28 November 2013

Home Again


I spent the last 2 nights in the hospital. I went in with pain in my back so severe I couldn't walk. Ray tried to walk me to the car to take me to the hospital but I could only scream and cry. Felt like my lower spine was compressed together and that when I tried to walk knives were being jammed in there. Got to the hospital and they weren't too worried about my back but my O2 levels were really low. I had to stay in the hospital for 2 nights and have some respiratory therapy because I now have COPD.

Lessons learned:
  • Should not have started smoking in my late teens (or ever) to be defiant or to be "cool."
  • Can spend the money on better, more fun things than cigarettes.
  • Most important is that COPD is not curable but rather controllable.  I took my health too much for granted in my younger years and now I have numerous health issues that I might never have had if I had taken better care of myself by eating better and not started smoking.
I hope to be back here in a day or 2 with a more upbeat post.

Take care everyone and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Hugs,
Sharon

8 comments:

  1. Oh goodness Sharon - I hope your back is feeling a lot better now. My husband has a bad back and he swears by his chiropractor to keep it feeling good. :)

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  2. Feel better soon. I also wish I didn't start smoking. So hard to quit its a constant battle. I'm trying again. .

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  3. Feel better soon. I also wish I didn't start smoking. So hard to quit its a constant battle. I'm trying again. .

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  4. Thank you Elaine and Debi. It is very hard quitting smoking. In the hospital it didn't seem too bad but now that I'm home, it is getting rough. I'm wearing patches but Ray still smokes and my friend who is recovering from her broken leg also smokes. They have been considerate about going outside but I still know what they're doing and I want to join them but then I remind myself that I don't want to have to tote a bottle of oxygen around with me and so far I'm sticking with quitting. I can always use the extra money for yarn--a big plus!

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  5. good idea smoke money for yarn love it. but would probably get over run by yarn in time lol. i'm using chantix and my quite date is dec 1. i'm down to 5-6 a day. keep up the good work.

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    1. That's great! Yeah, the yarn situation could get out of hand pretty quick. Congratulations on cutting down so far.

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  6. Poor Sharon, I only saw this now, I hope your battle with the cigs is going well. Keep it up!

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    1. I'm still smoke-free but it hasn't been easy.

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