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On the Mend

Thomas3.20.2010
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Thank You, folks for your care and concern. I'm glad to be out of the hospital and in my own home at least. To answer your questions briefly I have an acute upper respiratory infection caused by the rhinovirus. That's right - a Common Cold! Not so common when you have COPD!

I lost about 5% of my lung capacity and although I will do everything in my power to regain at least some of that loss, most if not all is gone for good. I have already begun exercising little by little to rehabilitate.

Can't sit at the computer long so I'll leave you with this thought:

Smoking is simply not worth it! What other "vice" would you allow to kill you in such an insidious way because "I like it?"

All I can think of is ADDICTIVE DRUGS and ALCOHOL. We are Addicts to Nicotine! 

I wish I had understood that before I got COPD!

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63 years old. 20 year smoker. 11 Years FREE! Diagnosed with COPD. Choosing a Quality LIFE! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galatians 5:1