CancerCompass message board discussion started by kimberly61 on 7/10/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,25903,0.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Have lung cancer and still smoke. Tired of being judged. Sick of the comments like oh you smoke. As if you deserve to have cancer. Want the support of another Lung Cancer patient that still continues to smoke. Contact me. I am thinking of starting a support group different from all the rest. One where you do not have to hide in the closet over your dirty little habit.  --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html-- kimberly61 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/10/2008 wnbstar wrote:Have lung cancer and still smoke. Tired of being judged. Sick of the comments like oh you smoke. As if you deserve to have cancer. Want the support of another Lung Cancer patient that still continues to smoke. Contact me. I am thinking of starting a support group different from all the rest. One where you do not have to hide in the closet over your dirty little habit.  kimdavis@cox.netKim You are 100% right - it is your life and if you want to continue to smoke that is your God given right.  Whenever anyone says anything to my husband about his smoking his reply - "everyone has to die some way some time" - that is he used to say it until shortly before his death from lung cancer when he said "I didn't know it would be so painful!"  Dlynn1210 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/10/2008 Dlynn1210 wrote: On 7/10/2008 wnbstar wrote:Have lung cancer and still smoke. Tired of being judged. Sick of the comments like oh you smoke. As if you deserve to have cancer. Want the support of another Lung Cancer patient that still continues to smoke. Contact me. I am thinking of starting a support group different from all the rest. One where you do not have to hide in the closet over your dirty little habit.  kimdavis@cox.netKim You are 100% right - it is your life and if you want to continue to smoke that is your God given right.  Whenever anyone says anything to my husband about his smoking his reply - "everyone has to die some way some time" - that is he used to say it until shortly before his death from lung cancer when he said "I didn't know it would be so painful!"   please email me at this address if your interested --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html--it gets hard juggling all the messages from many different sights about the lung cancer kimberly61 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi my name is Mary and my husband has stage3b terminal lung cancer. they cannot operate.He stopped smoking 4 yrs ago when he had heart attack but sometimes smokes on and off for a week at a time. He wanted a cigarette just to hold 2 weeks ago i said sure why not he wont be around forever. I agree with you i smoke myself about 1pack a day i cangt quit now with his condition.What type of lung cancer do you have please keep in touch  mary marybear6 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/25/2008 marybear6 wrote:Hi my name is Mary and my husband has stage3b terminal lung cancer. they cannot operate.He stopped smoking 4 yrs ago when he had heart attack but sometimes smokes on and off for a week at a time. He wanted a cigarette just to hold 2 weeks ago i said sure why not he wont be around forever. I agree with you i smoke myself about 1pack a day i cangt quit now with his condition.What type of lung cancer do you have please keep in touch  maryto be honest i posted this for my mom she is the one with cancer i just copied her listing from craigs list but i showed her your responce and she would to keep in touch with you if you like you can e-mail her at --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html-- kimberly61 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 7/10/2008 kimberly61 wrote:Have lung cancer and still smoke. Tired of being judged. Sick of the comments like oh you smoke. As if you deserve to have cancer. Want the support of another Lung Cancer patient that still continues to smoke. Contact me. I am thinking of starting a support group different from all the rest. One where you do not have to hide in the closet over your dirty little habit.  --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html-- Dear Kimberly,I can understand your anger.  I've heard it said that smoking is more addicting to heroine and very, very hard to kick.  I guess you have to ask yourself.....do you want to quit?  Willingness if half the battle.  Yes, unfortunately in the politically correct world of ours, we are judged.  You yourself say it's a "dirty little habit".  When people find out you have lung cancer and they ask you "do you smoke?" Ask them "why do you need to know or why do you ask".  People are for a lack of a better word ignorent.  Yes, it's a proven fact that smoking can cause lung cancer, but there are many, many out there who get lung cancer that don't or never did smoke AND were not around smokers to get "second hand smoke".  Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve's wife if one of them.  I believe if you do a Google Search on her, you will find out more.  Her sister has started a foundation for her type of lung cancer.  Then there are those dirty little comments from the likes of Jamie Lee Curtis who announced in AARP magazine that she doesn't feel sorry for smokers who get lung cancer and they should not get treatment.  She's forgetting that she's a recovering alcoholic and is now being very self-righteous.  Those people are not worth the time of day.  Smoking is an addiction and it's a drug just like alcohol and heroine and the others.  Perhaps you do have a good idea about starting your own support group is the way to go.  No matter what, this board will never judge you.  I've met the most wonderful people on this site.  I hope you'll give us a chance.I wish you all the best and God Bless you.  You are not alone.     chef4u Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT