Up in smoke...............
45 years later smoking pays off big time. Smoke it will calm your nerves during your pregnancy and ease your morning sickness her doctor told her. Now 45 years later her doctors at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital removed her lung, blackened by cancer and the smoke that was her life blood for so long.
My mother-in-law (May) is a very strong willed and stubborn individual. She has 9 lives, incredible luck. She had unbelievably high blood pressure, the doctors prescribed medications in April 2003 which she refused to take. Memorial Day Weekend 2004 (at the end of the month of May) we received a frantic call from May's friend Myrna.
Myrna lives in Manhattan, she has a second home in my neighbourhood, she is NEVER here on a weekend, but had a Barmitzvah and was staying over. She called May on Friday Night as they had plans to get together, May said she was not feeling well, which is often the case and Myrna thought nothing of it. The next morning Myrna called her to see how she was doing heard May was slurring her words. Myrna put the phone down and dialed 911, she instantly knew May was having a stroke. She called us and we met the ambulance - May had no idea who Josh and I were.
The stroke was the luckiest thing to happen to her as they found the begining stages of lung cancer, 6 more months and she would have died, talk about it not being your time to go. May underwent extensive Chemo, beat the tumours on her lungs down to the point that she could be operated on. Last week she underwent a 9 hour procedure to remove half her lung, she came through like a trooper, she has the highest threshold for pain. We went to visit her the day after the operation, the woman was doing laps around the ward, plugged up to a million machines she still had the ability to walk at a pace and a half. I was amazed by her strength and determination. She is going to beat it, we know she will.
Her room mate was a social smoker for a few years, over 30 years ago. She kicked the habit. Thirty years ago. Last week she too had her lung removed. As her doctor told her, its not what you did yesterday that counts its what you did thirty years ago.
To those of you who greet the Marlboro Man on a regular or not so regular babsis, take a walk through the largest cancer hospital in the world and see what this seemingly innocuous habit can do to you............................ Please stop today to increase your chances of having a healthy tomorrow, Dad that means you too.
My mother-in-law (May) is a very strong willed and stubborn individual. She has 9 lives, incredible luck. She had unbelievably high blood pressure, the doctors prescribed medications in April 2003 which she refused to take. Memorial Day Weekend 2004 (at the end of the month of May) we received a frantic call from May's friend Myrna.
Myrna lives in Manhattan, she has a second home in my neighbourhood, she is NEVER here on a weekend, but had a Barmitzvah and was staying over. She called May on Friday Night as they had plans to get together, May said she was not feeling well, which is often the case and Myrna thought nothing of it. The next morning Myrna called her to see how she was doing heard May was slurring her words. Myrna put the phone down and dialed 911, she instantly knew May was having a stroke. She called us and we met the ambulance - May had no idea who Josh and I were.
The stroke was the luckiest thing to happen to her as they found the begining stages of lung cancer, 6 more months and she would have died, talk about it not being your time to go. May underwent extensive Chemo, beat the tumours on her lungs down to the point that she could be operated on. Last week she underwent a 9 hour procedure to remove half her lung, she came through like a trooper, she has the highest threshold for pain. We went to visit her the day after the operation, the woman was doing laps around the ward, plugged up to a million machines she still had the ability to walk at a pace and a half. I was amazed by her strength and determination. She is going to beat it, we know she will.
Her room mate was a social smoker for a few years, over 30 years ago. She kicked the habit. Thirty years ago. Last week she too had her lung removed. As her doctor told her, its not what you did yesterday that counts its what you did thirty years ago.
To those of you who greet the Marlboro Man on a regular or not so regular babsis, take a walk through the largest cancer hospital in the world and see what this seemingly innocuous habit can do to you............................ Please stop today to increase your chances of having a healthy tomorrow, Dad that means you too.
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