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My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week
while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. |
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On 4/17/2015 6:06 AM, John H. wrote:
My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. Sorry to hear of your brother's situation. Renal failure isn't a good sign and usually means the body is shutting down. I'd be prepared for the worse as I am sure you are. |
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On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:06:05 -0400, John H.
wrote: My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. === Damn cigarette companies. As kids we were bombarded by advertising and something like 50% of the adult population were smokers. "Nine out of ten doctors recommend Kent with the micronite filter" and all that bull crap. Smoking was portrayed as the cool thing to do, and once you were hooked, you were really hooked. Sorry to hear about your brother. |
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On 4/17/2015 7:41 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:06:05 -0400, John H. wrote: My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. === Damn cigarette companies. As kids we were bombarded by advertising and something like 50% of the adult population were smokers. "Nine out of ten doctors recommend Kent with the micronite filter" and all that bull crap. Smoking was portrayed as the cool thing to do, and once you were hooked, you were really hooked. Sorry to hear about your brother. If you google "old cigarette ads" most of the images are of supposed "doctors" pushing certain brands. Most were filter-less like Camels, Pall Mall, etc. The PA who gave the CPR/AED/First Aid course I recently took talked about smoking. She said that research has proven that today's filter cigarettes and the chemical additives used in the tobacco are much more dangerous and harmful than the cigarettes sold back in the 50's. She said filters contain fiberglass particles that slice the lung walls allowing the chemicals added to the tobacco to become immediately absorbed in the blood stream. She said if you smoke you are far better off going to a smoke shop, buy a bag of pure tobacco, some filter-less papers and roll your own. I was a smoker for many years. I tried hypnosis once which was a complete joke. I tried going cold turkey and went for almost four months before my kids begged me to have a cigarette and chill out. :-) Then I tried Chantex. It helped reduce the urge. I didn't stop completely but reduced my intake to half a pack a day. From there I slowly started eliminating the rest, one at a time over a period of about 6 months. The last two a day were the worst. I read that the nicotine addiction level is about 3 milligrams a day. Most people smoke much more than they need to satisfy the addiction but getting over the minimum dose a day is tough. But, I made it. Can't say I feel any better but at least my clothes don't stink anymore. :-) |
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On Friday, 17 April 2015 07:06:01 UTC-3, John H. wrote:
My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. -- Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner behavior causes problems. Sorry to hear of the downturn. |
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On 4/17/2015 8:29 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/17/2015 7:41 AM, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 06:06:05 -0400, John H. wrote: My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. === Damn cigarette companies. As kids we were bombarded by advertising and something like 50% of the adult population were smokers. "Nine out of ten doctors recommend Kent with the micronite filter" and all that bull crap. Smoking was portrayed as the cool thing to do, and once you were hooked, you were really hooked. Sorry to hear about your brother. If you google "old cigarette ads" most of the images are of supposed "doctors" pushing certain brands. Most were filter-less like Camels, Pall Mall, etc. The PA who gave the CPR/AED/First Aid course I recently took talked about smoking. She said that research has proven that today's filter cigarettes and the chemical additives used in the tobacco are much more dangerous and harmful than the cigarettes sold back in the 50's. She said filters contain fiberglass particles that slice the lung walls allowing the chemicals added to the tobacco to become immediately absorbed in the blood stream. She said if you smoke you are far better off going to a smoke shop, buy a bag of pure tobacco, some filter-less papers and roll your own. I was a smoker for many years. I tried hypnosis once which was a complete joke. I tried going cold turkey and went for almost four months before my kids begged me to have a cigarette and chill out. :-) Then I tried Chantex. It helped reduce the urge. I didn't stop completely but reduced my intake to half a pack a day. From there I slowly started eliminating the rest, one at a time over a period of about 6 months. The last two a day were the worst. I read that the nicotine addiction level is about 3 milligrams a day. Most people smoke much more than they need to satisfy the addiction but getting over the minimum dose a day is tough. But, I made it. Can't say I feel any better but at least my clothes don't stink anymore. :-) If you have any family members that still smoke, I trust that you are pestering them about it. ;-) -- Respectfully submitted by Justan Laugh of the day from Krause "I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here. I've been "born again" as a nice guy." |
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On 4/17/2015 6:06 AM, John H. wrote:
My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. I'm sorry to hear that. Have you had your pneumonia shot? -- Respectfully submitted by Justan Laugh of the day from Krause "I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here. I've been "born again" as a nice guy." |
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On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 9:11:02 AM UTC-4, Justan Olphart wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that. Have you had your pneumonia shot? No such thing. |
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Justan Olphart wrote:
On 4/17/2015 6:06 AM, John H. wrote: My brother in NC had to be taken to the hospital for difficulty breathing last week while I was in Holland. Diagnosis was pneumonia and acute renal failure. He is now on oxygen full time. Don't know if he'll be able to get off of it once the pneumonia is cleared up. Will ride down today to spend the weekend with him. FWIW, once diagnosed with lung cancer, he stopped smoking, only to start with the e-cigarettes. Doctor said those were not at all good for him. I'm sorry to hear that. Have you had your pneumonia shot? No pneumonia shot as far as I know. I had a slight case of pneumonia a couple weeks ago. Bronchitis. Pneumonia is not a disease, but a symptom. Means fluid in lungs. As to smoking, I get upset at people who sue these days saying they did not know smoking was bad. Give us a break. |
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There is actually a vaccine recommended for seniors that will offer some protection against pneumonia.
http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/n...ory-panel-says http://www.webmd.com/vaccines/pneumo...ccine-schedule
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