the doctor just wants to keep an eye on them. I've quit smoking in the past but it's never held. Doc and I will discuss using Chantix again and quitting the habit. So now my life becomes boring as hell; I don't drink to excess, I don't chase women, I'm not a big gambler, and now I can't enjoy smoking. Oh yeah, my shooting is curtailed by the shoulder osteoarthritis and rotator cuff injuries. Guess I'm cut out to be the most curmudgeonly bastard you ever saw. No need for sorrow as I've lived a good life so far and will continue to enjoy the many years ahead. Please don't make this public until I do after the doctor's visit.
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Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
- Weetabix
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Ugh. Stay strong.
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- Rich
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
So now you're merely mortal. Hang in there!
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A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- blackeagle603
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Look into stem cell therapy (?).
https://lunginstitute.com/treatment/ste ... nt-basics/
https://stemgenex.com/studies/copd-stem-cell-studies/
https://lunginstitute.com/treatment/ste ... nt-basics/
https://stemgenex.com/studies/copd-stem-cell-studies/
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"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
- Rod
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Thanks, I'll bring it up with my doctor but being on Tricare and Medicare means they probably won't allow this.blackeagle603 wrote:Look into stem cell therapy (?).
https://lunginstitute.com/treatment/ste ... nt-basics/
https://stemgenex.com/studies/copd-stem-cell-studies/
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
- Vonz90
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Stop smoking, be aggressive and keep fighting!
Good luck and prayers sent
Good luck and prayers sent
- randy
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Hang in there!
Let us know if we can help with anything.
Let us know if we can help with anything.
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- Rumpshot
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Dang it Rod. You have a few years on me, but we need to hang in there for a while longer. There is a whole new generation coming up that we need to corrupt. We just need to be too stubborn to give in. Life is tough, we can be tougher...
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- FelixEstrella
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
I understand. I love the occasional cigar and if I was told I would have to quit drinking craft IPAs and cheechy, high-end single malts, I would think life is not worth living. But then I remember when I was actively cycling (to the tune of 150 mi per week) and too believing that if I couldn't cycle life would have no purpose. Well, I don't cycle anymore .... the urgency and desire just kind of went away after I discovered 1000cc "cycling".
- blackeagle603
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Re: It's finally caught up with me
Yeah, that's a mortgage the house, do it on your own sort of thing. Medical practice at the local level and insurance lags the science and best available treatment by about 17 years on average (least that's what I read somewhere, or heard from my doc).Rod wrote:Thanks, I'll bring it up with my doctor but being on Tricare and Medicare means they probably won't allow this.blackeagle603 wrote:Look into stem cell therapy (?).
https://lunginstitute.com/treatment/ste ... nt-basics/
https://stemgenex.com/studies/copd-stem-cell-studies/
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story