Word of Advice - Don't Smoke
So why did I make this thread? Well it's because something terrible happened this week. As my 69 year old father died of Lung Cancer yesterday, and it was not a nice ending.
My father was my best friend. and only relative still in the state I live in. We always talked , watched movies, and had debates about various political topics.
Now he is gone all because he was a heavy smoker for almost 40 years of his life. His end was very slow as his body deteriorated to the point his lungs collapsed.
So lets go into detail as his entire left lung was nothing, but pus and scar tissue that his right lung grew in size to compensate. His doctor said he never saw this before.
That brings us to last night as he slumped over on his left side unable to breath anymore. He was rushed to ER and put on pain meds, and a forced breathing machine.
After various tests I was told by his doctor he will never breath on his own again. I was given two options, and both were not good options at all.
The first option was to keep him on the breathing machine, but in time his heart, and other complications would happen, and he would require a tracanomy.
At this point the second option was to keep him sedated, and pain free so he could die peacefully. I was devastated to learn my father was basically dead.
Then my father somehow became lucid, and the doctor was able to talk with him for five minutes. He decided he did not want to be a vegetable, and wanted the plug pulled.
I had to watch my father slowly die the entire night all alone with no other family. So bottom line don't smoke, and if you do well do your family a favor, and quit now.
So why did I make this thread? Well it's because something terrible happened this week. As my 69 year old father died of Lung Cancer yesterday, and it was not a nice ending.
My father was my best friend. and only relative still in the state I live in. We always talked , watched movies, and had debates about various political topics.
Now he is gone all because he was a heavy smoker for almost 40 years of his life. His end was very slow as his body deteriorated to the point his lungs collapsed.
So lets go into detail as his entire left lung was nothing, but pus and scar tissue that his right lung grew in size to compensate. His doctor said he never saw this before.
That brings us to last night as he slumped over on his left side unable to breath anymore. He was rushed to ER and put on pain meds, and a forced breathing machine.
After various tests I was told by his doctor he will never breath on his own again. I was given two options, and both were not good options at all.
The first option was to keep him on the breathing machine, but in time his heart, and other complications would happen, and he would require a tracanomy.
At this point the second option was to keep him sedated, and pain free so he could die peacefully. I was devastated to learn my father was basically dead.
Then my father somehow became lucid, and the doctor was able to talk with him for five minutes. He decided he did not want to be a vegetable, and wanted the plug pulled.
I had to watch my father slowly die the entire night all alone with no other family. So bottom line don't smoke, and if you do well do your family a favor, and quit now.
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