RE: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread monica spence
This is a sad thread. My mom was given 6 months when they FINALLY diagnosed the anal lesion that she had as 3rd stage cancer. It was diagnosed because the lesion contained LUNG cells... which means the primary site was in her lungs --- All due to smoking from the time she was a teenager. She

RE: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread Susan B. Farmer
Quoting monica spence [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is a sad thread. *snippage* I wish we who have see this could explain to smokers, who all think they are immortal... I think that there must be a certain amount of teenager (aka that won't happen to me mentality) inside every smoker; there's

Re: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread Jeanine E. Swick
To give a ray of hope to those who might be facing cancer. I have a friend who had a double mastectomy three years ago and then last year lost a lung to lung cancer. There was no connection between the two. She had been a smoker for I don't know for how long, but probably most of her

Re: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread Dianne Greg Stucki
This is a sad thread. My mom was given 6 months when they FINALLY diagnosed the anal lesion that she had as 3rd stage cancer. It was diagnosed because the lesion contained LUNG cells... which means the primary site was in her lungs --- All due to smoking from the time she was a teenager.

RE: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread Kimiko Small
I am so sorry for your loss Monica. Thank you for sharing your story. Kimiko At 10:41 AM 2/25/2006, you wrote: This is a sad thread. My mom was given 6 months when they FINALLY diagnosed the anal lesion that she had as 3rd stage cancer. It was diagnosed because the lesion contained LUNG

Re: [h-cost] OT Smoking

2006-02-25 Thread Kimiko Small
At 11:06 AM 2/25/2006, you wrote: To give a ray of hope to those who might be facing cancer. I have a friend who had a double mastectomy three years ago and then last year lost a lung to lung cancer. There was no connection between the two. She had been a smoker for I don't know for how