good advice...did you take it?
Joanne
--- "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> yes,
> and my uncle set and told me "ken, faye and i
> planned to travel when i
> retired. i am less than one year from retirment and
> now all those plans are
> gone. i am not saying don't make plans, but if you
> have something to do, go
> ahead and do some of them now."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathleen Salkin
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Comedy Central's
>
>
> Then you know how tough it is to watch someone you
> love die of long-range
> suffocation.  For that is what is was - a very very
> long death by
> suffocation.  She lived for five years after her
> diagnosis.
>
> Kat
>
> "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > had an aunt die of that. she nor my uncle ever did
> tobacco of any kind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathleen Salkin
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Comedy Central's
>
>
> Yes, I agree; my mother died of idiopathic pulmonary
> fibrosis which is
> similar to emphysema but kills more quickly.  I
> wouldn't wish that on my
> worst enemy.
>
> Kat
>
>
> "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
> wrote:
> > In a message dated 2/20/02 12:54:48 PM,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >My baby sister, however, smokes 2 or more packs a
> day and is quite obese.
> >She's got a smoker's cough and arthritis and cannot
> walk even a half-mile
> >without getting out of breath, and she's only 38!
> >
> Being around AA for years, I have seen respiratory
> problems as the result of
> smoking impair as many people as alcohol and drugs.
> I have gain lots of
> weight as a result of quitting smoking and a large
> gut seems to impair
> respiration even more. I am glad I stopped before my
> emphysema progressed.
> Emphysema is worst than lung cancer in my view.
>
> Bobby


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