Reply #196: Yes we all have to die of something [View All]

but we shouldn't have to die of something we could have prevented by not smoking. What happened to my dad at the end of his life was pure torture. Thank God he had a DNR because my idiot sister-in-law was blathering on about keeping him going at all costs. For the last year of his life, my dad spent at least 2 to 3 weeks EACH MONTH in the hospital because of all his problems. You know, most people only get that one phone call in the middle of the night....My brothers & I got 13. After the 5th, I started pleading with God to show mercy on him & take him now.

He had bruises all up & down his arms (side effects of some drug he was taking), his skin was paper-thin & fragile, his hand-writing damn near unrecognizable. He couldn't talk because he had a tube shoved down his throat & the nurses ignored his notes to check on how his stocks were doing until I told them he had been brought up dirt-poor & was worried about leaving my step-mother with nothing.

To see my dad go from someone who had a vibrant, active life to a shell in a bed being kept alive by this drug & that drug & a machine for this & a machine for that was really hard to take, even if I was an adult when it happened. Trust me, if you love your son, you won't want him to go through this. Stop being selfish & making the ciggies your #1 priority & just quit.

dg