 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | I'm of the belief that forcing the stress of quitting during treatment can be as deadly as the cancer or treatment. With elderly and terminally I'll, I don't believe it should ever be discussed. Studies have shown if you smoke for over 10 years and quit, the cardiovascular system improves with in weeks/months but the risk of cancer never goes down.
If one can quit smoking to save a relationship, it should follow that one should quit smoking to save their life.
The tobacco companies should have to pay all medical bills of those who smoke or those who are around second or third hand smoke, but they are allowed to just keep on killing folks. It makes no sense.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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