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LIFE in my NEW WORLD...

I smoked for 40 something years when I quit smoking my BODY fell apart. I was told by my regular family doctor I had COPD we'll treat it when the time comes...

I didn't think nothing about it... so I kept on smoking... As all doctors say you're in the shape you're in because you smoked. When I was younger I worked at a plant BEFORE the EPA was formed working in a foundry with no mask at all, working around sulfuric acid with no mask.

But one afternoon while cutting grass I started noticing I could make one round, stop, had to catch my breath. So here I go back to the doctor, my job I had at the time laid me off because I couldn't make production. So my regular doctor referred me to a lung doctor then here comes all the x-rays, CT scans, now I'm told I have a 7.3 mass on the outside of my right lung, they remove my lower right lobe. I'm on disability now I'm 60 years old. My day starts out using a breathing machine, I take my 4 pills, then later on I take my Symbicort. And yes I have good days and bad days depending on the weather.

I stay POSITIVE I'm married to a wonderful woman that GOD gave me to share my life with. We live in a Retirement Resort on the river and I try to enjoy every breath I take. When a doctor tells you, you have COPD and there's no cure for this your whole world changes quickly. Material things don't matter; GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY in that order is my world now. I don't care who is winning on the football field anymore. My time with my family means more to me.

In closing my friends, STAY POSITIVE... :)

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