- Oct 28, 1999
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My Grandmother died at 55 from a stroke. She smoked since she was 16.
My Grandfather is 70, is end stage COPD, weights about 50% of what he did 10 years ago, and can't walk more than 3 feet without getting out of breath. He smoked from his early teens up till last year when he nearly died.
And even with both of those hanging over her neck my mother continues to smoke.
It's not just a physical suffocation on their part. It's a mental one too for the rest of us knowing that my grandfather is living on borrowed time and that my mother will fall from the habit as well.
Even though you know you know it's going to happen, it doesn't help the pain any more when it eventually does.
Take care Amused, I'm not looking forward to facing this myself a few years down the road.
My Grandfather is 70, is end stage COPD, weights about 50% of what he did 10 years ago, and can't walk more than 3 feet without getting out of breath. He smoked from his early teens up till last year when he nearly died.
And even with both of those hanging over her neck my mother continues to smoke.
It's not just a physical suffocation on their part. It's a mental one too for the rest of us knowing that my grandfather is living on borrowed time and that my mother will fall from the habit as well.
Even though you know you know it's going to happen, it doesn't help the pain any more when it eventually does.
Take care Amused, I'm not looking forward to facing this myself a few years down the road.
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