Originally Posted By t1lersm0m I confess seeing an icon such as Peter Jennings die after only being diagnosed four months ago would be enough for me to quit. I smoked for a few years...but not a lot. But it was hard for me to quit (not as hard as someone who smokes a pack or more a day and has been doing it for years and years). I quit before I got pregnant with Tyler. So I think I smoked about a pack a day for two to three years. I confess smoking is stupid. People are spending money on a habit that can possibly cost them their lives. I confess I am really upset over this. Why does it take something like this to upset me about the dangers of smoking?
Originally Posted By wendebird I confess I'm an ex-smoker. I smoked 3 packs a day for over 14 years. You can kick the habit, if I could do it, Tiggirl, you can too! Go Tiggirl!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I confess that seeing my ex-stepfather right before he was diagnosed w/cancer and then seeing him in lying in his casket 2 months later pretty much did the trick for me. His cancer had spread throughout his whole body and he had lost over 100 lbs. in those 2 months. He didn't stand a chance. I confess that scared the hell out of me.
Originally Posted By marshmallow I confess that the statistics for women with lung cancer and survival is very frightening. Especially non-smokers. I confess that like heart problems, lung cancer is often misdiagnosed in women early on.
Originally Posted By goofyang1 I confess I work in radiation oncology, and see people fight cancer every day. It is a very scary thing. Lung cancer is only ONE type of cancer smokers get. I confess I don't smoke. I am happy to confess that a lot of people beat the disease! I confess that I am sad any time I hear someone loses a friend/relative.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I confess I am curious to know what you do in radiation oncology, Goofyang1? I admit, I am nosy so if you don't want to answer that is okay.
Originally Posted By goofyang1 I confess that I love that you asked Misscandice! I want to say I am JUST the medical receptionist, but I know thats not all I am. I do answer phones, and put the charts together, but I also check the patients in, room them, take their vital signs, hug them, laugh with them, cry with them, love them and encourage them. I am really thinking about becoming a radiation therapist. I love what I do, and am really interested in the actual treatments that are given to the patients. Are you familiar with Rad/onc?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I smoked the average of two packs per day for almost 40 years. I quit seven years ago and will never start up again. For the first time in years I was able to get over the constant coughing. I don't know if I can avoid cancer, I don't really deserve to after the way I treated my body but I can at least hope. If you don't smoke now, don't start. If you do smoke do whatever it takes to stop. It is worth the effort.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I confess, I forgot to put in the "I confess" part in my last post. You know what I mean, don't ya?
Originally Posted By Labuda I confess I'm quite happy to have just gotten a call from my friend Lucy, who went in for spinal surgery this morning. Not only did it go well, but she's already home!!! I confess that the fact that she's already home both makes me happy and makes me outraged - SPINAL SURGERY (compressed vertabrae up near her neck IIRC) and she's out the SAME DAY? What the heck?!?!?! Whatever happened to keeping the paitent in the hospital overnight? When I had my eardrum transplant, they kept me in THREE nights!
Originally Posted By tapdancemom >>I confess that the fact that she's already home both makes me happy and makes me outraged - SPINAL SURGERY (compressed vertabrae up near her neck IIRC) and she's out the SAME DAY? What the heck?!?!?! Whatever happened to keeping the paitent in the hospital overnight? When I had my eardrum transplant, they kept me in THREE nights!<< I know it sounds outrageous that they would turn them loose so quickly. My husband had his last back surgery about 12 years ago and my sister a couple of years after that and I thought it was pretty nuts that they only stayed one night at that time.
Originally Posted By marshmallow I confess that many times the patient is safer and happier at home. I confess that I am grateful for the all the wonderful people who dedicate themselves to the health of others.
Originally Posted By Labuda I confess that maybe I'm weird, but I kind of enjoyed each of mospital stays when I was a kid. I always had fun, especially when Daddy would get off work, show up, and Mom would leave, then Daddy spent the night in the chair next to my bed.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I confess that I was allowed to stay an hospital an extra day when I had my last child but by the evening, I really could not wait to get the heck out of there.
Originally Posted By goofyang1 I confess that as a parent of a child who was in the hospital for 6 days-even though the kids, like Labuda had fun, It was the worst sleep EVER! I'm very little and I couldn't even fit on the chair/bed. I confess that maybe I will invent a better chair/bed for hospitals. then we can ALL go to disneyland!
Originally Posted By MissCandice I confess I am familiar with radiation, and oncology just a little bit, lol. I was on the receiving end of it, so I don't know any technocal stuff though. Just that it's really gross when the skin on your feet fall off in large chunks. I further confess that I have enjoyed a stay in the hospital, no matter how many times I was in there. I confess that I could never do goofyang1's job, but I have nothing but respect for her. That's gotta be tough.
Originally Posted By goofyang1 I confess that I really like MissCandice, and thank you-really. I confess that daily I pray that me or my kids never have to have any kind of cancer related treatments. I confess that I am bummed that Christopher Reeves wife has lung cancer.
Originally Posted By Mrs 2oon <<I confess that I really like MissCandice>> I confess that I really like Miss Candice, too!
