smoking and copd

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Hi ,no easy way of saying this but ,,,,,I was a smoker for many many years from aged 15 until 44 ,,,,then blue lighted to hospital ,consultant said do you smoke ,,,yes im said ,,,wrong answer he replied ,,,,,the next one will kill you ,I. Aged 69 now ,,,and it firmly believe I wouldn't be here now if I hadn't have listened to his words,,,,,I never had another cigarette ,,,,,,thank god I stopped,,, but sadly  al lot of damage was already done to my lungs ,

ask for a referral to PULMARY  REHAB. they will help you cope with your linens and help you improve your health ,good luck ,,,,and stop now,

i was diagnosed with stage 3 copd at the beginning of april like everyone i was a smoker  until i got told that my next dose of infecion will kill me and believe me that was a kick up the backside i needed it has been a hard struggle but finally i can say im a none smoker so please stop smoking as soon as you can 

You must stop smoking immediately. You will notice the effects of giving up after just a short time I'm sure. You must exercise, however hard you find it. You need to keep your lungs functioning as well as you can. I think doctors try to frighten us by saying things like your lungs are like a 95-year-old. Well, that's a healthy 95-year-old so it means they are not as good as someone your age should be. Take the very best care of yourself - vitamins, organic food, exercise - and your emphysema may not progress at all, but rather stay as it is, which is manageable.

MUCH faster.   I'm 68 and smoked for more than 40 years and had stopped a year or so before I was diagnosed with COPD.   Panda, try EVERYTHING:  patches, gum, sprays, hypnotherapy, meditation, champax, vaping, Allan Carr's books and groups if you can find one .......... ANYTHING!      Of course, there's always cold turkey if you can manage it.

By strugglijng to stop, do you mean cutting down?  I tried that heaps of times and it never worked for me because it doesn't break the addiction and just prolongs the agony.   I find now that being around even one smoker affects my breathing quite badly, so I find it hard to understand how anyone with COPD can keep smoking.  

Have you given up before?   If so you may have experienced the feeling worse for a while, because nicotine is actually a cough suppressant so you may feel as if you have a cold or the flu because a lot of muck in your lungs will start to come up.   Sorry to be graphic, just thought I'd warn you, especially as a few people have posted on here that they got "sicker" after they stopped smoking - it's actually your lungs starting to work better. 

I know it's not really funny, but if any doctor told me I had the lungs of a 95 year old I'd ask him which 95 year old, one who smoked or one who didn't?   

What's your lung function percentage from a spirometry test and have you been prescribed anything?   

Try and get to a pulmonary rehab group if you can:  oh dear, I'm beginning to worry other long term users of this forum will start thinking I'm on a commission for rehab, because I'm always pushing it on here.   

I learnt so much about how to manage the condition, including breathing and other exercises and generally how to accept and deal with it, especially that if you're the "soldier on" type like me, it's pointless with COPD because you'll just take longer to recover from the breathlessness if you push yourself too far.

Take care of yourself Tina - stay on this forum and get as much info as you can to manage the condition