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I stopped smoking on 7/29/09 on the way to the hospital to have my upper left lobe taken out. It was a very small tumor so I figured I would smoke up until then. I have not smoked since. When I get really stressed I think about it but I know I won't be able to stop at one so I don't start.3 months later the cancer came back so I had 3 rounds of chemo and 36 radiation treatments. December 28th will be 3 years that I started treatment. I ended up with post thoracic pain syndrome from cutting nerves and muscle and not getting the pain under control immediately after surgery. Strangely enough my sister in law got lung cancer a year and a half later in October of 2010. She was able to have the VATS procedure and is fine now. I get CT scans every 4 months but am going to go 6 months this time. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy New Year.
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Comment by nheep on January 1, 2012 at 3:35pm -
I am glad to hear you are 11 years out from surgery. I worry all the time when I get an ache or pain that it has come back. If I get to 11 years maybe I will stop worrying
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Comment by John H MOD on January 1, 2012 at 2:57pm -
The cost here in Massachusetts for a carton is now near eighty dollars a carton. I quit 11yrs ago when I went in for surgery. I never good do it before that. But with surgery I knew I'd be out of reach of cigs for a long enough period to quit. I had chemo and rad before my surgery but couldn't quit then. As my wife told people when they asked is he still smoking?? She would say you expect him to do something very stressful during one of the most stressful tomes of his life. I'm still here over 12 years from being diagnosed .
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Comment by nheep on December 23, 2011 at 7:13pm
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Me too. I quit about a month after Obama imposed that high tax making them $50.00 a carton here in Florida. Way to expensive. I don't know where that money went. I wish I had put that money in a jar. I would be rich by now. At least we quit. My maternal grandmother died of lung cancer and she never smoked. It is not a smokers disease and I am tired of people asking me if I smoked. Lack of education I guess.
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Comment by Kenny on December 23, 2011 at 7:04pm -
I had my upper right lobe removed 01/15/08. I too quit that very morning and have not had one since. I is kind of wierd the very thing that got us there in the first place is the thing you want the most. I still miss them, but know also one is to many and a thousand will not be enough. Price helps me stay away.
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