Hello everyone, Thank you to all of you who have wondered where I have been all this time, it's good to know you got peeps looking out for you <3
However, I am going to make sure from now on I spend at least one hour a day answering questions and so forth everyday.
I used to spend more time here, but things have turned bad...
I am sorry I have not been around much lately, things in my family have been completely up rooted and upside down.
My dad, who in my life time have not had the best relationship with him, because his dad and mom just pretty much dumped him when he was a child and he too had no relationship with his dad or mom. it's just like a chain effect.... I have always loved my dad and will always no matter what, but recently my dad has had severe health problems.
First he had prostate troubles which in turn was on 4 different meds which did not work and then after 4 months of meds finally found out it was an infection....
He has severe emphysema now and can't walk too far, been a life time smoker which he just now quit.... he has had a stint put in his artery, and now he may have cancer of his esphogus.... all this happened at once, he found this out nearly all at once.
I am pissed at the hospitals, because they found a lump in my dad's lung tissue back in april of 2009 and it measured 8mm, they said nothing to my dad until when he went in for breathing trouble that the thing nearly doubled in size 1.5cm now, he had 4 xrays before they told him anything and every Dr. told him nothing!
I have been by my dad's side taking care of him because he can barely take care of himself anymore.. and what is sad is this is the most time I have ever spent with him, because he took no interest in spending time with me when I was younger.....
All my time has been taking care of my dad and to make matters worse my mom is having severe problems with her lungs, both life long smokers..... it's terrible I have to live through this with both parents, because I know my mom is the next, she is on breathing treatments and Nebuliser and all sorts of other meds for COPD. I watched my neighbor die of lung cancer sorta recently... he too was a life long smoker.
My dad has been a smoker for 52 years and my mother around 47 years..She is on anti biotics constantly and amoxicillin does not even work anymore and now she has to take the more risker ones that cause tendon damage..... This has been like this for the past 4 years and she still refuses to quit, but says she is going to soon, but never comes....
I also found out that my dad needs heart surgery and he may not even be able to live through the surgery, because of his lungs.
I have been through a lot lately and my head has not been very clear and I am under a lot of stress watching my parents suffer and yet I am very furious that the tobacco companies get away with this shit while pot smokers/growers get slammed to the wall when it never harms a hair on anyone's head.
I am also in the middle of making updates for the sick plants guide, long overdue! lol
I really try to keep a bright outlook on this that everything may be alright, but it's very hard when everyone around you is sick with lung problems that could have been avoided.
To anyone who smokes, please quit, it's terrible to put your kids/family through this; because they are the one who suffer too, because they have to watch you slowly get sick or die with something that was completely preventable.
I knew this day would come that I would have to take care of my parents with lung problems.
I suffer from lung problems too, because my mom,dad,brother and sister all smoked around me for nearly 14 years and I am the only one who came out not smoking. I went and added up all the cigarettes I may have inhaled from being around this and each smoker was near a pack a day and I added up over 30,000 cig's. As I got older my lungs went to shit, I had to stop playing sports and give up high school hockey and I watched as new smokers skated circles around me, because I could not catch my breath and no amount of medication changed it.
So please for those smokers, don't smoke around children if you choose to smoke, and please think of the long term effects your going to have on your family and hardships they may have to go through with medical bills and emotional trauma.
However, I am going to make sure from now on I spend at least one hour a day answering questions and so forth everyday.
I used to spend more time here, but things have turned bad...
I am sorry I have not been around much lately, things in my family have been completely up rooted and upside down.
My dad, who in my life time have not had the best relationship with him, because his dad and mom just pretty much dumped him when he was a child and he too had no relationship with his dad or mom. it's just like a chain effect.... I have always loved my dad and will always no matter what, but recently my dad has had severe health problems.
First he had prostate troubles which in turn was on 4 different meds which did not work and then after 4 months of meds finally found out it was an infection....
He has severe emphysema now and can't walk too far, been a life time smoker which he just now quit.... he has had a stint put in his artery, and now he may have cancer of his esphogus.... all this happened at once, he found this out nearly all at once.
I am pissed at the hospitals, because they found a lump in my dad's lung tissue back in april of 2009 and it measured 8mm, they said nothing to my dad until when he went in for breathing trouble that the thing nearly doubled in size 1.5cm now, he had 4 xrays before they told him anything and every Dr. told him nothing!
I have been by my dad's side taking care of him because he can barely take care of himself anymore.. and what is sad is this is the most time I have ever spent with him, because he took no interest in spending time with me when I was younger.....
All my time has been taking care of my dad and to make matters worse my mom is having severe problems with her lungs, both life long smokers..... it's terrible I have to live through this with both parents, because I know my mom is the next, she is on breathing treatments and Nebuliser and all sorts of other meds for COPD. I watched my neighbor die of lung cancer sorta recently... he too was a life long smoker.
My dad has been a smoker for 52 years and my mother around 47 years..She is on anti biotics constantly and amoxicillin does not even work anymore and now she has to take the more risker ones that cause tendon damage..... This has been like this for the past 4 years and she still refuses to quit, but says she is going to soon, but never comes....
I also found out that my dad needs heart surgery and he may not even be able to live through the surgery, because of his lungs.
I have been through a lot lately and my head has not been very clear and I am under a lot of stress watching my parents suffer and yet I am very furious that the tobacco companies get away with this shit while pot smokers/growers get slammed to the wall when it never harms a hair on anyone's head.
I am also in the middle of making updates for the sick plants guide, long overdue! lol
I really try to keep a bright outlook on this that everything may be alright, but it's very hard when everyone around you is sick with lung problems that could have been avoided.
To anyone who smokes, please quit, it's terrible to put your kids/family through this; because they are the one who suffer too, because they have to watch you slowly get sick or die with something that was completely preventable.
I knew this day would come that I would have to take care of my parents with lung problems.
I suffer from lung problems too, because my mom,dad,brother and sister all smoked around me for nearly 14 years and I am the only one who came out not smoking. I went and added up all the cigarettes I may have inhaled from being around this and each smoker was near a pack a day and I added up over 30,000 cig's. As I got older my lungs went to shit, I had to stop playing sports and give up high school hockey and I watched as new smokers skated circles around me, because I could not catch my breath and no amount of medication changed it.
So please for those smokers, don't smoke around children if you choose to smoke, and please think of the long term effects your going to have on your family and hardships they may have to go through with medical bills and emotional trauma.
