The smoking issue associated with air pollution

[Guest guest]

In light of the recent news that women are who live in polluted areas are more

likely to have heart attacks and it has always been known that living in

polluted areas is the equivalent of smoking a certain number of packs a day, I

wonder if this is not the issue. I wonder how many of us live in polluted

cities. JAM

instdesgn1 <instdesgn1@...> wrote: The

thing about smoking always sets me off !!! Like you, I've never

smoked anything of any kind at any time in my entire life. My

parents did not smoke and my husband does not smoke yet I've got lung

disease. I was infuriated with the pulmo doc who asked me at least 4

times if I had ever smoked. (Is there some old Native American thing

about being asked a question 4 times - north, east, south, and west

and if the answer is the same every time it's true?) On a subsequent

visit he asked if I had been able to cut back on smoking any. I did

not view the comment as funny and let him know very loudly AGAIN -

never smoked anything in my life. The bottom line is, they're

helpless in treating the disease and it's an affront to their last

vestiges (sp?) of power. The wife of the man who played Superman

(Reese?) died from lung cancer in her forties yet I've heard she

never smoked. Have heard the same from others. It might be unusual

but it does happen. Thankfully, I don't have the big Ca though. I

do have allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and asthma and copd.

Still waiting for SPOC to get their act together and call the

insurance for approval .......

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> > > I am curious how many on this board smoke. Thanks for

> > your reply.

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> > You must be kidding right? Most of us can barely breathe

> > as it is.

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> I have seen folks smoke from tracheostomies. They had

> head/lung/larynx cancer, needing oxygen and sometimes

> smoked with oxygen on (not cool in the hospital).

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> I had a patient that had his whole left lung removed. The

> only thing that motivated this guy to get up after surgery

> was a promised trip to the smoking room. This was back in

> the mid 80's, when there were smoking rooms for patients

> who could crawl to get there nic fix.

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> This guy dragged two electronic IV pole gizmos and an old

> school style chest tube set up to get his smokey treat.

> The chest tube set up was the kind that had those huge

> glass jugs. That thing was like moving a small filing

> cabinet.

> He was full of lung cancer. Didn't give a sh#t. Had to

> have a few puffs of his unfilter sticks. Walked backed to

> the room, and asked for his breathing treatment. (shrug)

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> Almost all my doctors asked how long I've been smoking.

> Interesting, since I've never smoked EVER. Really, how

> come your lungs are so bad? (bad karma??? who knows)

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> I don't think smoking excludes one from getting Xolair. My

> pulmonary doctor says about 50% of his patients with

> serious lung diseases still smoke. I don't know how he

> keeps his sanity.

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> So...I wouldn't be shocked if some smoke while on Xolair.

> Wise? Probably not. Smokey treats were never my vice of

> choice. I don't understand it, but I do know that the Nic

> Monkey is one mean beast.

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> Nan-->nebbing as I type...ohhhh...multi-tasking!

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> ****Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff***

> -=Harvey Pekar=-

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