The Question Now Is...
I started smoking at twelve years of age. It wasn't just limited to tobacco. After eight crazy years of smoking whatever, my friends were beginning to use hard drugs. Heroin. That's when I left them behind, and never looked back since. I am fifty-two years old now.
So anyway, I quit smoking everything after several attempts. Success! I started exercising, food started to taste like food, everything was looking up! Yay! Several months later, in August, I was walking uphill from a late summer festival. My chest was feeling tight. I thought, my heart? I went to a doctor, and after several tests and observations, it was determined to be asthma. As most people struggle with everyday life things I did with stress, diet, and my health. However, I avoided cigarettes, and people smoking. Except for those instances that couldn't be avoided, like surprise visits to a friend's house where smokers were present, or a ride in a smoker's vehicle. I continued to decline in health.
The asthma progressed over the years into bronchitis, and eventually COPD, which I've had for about ten years now. So now I need all of the he help and support I can get, .....and understanding! I don't get any sympathy from a few co-workers, oh well, karma to them.
Question is now, what can I do about my disease?
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