today i really got a good look

[newlife5]

today is christmas so i wanting to be a good sister went to visit my sister in the conveslecent hospital  i took her a small gift and packed her some freshly made tamales..and arrived there at 3 pm ready to visit...

i walked through the halls on the way to her room and being nosy looked into some of the rooms i passed...

i am so sad now...i saw alot of old people yes, but i also saw alot of middleaged people struggleing to breathe

some were sleeping sitting up with tubes running into their throats.. some were just sitting there with a oxygen mask ans taking deep deep breaths... like they couldnt get it in...some had machines pumping air into them....i must have walked down the wrong hall...or... maybe it was the right hallway... i needed to apreciate what i have...

good health...i am not sick in anyway right now...i can walk on two feet without aid no walkers no wheel chair no cane...i have family.. at home my grandkids were waiting for me so they could open their presents...yes i have alot to be great ful for...and something had to remind me of that i guess...

dont take your health for granted people... if you finally got quit  hold onto it like your life depends on it cause it does...

[abbylouyou]

Thank you for this blog.. This is the type of stuff i probably need to hear, because I have asthma, just diagnosed with COPD and a smoker. I dont want to end up with an oxygen tank or any of that stuff. So its a reminder of what I dont want to become, so Thank You.

[Ladybug--7-3-12]

We can all CHOOSE to make a better ending for ourselves.  Visuals say it better than a thousand words.  Stick around for any length of time in care facilities & you'd see the wheel chair "line-up" waiting for staff to take smokers outside & light them up for their "ciggies".  I've seen oxygen removed & left behind "briefly" so they could get a few puffs in before having to be quickly pushed back inside & hooked up again.  So sad.  A glimpse of reality saves lives IMO so thanks for sharing your experience so others can benefit from it too, 

[hampton]

Thank so much for the eye opener(again)... I grew up with smoker's all around me. I remember my Grandmother sitting in her room in our home hooked up to oxygen,never leaving that room only to go to the bathroom. She had already had a trake put in and the hole in her throat was sometimes exposed!!! So disturbing to all of us little ones at the time. She passed away at a young age of 53!  year n 1/2 less than myself now. This never stopped my dad from quiting or his brothers. He passed at the age of 57 with throat cancer...My other uncles have copd,cancer etc. all caused from smoking the nasties. I never understood the control,the addiction part of all of this until now!!! I just thought we were all weak  and very stupid!!!! Well since i've been on this site and getting so much reading etc. I will stop this from controlling me and possibly encourage other's to quit. Thanx again for posting... Peace,Deborah...

[Ms.J_11-10-2013]

Oh Izzy, It is awful.  2 Weeks ago  (I am a notory)I was doing a coworker a favor and went with her to the conveslecent home to notorize a document for her family member and seeing all of that just broke my heart..  When I left all I could do was thank God that I saw the light and quit over a year ago and pray that It wasn't to late.

xoxo

Jackie

411 DOF

[bethso]

That you for the blog!  It is a stark reminder of the realites that smoking leads to!  

[livenow33]

You are so right!!  I agree and I am holding on thank you and bless you!!