11-02-2018, 12:13 AM
Thank you for the well wishes but but but but but I'm not dying...
Just yet :)
Truth is, I've been diagnosed with the early stages of COPD Stage 1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder.
Thing is, I've smoked all my life, more than I should have, 99% of the time. On one and a half lung, since the age of 16 but severely since the early twenties.
The diagnosis isn't a shock though and to be honest, I am beating the odds. When I lost half a lung, at twenty-one, one of the surgeons said I wouldn't make it to 50. That doctor has been a confirmed asshole for 6 years now lol ...
Right now, I'm down to 2 to 4 cigarettes a day, really, really trying to kick the habit. I had stopped for a moth and a half last year so it's not like it's impossible.
It's just darn tough lol ...
So, anyway, once you get a stage 4 diagnosis, it's a five year sentence. I'm not there yet.
My blood pressure is excellent and that is reassuring. I also barely cough anymore. I'm being more careful at what I eat...
The joys of aging !!!
Keep your prayers for others that need it, please. I'm good for at least another 5 years, minimum.
But I do appreciate the gesture, you people are the real thing.
I mean it.
Marc :)
Just yet :)
Truth is, I've been diagnosed with the early stages of COPD Stage 1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder.
Thing is, I've smoked all my life, more than I should have, 99% of the time. On one and a half lung, since the age of 16 but severely since the early twenties.
The diagnosis isn't a shock though and to be honest, I am beating the odds. When I lost half a lung, at twenty-one, one of the surgeons said I wouldn't make it to 50. That doctor has been a confirmed asshole for 6 years now lol ...
Right now, I'm down to 2 to 4 cigarettes a day, really, really trying to kick the habit. I had stopped for a moth and a half last year so it's not like it's impossible.
It's just darn tough lol ...
So, anyway, once you get a stage 4 diagnosis, it's a five year sentence. I'm not there yet.
My blood pressure is excellent and that is reassuring. I also barely cough anymore. I'm being more careful at what I eat...
The joys of aging !!!
Keep your prayers for others that need it, please. I'm good for at least another 5 years, minimum.
But I do appreciate the gesture, you people are the real thing.
I mean it.
Marc :)
~ Today is the youngest you'll ever be again ~