How long does it take for lung cancer or throat cancer to develop if you smoke cigs?
I've been smoking for 7 1/2 years plan on quitting tomorrow. How much time do I have to live and estimate you know.
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indyjoe · 56-60, M
Some people smoke for a short time and get cancer or other related diseases almost right away, others smoke for years (decades) before anything developes. There are many yet still who are elderly and been smoking since they were teens and have never had a single problem whatsoever (you rarely, practically never hear about them). Smoking does not automatically mean hat you will have health problems or issues....it increases your risk for that to happen, but it doesn't mean necessarily that you will. It's good that you want to quit though, I wish you all the luck in the world.🤠
lou502008 · 61-69, M
it does not work like that. just quit and you'll be better off. i smoked for 30 years. was opening a 3rd pack every day. it's been 15 years since i quit!
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lou502008 · 61-69, M
@crossswordcrusader what do you mean by that? i had an accident, broke 5 ribs, needed oxygen to help me breathe. surgery, 5 weeks in the hospital, one in ICU cause of a blood clot...i didn't need that kind of luck!
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lou502008 · 61-69, M
@crossswordcrusader hopfully i live to 80...lol
TrunkZ · 56-60, M
Everyone is different and there is no set schedule as to when a smoking related disease will develop. Besides, smoking has been connected to all kinds of medical issues besides cancer. I wish you success in your goal of quitting.
sighmeupforthat · 46-50, M
depends...
for my wife it took 20 yrs.
she has stage 4 non small cell lung cancer.. that shit spreads fast but is easily manipulable through therapies until the shit 'gets smart' as many oncologists worry about.
her therapy is on it's 3rd year and it's not easy.
so stop!
she's on chemo, immunotherapy (this is every other friday) then for a while she had to get blood infusions monthly.
she's on a shit load of opiates for dire pain... cancer spread to bones.
and she's always nursing herself and i gotta make sure she gets enough nutrients so her heart doesn't freaking stop due to congestive failure.
i'm hating it like hell.
do not smoke cancer sticks!
she's too fucking young... i don't know what i'll do without her.
and watching her fight is hard as fuck.
:/
i can't nag enough, do not smoke those fucking coffin nails.
right now she's back on the radiation and it's wearing her down...
for my wife it took 20 yrs.
she has stage 4 non small cell lung cancer.. that shit spreads fast but is easily manipulable through therapies until the shit 'gets smart' as many oncologists worry about.
her therapy is on it's 3rd year and it's not easy.
so stop!
she's on chemo, immunotherapy (this is every other friday) then for a while she had to get blood infusions monthly.
she's on a shit load of opiates for dire pain... cancer spread to bones.
and she's always nursing herself and i gotta make sure she gets enough nutrients so her heart doesn't freaking stop due to congestive failure.
i'm hating it like hell.
do not smoke cancer sticks!
she's too fucking young... i don't know what i'll do without her.
and watching her fight is hard as fuck.
:/
i can't nag enough, do not smoke those fucking coffin nails.
right now she's back on the radiation and it's wearing her down...
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sighmeupforthat · 46-50, M
@crossswordcrusader 20 years. that's what she said. long as i known her she smoked and she wasn't a big smoker.
half a pack a day.
sometimes more if she was stressed.
she smoked marlboros, salem and specialized cigarettes from time to time.
she finally quit when she got a double bypass heart graft her aorta became blocked and they put a stent into it then the stent failed.
THEN she developed arteriosclerosis.. the hardening of the arteries.
then her femoral artery aneurysm left her with a graft there and they found the metastasized material there.
now here she is.
i'm very happy her vascular surgeon found it.. still it spread to her left leg.
half a pack a day.
sometimes more if she was stressed.
she smoked marlboros, salem and specialized cigarettes from time to time.
she finally quit when she got a double bypass heart graft her aorta became blocked and they put a stent into it then the stent failed.
THEN she developed arteriosclerosis.. the hardening of the arteries.
then her femoral artery aneurysm left her with a graft there and they found the metastasized material there.
now here she is.
i'm very happy her vascular surgeon found it.. still it spread to her left leg.
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Good job on taking that huge step.
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@crossswordcrusader Keep fighting man.
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smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
Could happen in a few year's or many year's
ZenKitzune · F
it doesn't work that way
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Hairychick2018 · 36-40, F
I always say that I will quit
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
2 seConDs. big tabaccoS NeeDs Uouz
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
You’re a goner.. tie up loose ends now