I know cigarettes are bad and was aware of the risks before. But it's just kind of crazy to think that three years of social smoking only when I drank and then three years of regular smoking ruined my life THAT FAST. I guess it can happen. If my doctor was being nice, I appreciated it, anyway.

I never knew before, but many of my family members had cancer fairly young (found this out when I finally told my grandmother I'm sick). She had cervical cancer when she was in her early 30s. So at least I'm not alone, and most of them survived.