Have you ever seen someone close to you slowly die from Lung cancer.?

Question

You would think twice before you put another cigarette in your mouth again if you have!!!!

Answer 1

I watched my mum die from Lung cancer in January of this year, 6 weeks after first being diagnosed.
She made my 2 sisters/3brothers all promise to stop smoking the day after her funeral, and to my utter shame i never managed it, i feel like total shite every time i light up but the truth is the pain of losing her is so raw and intense that i reach out for the ***'s and spark up, i know it's a filthy dirty habit and robbed me of the best friend i'll ever have in my life
and having to hold her hand when she died was the most horrific thing i've ever had to go through and should be the kick up the backside i need to give up, and i will give up, when im ready and because i'd hate for my family to see me suffer like mum did!

Answer 2

Allow me to be the little voice in the back of the room - I'm a life-long non-smoker, not even 40 yet. I'm also a 4.5 year survivor of stage III lung cancer. I've joined a support board specifically for lung cancer survivors, so yes, I've seen many die of lung cancer and read the painful stories of their last weeks.

Is that what keeps me from smoking? No, it's a habit I always thought was nasty and didn't want to start. I love a few smokers, not all of them have been able to quit. Doesn't make me love them less, but if they can't respect my health and not smoke in my presence, then we can't hang out together - there's always email and AT&T....

It would be easy to decide what to do or not do if we lived life backwards, we'd know exactly how long we had to live, and what we eventually died of. We would know to stuff in every moment of living and never take it for granted...

Mortality has a way of sneaking up on all of us. It doesn't matter, in the long run, how we live, we will ALL die, eventually.

Answer 3

Lung cancer isn't always cut and dry - as it doesn't pick whether -you are a smoker or non.. Cancer is Cancer and no-one really can say why it picks who it does or why..

My father battled lung cancer - with absetois (?sp) for 13mths..
Alot of people would say - oh - cause he was a smoker..
Yes he was BUT he quit smoking 15yrs ago.. In that time - he had his lung collapse for different medical reason - NO tumors then and about 7 yrs ago - a double bypass - Also No tumors..

The fact that he worked with abestos and was a painter (who was encouraged to smoke - helped with fumes) didn't help - BUT it isn't WHAT caused or triggered his cancer..
He fought hard to stay - but was concerned more for his family then himself..
My mother was diagonised with cancer 1mth b4 him - Her's was breast..

Me - i have smoker - on and off.. And cause my father has passed on from this disease DOESN"T mean i am going to tell people - Don't smoke - it is their choice - You can easier get hit by a car - but you will still go walking..

At his funeral - instead of flowers - we requested assistance for cancer research - FOR LUNG cancer research - As not much is know re this condition..

Answer 4

I am a breast and lung cancer survivor. Believe it or not 2nd
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Answer 5

I have taken care of many terminally ill cancer patients in the unit over the years. It's sad and a terrible way to die. The family should decide before hand how the want the love one to pass. I've seen people linger on ventilators forever in pain, feeling like their suffocating, because the family cant make a decision. Talk to your family about your wishes. I know smoking is bad and causes lung cancer, but I have also taken care of people who never smoked. Wierd......

Answer 6

yes my uncle is dying from lung cancer. a year ago he was given 10-12 months to live so he could die at any time. he means the world to me and it is heartbreaking to watch, even harder is the fact that his son is only 5 years old. i never smoked anyway and if i have kids im going to teach them from when they're very young that smoking is bad for you. however, smoking is a serious addiction, like being addicted to alcohol or drugs, and it is not as straight forward as you are making it sound. its a lot easier to not even start smoking in the first place, so education is the key.

Answer 7

i saw my dad die with Lung Cancer.....not slowly...within 8 weeks of being diagnosed the cancer took him....yes he smoked.....he also worked many years with asbestos....
yes i smoke and very like jackie a few above i thought he would give me the incentive to stop straight away....but losing a parent is very stressful and unfortunatley alot of us smokers use cigarettes as stress busters....
a few months b4 my dad got his diagnosis he had successfully managed to stop.....but when the GP came to his house to deliver the bad news...the first thing my dad wanted to do was light a ciggie up......when i went to see him after hearing the news i nagged him about his smoking..(very few) but after a couple of days i stopped nagging him.....he didn't need that!.....he was 62 when he died....and after having a post mortem we were told that asbestos was present in his lungs! His oncologist has since told us that dad probably had this disease 3 plus years..........
....I'm not angry with my dad for smoking for 40 years....i'm angry that in this day and age you ould have thought they would have picked up this disease on the xray dad had only 2 years before...
there are lots of drugs out there for many different cancers some that could cure and if not could certainly extend and enhance ones life with cancer...but are they available to the vast majority of citizens that have contributed to their country all their working lives??? No they are not....Fact!
It is not Fact that smoking will cause you to get lung cancer....so if you want to get angry at people....please direct your anger to the right people....our government !

Answer 8

My grandfather died of lung cancer and had to get fluid drained off his lungs many times. He smoked cigarettes and the pipe for years.

Answer 9

Not very many smokers get lung cancer, and smokers make up only a small percentage of people with lung cancer. My FIL died of lung cancer. He was a non-smoker and got lung cancer from being exposed to asbestos in the military. There are a lot of different ways someone gets lung cancer and smoking is NOT the main cause.

Answer 10

I watched my dad die with lung cancer
my niece started to smoke after he died I would have thought is would had made her more sensible
but it's the old it won't happen to me