A year on oxygen

[wilting_seedpod]

Around this time last year is when I was first put on home oxygen.  I had the swine flu, and then a followup pneumonia that knocked the last strength out of me.  It was the first time laying in hospital where I thought I might actually die from not being able to get enough oxygen.  I got a lot of attention at first as the nurses worked hard to

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[babyslime]

Man, I feel the same way about smokers... for me my issues are seeded in my grandmother's death, and how selfish I feel it is. She didn't have to die, she died because she wanted to smoke... and if she'd thought to try and quit, it would be different right now. I hate hearing people say it's "harder than cocaine" not only because that's COMPLETELY UNTRUE but because it's an excuse.
I want to scream at them: have you ever been through withdrawal? Do you know what it's like? Do you know how much it hurts? It isn't a headache and irritability, it's wanting to die so you don't live another hour in it. I HAVE been through major withdrawal so bad I was hospitalized. Don't fucking tell me quitting your precious cigarettes almost killed you, because you know NOTHING about real pain and real hard work to quit something.

... yeah, so I get worked up about it.

[newtsknowplenty]

"and I said something like yeah man, let's do this"

Nice.

Cigarette butts are litter!
What is with the double standard? Those same people would get mad if they saw someone throw a candy wrapper on the ground, but cigarette butts are ok? Are they going to magically biodegrade (all their chemical goodness no less) into the pavement?!

Peeves me.

[christmaseyes]

I'm with you on the smokers - with everything we know about how damaging it is, and how expensive and filthy a habit it is, you'd think that fewer people would ever start, much less defend it as a lifestyle choice.

On a better note - We're sending you lots of love James, and we miss you back here!