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Post by countryblocks on Aug 22, 2005 21:08:48 GMT -5
My cousin passed away Friday. The funeral was this morning.He was diagnosed with lung cancer about 6 months ago. He stopped smoking 15 years ago. Someone said it was too late for him cause the damage was already done.Then someone else said it's in the genes cause my grandparents and aunt and uncle died from cancer. I am confused and don't know what to think.I read somewhere that if you been quit over 5 years then you have a very good chance of not having lung cancer. any advice from anyone would be appreciated.
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Post by Don on Aug 23, 2005 8:05:03 GMT -5
It's all a matter of odds, chances and predispositions.
What's the odds of me getting hit by a bus? Low, but people still get run over by 'em. If I had a tendency to play in traffic, the odds would get better I suppose.
I really do think there is a genetic predisposition to cancer and maybe even addiction. We all have instincts, favorites and desires. It would not surprise me at all if genes are the cause.
Genes alone do not tell the future. What we do has more impact than what we start with.
My sympathies are with you Country.
There are no guarantees in this existence, only that everything in the physical world must come to an end including this very Earth and every star. It is what we do that alters the when and the how.
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Post by Ann on Aug 23, 2005 8:15:00 GMT -5
IMHO it's a little bit of everything factored in. Maybe it was too late, maybe he was predisposed, maybe.......maybe. I firmly believe in this day and age a lot of the polution and additives in our foods, clothes & lives have to also be factored in along with everything else. Don't keep second guessing yourself "what if", it only serves to make you crazy.
My condolences on the loss of your cousin.
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Post by Karyn on Aug 23, 2005 11:51:43 GMT -5
Very sorry to hear about your cousin Country. That is very sad, and I have wondered the same thing you have. My question is why go through the agony of quitting if you already have something and are going to die anyway. I guess maybe quitting prolongs it even if you are predisposed, with it in the genes so to speak. Unfortunetely I have thought about this, so I could convince myself it is just fine to go back to smoking, which is absolutely absurd. But the beast is still trying. Big Hugs Country Karyn
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