Emphysema Online Support Group

I have been diagnosed with emphysema about three years ago. Now pulmonary hypertension. I am STILL smoking!! I am so disgusted in myself. I am in total denial, as I take my spiriva every day I just ignore it. I am under alot of stress in my home life and use them as a crutch. HELP!

hi, welcome to the site, my name is joanne. im 53 a 40 yr smoker 2-3 pksaday.

i have stage 4 copd with end emphysema. u can go to my page read my stuff, but ill tell u what, u need to quit smoking for real. i cant even breath, in may i was in the hosp 3 wks, my lungs just werent working and thas wha happens. believe me, nobody was a bigger smoker then me, i never thought id quit but i did, 9 months yesterday.

so hey iam around if u need anything at all and stay close to here theres also the smoking site too u should go there as well. did they give u a ev1 test, do u no ur lung function . mine is in the low 20s. remember once we have copd or emphysema, there is no cure for this, depending how far u are will determine how good u can do. iam lookin at a possible lung transplant, will no by the 19th of aug. so yea, u reli need to quit and were here to help u. joanne.

Hi there and welcome to our group!! Glad to have you here.. We are a bunch of good people with the same issues and same illness.... My name is Laura and I have stage 4 copd and I quit smoking 9 months ago, and it was one of the hardest things to do!!! I got bronchitis a lot and my doc told me it was the "copd" and I was like oh okay but kept right on smoking....Denial is such a powerful thing huh??

Well we are all here for you, anytime day or night you can usually finds someone on here!!!

The first thing you really need to do for yourself is quit smoking... I know you have heard it all before but I am telling you again..

Take care and have a great night!!!!

Laura

We'll see you through the process but you have to make up your mind that smoking is simply not an option for you any more NO MATTER WHAT! We've got lots of inspirational messages in the Nicotine Addiction Group and, as Laura said, come here before you get that cig to your face and ask for HELP! We'll do our best to get immediate help for you! I know you can do this! I have stage II Emphysema/COPD and 500 smoke FREE Days TODAY! YOUCAN do this!

Dear HappyHearter,

It is so good to meet you! I read your story.

When i was first diagnosed i was terrified and cried for a couple of months. All through the time that i knew i had a progressive disease directly linked to my smoking, i smoked on. Had i quit at that time, i would not be this bad ...moderate/severe emphysema. Now i am suffering from all the sick things this disease does to us. All the things that keep us from having fun at certain times. That is the kicker...we never know when we are going to get very sick or go to hospital.

Please give it some thought,HH. If you quit now, you will be ahead of the game. If you wait, you will be sucked in to it. If you are scared now, you should be. This disease is horrible.

Keep us posted and let us know how you are doing. Our thoughts and prayers are going out to you.

Love to you and Big Gentle Hugs,

Doris

Welcome to the group hun.

big hugs, Raoul

Glad to see you in our Nicotine Addiction Group! Next is to make the Leap over your Fears and find out how Great it is to be Smoke FREE! IT's really not that hard for us because we are reminded of our reason for quitting with every single breath we take! YOUCAN do this!