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To: Bonefish who wrote (113315)	4/1/2008 1:28:20 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) of 306849

**OT*** Why is there no hope for your sister? I didn't say there was no hope. I said her future is grim with or without health insurance. She might beat the odds, there is always a chance. Everyone knows at least one smoker who lived to old age and who seemingly was effected little by smoking....but there is not a high probability on that outcome and certainly that has not been the outcome for smokers in my family. I've watched more than a few family members and friends die from the long term effects of being heavy smokers. It's not so much that they age faster and die younger, it's that they, with considerable medical intervention, can live a fairly long time in terrible health, subjected to numerous hospital stays, invasive operations and procedures. Living a long life in terrible health is a curse. By the time my mother passed away from lung cancer in her 70s she'd had three heart attacks, two major strokes, breast cancer and numerous smaller strokes, was on an oxygen canister for the last four years, dozens of medications and had basically been in and out of hospitals for 15-20 years. Everything she loved to do in life had slowly been taken away from her. I don't think all her health problems were a direct result of the smoking but it certainly added to her other health issues. I don't know how anyone could look at her experience and not think it was a grim way to spend the last 15-20 years of your life. It pains me to see my sister headed down the same road. Already she exhibits the same exact symptoms that my mother did at the same age. My sister will benefit from improved medications and procedures. My mother had great healthcare, it's what kept her alive so long, but at what cost in the quality of her life?

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