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In reply to the discussion: I did it! I am $2,860 richer because one year ago I quit smoking! (ETA: Thanks!) [View all]JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)89. You've got something more valuable than $2,860
You've got a better shot of living life with a set of lungs that is fully functional. I did not stop smoking until I was diagnosed with "well advanced emphysema." That was 35 years ago, and the damage smoking does was not as well publicized as it is now. Some 45% of my left lung and 55% of my right lung are dead air space.
I've learned to make good use of what remains, and I am fully active without supplemental oxygen, but I had to work at it, and still do for that matter. And, when I get pneumonia which would merely be two weeks of antibiotic at home for most people, I'm in the hospital for two weeks and am laid up for more than two months. As has happened twice in the past fifteen months.
Good decision, and good work.
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I did it! I am $2,860 richer because one year ago I quit smoking! (ETA: Thanks!) [View all]
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2015
OP
Every once in a while I try to guesstimate how much I've saved on booze in the past 15 years
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#105
Niiiice! And just think, as added incentive, you're not enriching those effed up tobacco companies & the Rethugs they support.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Apr 2015
#32
congrats. yes, only tell supportive people if you plan a positive change in ur life. others
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2015
#49
I put mine in an account and spent it for the holidays. That was fun!
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2015
#102
Congrats! You might have saved yourself a bundle in medical bills, as well!
Arugula Latte
Apr 2015
#111