Saturday, March 8, 2008

How long can you smoke until you get lung cancer

How long can you smoke until you get lung cancer?
Lots of people smoke without getting lung cancer. Plus smoking doesn't cause other types of cancer. How long can I smoke until I get cancer? I figue I got 10 years of smoking that I can enjoy. But all the cool celebs like Jennifer Aniston, Applegate and Swazye smoke. And they are all fine.
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why don't you just quit? it's a lot of money to pay for cigarettes and for cancer treatments. you think you can smoke once you have lung cancer? no. you'd have to quit. so why not just quit now?
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If you are already worrying about lung cancer then why not just quit smoking now? Why wait to a point where you will significantly increase your chances of getting it? There is no set time limit that is OK for you to smoke before you get lung cancer
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QUIT!!! Thats the best thing. I can save alot of money in the long run as well as sickness and pain.
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Only about a third of people that smoke get lung cancer. Still pretty high odds but not for sure. At autopsy your lungs look really gross. Black. And the cilia die in your lungs so you are always coughing up mucous. Actually, compared to emphysema and other stuff that happens when you smoke, cancer isn't too bad. At work I had a friend that smoked, had quit years ago, and was diagnosed with lung cancer before Christmas one year. By spring the next year he was pushing up daisies. Que sara sara.
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Usually it takes about 20 pack years before you get cancer. To calculate your pack years, multiply the number of packs per day you smoke by the number of years that you've smoked. That's how many pack years you have, and like I said, it usually takes 20 pack years before carcinogenic changes take place.... However..... Lung cancer just happens to be the most publicized danger from smoking. It doesn't affect everyone. But the cardiovascular effects of smoking tobacco occur in EVERYONE, most people jsut don't notice them. As a smoker, you are damaging the blood vessles in your body... this can lead to high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke a lot sooner than you might think. And lets not forget the glorious diseases of emphysema and COPD (chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) in which you basically suffocate. The reason why only one third of people get cancer from smoking? The other two thirds have probably already died from one of the aforementioned causes. The sooner you quit, the better your health will be. Being tobaccoless for 15 years reduces your risk of stroke and heart attack to that of someone who never smoked. So seriously, try to quit! Your body will love you for it!
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ohhhh my GOD U ARE SO STUPID ,U ARE WAITING TILL U GET THE CHANCE JUST QUIT!!!!

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

How long do stage 4 lung cancer patients usually survive

How long do stage 4 lung cancer patients usually survive?
How long would a stage 4 lung cancer patient survive? Especially considering the fact he still smokes cigarettes.
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It depends on a lot of factors including his pre-existing health, age, what other organs the cancer has gone to, etc. In general, the vast majority of people with metastatic lung cancers will die within a year of diagnosis, with most dying within half a year. These are just averages, of course: some will die during the month they're diagnosed, and a very small percent might live two years with aggressive treatment. If this person matters to you, you should definitely prepare for the fact that they will not be around for a very long time.
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Supposidly around 15 months or under. My father in law was told in April 08 that he had Aspestos related lung cancer, he still smoked. In Oct 09 he was told that it had spread from lungs and that he would not make xmas. Mr John Martin age 70 died on Dec 17th 2009.
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hello Joey, my uncle ( 73) ex heavy smoker was diagnosed in october and died at the beginning of august-just over 9 months which I am told is within the 9-12 month average.However, every patient is different. If you know anyone going through this I would highly recommend counselling and help from Cancer support groups like the Macmillan Trust-they are highly trained and offer medical, domestic, transport and psychological help-worth their weight in platinum not gold!!! all the very, very best

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

What organizations from different countries can help patients fron lung cancer

What organizations from different countries can help patients fron lung cancer?
The patient has no employment income and is the head of the family. He is suffering from malignant lung cancer (stage 4). Please provide any information on organizations or individuals who are willing to help or donate medicines for cancer patients. Thank you for your help and advise.
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I don't know what country you are in but I stay in the UK and we have free medical treatment, stage 4 means that it has spread to other parts of the body, usually the liver and the bones and not much time left. This site is a UK site and although some people may donate money to Cancer Research they wont donate it to get the medication as it is freely available from the hospitals and the government would give him and his family sickness benefit of money every week.
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I will post a link to some information I found for you, I only have limited knowledge of what you actually need, but I will try to help with this info.... SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CANCER VICTIMS

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