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popcorn_feet

had another CT lung scan this week

Oct 21, 2006 12:35

I dont know if anyone remembers when i posted around June about my pneumonia? Its when I posted the before and after pics of me... Well I had to go for follow up CT scans after that. The second one in Sept. was much improved but I still had an abnormal scan.... altho it was markedly better and a resolving thing. I was supposed to have another ( Read more... )

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drag0nette October 21 2006, 20:15:59 UTC

another ex-smoker here. yes, i do get super paranoid when i have any breathing problems. i'm sure i have the worst lungs any average singaporean 30 year-old can have, given my past history of abuse. :p

good to hear the scan was ok! one doc told me that lungs have the ability to repair themselves, and they are constantly on the mend so not to worry. :) that was what encouraged me to stop smoking, knowing that i wasn't past the point of no return as long as i took the first step to stop the abuse. :)

popcorn_feet October 21 2006, 20:33:25 UTC

Its so unerving. plus laying in that machine while they shoot IV contrast dye into you. ugh. The test is quick and really not bad its just the worrying and all... anxiety.. what if's? .... etc ( ... )

drag0nette October 21 2006, 20:38:29 UTC

this is awesome. i'm saving this to show smoking friends. :)

popcorn_feet October 21 2006, 20:54:39 UTC

Theres alot of stuff available - online esp. In the US you can order all kinds of non-smoking things free from lots of places...these facts as a poster actually actually can be ordered ( ... )

drag0nette October 21 2006, 20:58:54 UTC

i think it's the way singapore authorities phrase things... most of my smoking friends are just not fazed by these. perhaps we've been exposed too much to it! i like the way the health benefits in your previous comment was presented - in a more positive light than a negative one. :)

popcorn_feet October 21 2006, 21:04:35 UTC

very positive..its not like 'these awful things will happen to you if you dont quit.' its more - these wonderful things will happen if you do quit.

Much more positive.

They were running commericals here that were anti smoking and really disturbing. Even tho i had already quit i couldnt watch them... i felt like id quit already - leave me alone.

drag0nette October 22 2006, 06:13:11 UTC

precisely. now they're putting pictures of deformed babies on ciggie packs here in singapore! very gross...

popcorn_feet October 21 2006, 21:19:20 UTC

altho this one i found on youtube from the UK is pretty amusing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biz85fUv04

drag0nette October 22 2006, 06:11:22 UTC

LOL!

this one is awesome! :D

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