CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Geri M.: Living with Stage 4 COPD

[@thepsychosupersonicdiscopu4096]

I watch this videos everytime I crave and my cravings to smoke vanishes. Happy 1st yr smoke free anniv to me and counting. Quit smoking guys before its too late.

[@carollawrie2414]

amen

[@poisoncherry9751]

The same here

[@pattiharvey2721]

Good for you!!!

[@melissajones8179]

I'm trying so hard I try to sneak one every now and then

[@Reyfan601]

o7 go king you can continue this smoke free. Go king o7

[@breerunaway8537]

5 months without smoking. I crave it sometimes but try to distract myself and watch these videos to motivate me to keep going

[@crystalvitale3891]

I lost my mama at stage 4 COPD Nov 1st 2018 it was horrible to watch her struggle to breathe I watched her pass from this horrible disease she had quit smoking for 5 years but it was too late the damage was done I cared for my Mama until her last breathe 😭 RIP Mama 💜

[@phildrewsomething]

I can’t possibly imagine. Rip.

[@carlaturner4136]

so so sorry

[@artisticalex1206]

I’m sorry to hear that and I feel your pain. I lost my grandma in 2018 as well. It was hard on all my family.

[@sidhammond9265]

Sorry for ur loss

[@christinagould9807]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother. My dad quit 6 weeks before he died. He already had stage 4 lung cancer. His doctor told him that if he didn't quit immediately, he had 1 week. He was a 3 pack a day chain smoker. He smoked for 57 years, since age 12.

[@majashan7100]

Hearing how quiet and lonely her house is is even more sad.

[@lordybelance3410]

Yes

[@sekiro3074]

My mom just passed away last night with stage 4 emphisema (COPD) We were told two weeks ago that she would only have four years left, but we were just getting on the lung transplant list.. My mom got sick 2 days later and was forced on to a ventilator. We tried getting my mom off the ventilator after 6 days.. It was still too much. She was so strong.. We spent the last 46 hours her bedside in the ICU until she passed away. --- I have so many regrets.. Even looking after her for a few years.. I still didn't wanna believe that my mom would ever go downhill so fast. My mom was such an amazing person.. and now I feel dead inside. The doctors will tell you it'll be fast and painless.. After the hell we just went through.. I seriously believe we should be assisting chronically ill patients in a quick and painless passing. "Sedation" and fentynal is still NOT humane enough. --- There's a multitude of newer treatments for helping people suffering from COPD.. They just haven't made it over the border into Canada yet. Smh! A procedure that takes 30mins and doesn't even involve being put under for surgery.. That likely would've saved my moms life, at least long enough for her to get the lung transplant. -- ❤🙏🏻 June 6th 2022. I love you Mom

[@mohammadwaleed4663]

Sorry to hear that ,Rip to your mom

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Wait, what 30 minute procedure do you believe would have bridged her to a lung transplant?

[@kennethsouthard6042]

@@gregorymalchuk272 I think the Zephyr procedure

[@shalacyofficial]

Damn June 6th is my birthday

[@spookyspook_sonic4387]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[@sophiaprendiville8032]

Since I was very little, I’ve been watching this happen to my family members. Slowly and gradually. I know it’s killing them. And all I can do is watch as they deteriorate before my eyes. It’s horrifying. I’m 19. From a young person who loves their older relatives - please don’t do this to your kids.

[@AndrewEvans-us6mv]

Thank you 🙏🏼‘I’m a farther and grand farther!Im at stage 2 copd’’Im 57 I’ve been smoking since a young age I’m still smoking each day and now after reading your post you have given me a strength to start my quieting smoking’’My mother died of lung cancer and im shore that she would say listen to you👍I’m listening and I thank you 🙏🏼 TC ❤️💛💚✌🏻

[@artisticalex1206]

My grandma lived in Michigan as well and she had Stage 4 COPD as well from smoking. She died at age 63 in 2018 as a result of it. She also had to use an oxygen tank just like this lady. Seeing all these commercials and knowing my grandma died from it really prevents me from ever starting.

[@gina2190]

My hubby is dying , he’s only 43 ! He’s had copd for many years , heavy cannabis user. It’s so hard to watch , he’s getting Acidic blood , I know as he is starting to get confused and is unable to breath much. I’m scared . Love to all.

[@crisslee123]

Ask him to pray for forgiveness for abusing his body to the Lord Jesus Christ. then ask him to ask the Lord to heal him and if he can't do it please plead to God on his behalf as his wife but first ask for forgiveness for the abuse of his body and his lungs

[@gina2190]

@@crisslee123 yes , I will thanks , truth is hospital infections did more damage than smoking did , Tb and steno superbug are very bad on lungs .

[@pattiharvey2721]

@@crisslee123 I'm so sorry to hear that......I'll be keeping you and your husband in my prayers

[@kokichikinnie2309]

@hope full chill

[@channy055]

How is your hubby doing now sorry just read this and saw it was a year ago

[@ericacantu2320]

My beloved Uncle passed away November 30th 2022 from COPD and liver disease as well. Rest his soul.

[@dc.pentrumesteri4893]

condolences to the suffering family, I would also be 47 years old on January 5, but I feel that you would not be able to cope with COPD, pulmonary emphysema and pleural fibrosis plus ankylosing spondylitis and 2 small children

[@DevilsGiants-do6vb]

My grandfather has emphysema from smoking for nearly 50 years. Luckily, he quit nearly 18 years ago. If he hadn’t, I doubt he’d be with us today (he’ll be 84 at the end of this month). Unfortunately, he has difficulty breathing when walking or exerting himself and makes a wheezing sound when he inhales sometimes, due to scar tissue on his lungs. Luckily, he doesn’t require oxygen, although he does keep a tank at home.

[@amosjuliantampubolon2413]

How about your grandfather now? My father was diagnosed emphysema last week, he quit smoking this january. He is 67 years old. What is treatment do you give to your grandfather?

[@dc.pentrumesteri4893]

man, what emphysema does grandpa have for almost 40 years? let's be serious not to lie to the world or, he had a bubble of emphysema! no one has lived that long and will not live harder than cancers

[@spookyspook_sonic4387]

Happy really late birthday to your grandfather!

[@maryjaneferguson2711]

​@d c .pentru mesteri The great Willie Nelson who jst turned 90 yld. He has had emphysema since 1981, that's 42 years. There are many like Willie.

[@dev46195]

You should feel very lucky if you can breathe properly today . Being in a good health is like wearing an invisible crown that only sick people can see.

[@tomdavis3038]

That’s an interesting thought.

[@christinagould9807]

I lost 3 beloved people in my life from smoking cigarettes. My dad died from stage 4 lung cancer, a very dear friend from COPD, and my mom's companion to COPD. Smoking kills! I don't smoke and never will. I'm 42.

[@mohammadwaleed4663]

She seems son nice ,I feel sad for her and for my self as a smoker 😣

[@Xquisity]

Stick to weed

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

@@Xquisity Not much better

[@ivywalker8674]

Omg im praying ..my mother died in 2017 from stage 4 copd shes couldnt do nothing i felt so bad and to see her shes remind me so much of my mother 😥 ... And my granny died from copd also my mothers mom ... SO IM TRYING TO STOP SMOKING BUT ITS SO HARD BUT IM GONE MAKE MY KIDS HAPPY TO PUT DOWN THE CIGARETTE🙏🙏🙌🙌🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@chanteealicia4115]

Good luck❤️!!!

[@patriot20000]

As Yoda said "Do or do Not, there is no "try". You Can do this and you have tell yourself that. If you can't go cold turkey (which I "tried" countless times) do what I did: First realize that you didn't smoke a pack the first time you had a cigarette. Nor did one cigarette, nor two, nor ten cause an addiction. You increased the number OVER TIME until you were addicted. Quit the same way. Purposefully give up One cigarette each day for 1 week. The next week (or two if you need it) you give up 2 cigarettes a day. Choose the easiest ones. Keep doing this over the following months and your addiction will be Weaned. It worked for me. But it is also habit. So also curtail doing the things that trigger the habit (going out for drinks, or dinner, or hanging out with smokers at break time etc., until you are clean. And if you falter one day or smoke a pack while you're out on a Saturday night, go right back to where you were at quitting, the next day. You haven't failed just because you had a slip. This works. And if it takes 10 months to be done with cigarettes, you will at least be cutting down in the meanwhile until you get there. Never add one to where you are at, stretch the time in between instead...go for a walk, clean a closet, etc.). It's been 50 years of not smoking for me! And thousands of dollars saved. Good luck!

[@issybowering2809]

my mum smokes and i wish everyday that she would stop so im sure your making your kids very very proud by stopping, i cant say i know what its like since im only 13 and have never smoked but i do know that it is hard! best of luck and keep going!!! :)))

[@maxitosh8465]

You got this 🖖🏾😎💜🚭

[@srikanthmandela2511]

I never smoked or drank and never will. All my friends do, but I never did. So have no idea how alcohol tastes like or how it feels to take a puff of a cigarette.

[@Xquisity]

What she didn't tell you is that she spend her whole life smoking cigarettes. This video should be about how smoking kills your lungs

[@kateclemons5921]

Bless her❤💛

[@michelemarie180]

She's telling people the truth my dad has end stage COPD. My father is 83 pounds he's slipping away from us. He can't walk a few feet without being breathless

[@thatrobloxguy2012]

My grandma got COPD. And now she has to be connected to a oxygen tank to help her breathe. Also, she needs several medications at day and night! But luckily she’s alive

[@dc.pentrumesteri4893]

hello, what treatments does your grandmother take, how is her saturation and how many liters per minute does she have at the concentrator? I am the same at 45 years old

[@chelbydavis8202]

I will never 👎 💨. I’ve learned that COPD is no joke and nothing to play around so smoking 🚬 is so out of the question 🙋‍♀️

[@margarettejeda4795]

I feel the same way that I miss going work. That's emotional.

[@Crypticerror606]

My mom had stage 4 copd, got diagnosed in 2019 after being hospitalized. She struggles to do alot of stuff, even walking to the bathroom with is next to her bed. I've been doing home school for a few reasons but mainly so I can stay and help her out and so my dad doesn't have to worry to much about her Incase something happens. My dad smokes alot just like she use to, which scares me honestly. I don't know how to get him to stop and I don't wanna lose them both to this damn disease and watch him slowly die to.

[@jeanniesherman3591]

Im one of those with not much time left...i damn near have a convolusion each day from coughin so hard. Im almost 68..couldnt have kids, lots of bad things happened to me....so im ok with leaving this world...

[@colleeneveson6687]

I don't know you personally, but I just wanted to reach out and say that you are loved and you matter in this world, no matter the mistakes you've made or the suffering you've endured. Even though you experienced lots of bad things, you kept on going and fighting and living your life and that is something to be proud of. Don't blame yourself for everything and know that you are not alone in your struggle. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE FOR YOU. 🤍

[@Xquisity]

Stick to weed

[@kathyduvall6384]

God bless you angle lady

[@ninjagodzilla6402]

I tell my wife everyday to quit Shes 41 & been smoking since 16.its not gonna be good.i dont know what to do

[@mingram7748]

I know. I'm worried about my son. He smokes a lot. I lost one of my best friends to lung cancer. It's a horrible death. I pray for you and your wife, and that my son will stop smoking.🙏

[@vambat3523]

@@mingram7748 how old is you're son? sorry if im asking im just curious

[@patriot20000]

Jay , please see my reply to Ivy Walker. It will work if she will do it.

[@reasonablerage4370]

This may sound harsh, but threaten divorce. She doesn't love you if she can't quit, sorry.

[@mistermornevanderberg]

I am so sorry to hear and see this. My mother has COPD as well and is on a machine too She finds it very painful to walk now as well

[@skagirl]

🙏🙏

[@George13sageika]

guys why when i watch videos with copd and people desperately trying to breathe , i have shortness of breath too!! wtf !!

[@CarlosFernandez-js8yn]

Anxiety

[@chanteealicia4115]

This is so sad.

[@kendikwa1434]

My grandpa has copd and now he has a blood clot in his lungs

[@cre448]

Jesus. I currently _sadly_ smoke cigarettes. Didn't touch any for 28 years am now 31 and am going to quit. Thank you for sharing this and i *hope* your grandpa is doing better! Sincerely🙌🏻🙏🏻😔❤

[@mohammadalsayed3654]

My mom and dad smok and I am trying to till them to stop and this happened I got cuffing and stomachache from smoking

[@jeremiasvelez1043]

I don't smoke nothing god blessed

[@ericsmith9156]

Sending🙏🙏

[@mandlin4602]

People who expect non smokers to breathe it in, you can give someone this horrible illness with passive smoke. As well as lung or throat cancer. If this isn’t enough to quit yourself, then at least don’t force others to be sick with you!

[@patriciaesbenson4617]

I quit 12 yrs ago my husband died from cold 😢

[@goodmiller4786]

My dad copd and. Had take oxiden

[@fayealston7266]

smoking that all i can say

[@AndrewEvans-us6mv]

🙏🏼❤️💛💚✌🏻🙏🏼

[@jamescokl3]

Given up at 54. Copd in the future.

[@purple-h9p]

Geri aged 58 grandmother

[@Emily-fo2xo]

SINGS BETTER THAN WHITNEY HOUSTON

[@usmc6911]

Not 1 time did she mention smoking.Unbelievable.Still in denial.SMOKING CAUSED IT LADY.

[@4everfaithful32]

True, but I guess at this point it doesn't matter whether its mentioned, we know and I am certain she carries guilt and shame for doing that to herself and all the things she misses - and her end of life is near so lets just be kind.

[@maxitosh8465]

Not everyone who gets COPD smoked - a lot of people are getting it these days because of other reasons…

[@kennethsouthard6042]

I have a hard time believing she's in denial when she's decided to participate in this campaign.

[@maryjaneferguson2711]

Maybe she didn't smoke. Maybe, she has Alpha One. Being a letter carrier, her lungs got a work out five days a week. Don't be so quick to judge. Only 15% of smokers get COPD. They are finding its genetic. Biologics are close to being available for COPD/Emphysema patients. Pray for that. ( it would be like the CF medications,back to normal). Blessings and hope. Look this information up.

[@julie-nw6ql]

You don't have to smoke to get copd