How does it feel having lung cancer?
Jul 31, 2010 in
Lung Cancer Questions
i have been smoking for about 15 years average of 3 to 5 sticks of cigarettes a day and lately i experience hard coughing and heavy feeling on the back, so i slowly stopped smoking for almost a month now, i still smoke now but i don’t completely inhale it to my lungs, only on the mouth and then just blow it out. do you think i am having cancer already?
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4 comments
Boopsy on July 31, 2010 at 8:09 pm
You can get a lot of things before you get cancer. Emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, pleursy and blood clots.
My FIL died of emphysema…smoked until he could hardly breathe.
Just get a straw and put it in your mouth and pinch your nose and breathe through that straw and THAT’s what it’s like….I can imagine LUNG cancer is much worse too as it spreads everywhere to other organs too.
It’s a pity people never consider this when they start, and I’m a reformed smoker too (quit many years ago!) and I just wished I’d never picked it up at all. The stupidest of habits there is and I will regret it until the day I die for more reasons than one.
gatoamor82 on July 31, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I doubt it, you more likely are developing secondary issues like emphyzema, chronic bronchitis, COPD, etc. Take a look at pics of a cigarette smokers lungs such as yourself http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Cockatiel_face.jpg So you can clearly see how this causes your breathing to be affected even if you don’t have cancer. My Grandpa has all of the above except cancer,thank god. He was a smoker for 30 years before the doctor told him he will die if he keeps smoking after his heart attack. Be strong and quit that crap. Its not worth your life.
ProudMomof3 on July 31, 2010 at 8:09 pm
You can’t cancer from 3-5 a day. Impossible. I smoke 30 a day for 24 years and I feel great.
Hayley C on July 31, 2010 at 8:09 pm
i don’t but i do know that i like your avatar