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Is it too late? Poor Lungs.

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I know its never too late to stop smoking and enjoy the benefits of being smoke free but I wondered if the damage to your lungs can ever be repaired?

I see the adverts with a pair of nice wet shiny pink lungs of a none smoker and then the gross picture of the blackened excuse for lungs of a smoker. I wondered if the lungs can ever be healthy and pink again?

Sorry for posting such ramblings but I desperately need some motivation and good news on my quit!!

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Hi Louise

It will take you less than 24 hours to clear your lungs of carbon dioxide and then on day 5 of your quit you will start coughing now and again especially when you exert yourself, this is your body expelling what it can. The cough is nothing as bad as a smokers cough. You can help yourself by eating well and drinking lots especiallly prune juice as it is the best body cleaner. go for it and keep strong.

Caroline

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Ok here goes, the scarred and dead lung never recovers, however lung funcation returns to close to normal after a varing amount of time (depends on age amount smoked etc). Trapped carbon (black bits on lungs) never clears.

If you don't have lung cancer when you quit the risk of lung cancer returns to normal after a few years.

Sorry i don't have all good news for you, but i think it is best to know the truth and the truth is we are all healthy and wealthy and less smelly than when we smoked.

OH is open to answering (via me) any questions you may have, though as i said he is not a lung doctor, he mainly deals with broken bones and poorly knees.

These are only general answers to general questions and if you have any worries go and see your GP.

Hope this helps,

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Yup, apparently its another price we have to pay for being so dumb as to start in the first place.

However, im sure that they will be in better condition than a smokers lungs, and in fact, its quite amazing that they actually repair as well as they do considering the abuse they have taken after years of smoking!

Read other peoples posts including mine of people who could not run a few yards to now being able to run easier, and some guy posting about cycling 30 miles regularly after a sedentary lifestyle.

Paul

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Hi Louise :)

Well done you day 2 is really good hang ing there while your lings may not completely recover they will improve to near normal according to my Dr anyway

Below is my standard welcome and advice post which I try and give all new members

Welcome to the forum and well done on the decision to quit possibly one of the most important you will ever make and you will be losing nothing but you will regain control of your life and that has to be good

You will find all the help and support you need on here as we all help each other just like a family we are here for you every step of the way cheering the good days and sympathiseing with the bad but the good far outweigh the bad

Read the posts on here you will find a lot of tips and advice and in the signatures of a lot you will find links to other sites just click on them Here are 2 I find very good to start you off whyquit.com and woofmang.com Read, read and then read some more as the more you read and learn about why you smoked and about your addiction the easier your quit will be

This link is good for the psychological part of quitting

whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Sympt...

Post often to let us know how you're doing, to rant, rave have a moan whatever you like pretty much anything goes on here OK

Love

Marg

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Hi Louisejane

Welcome!

There are millions of good reasons for you to stay stopped - even if your lungs don't fully repair, they will work an awful lot better than they did!

My measure has been running up the hill out of our village, prior to stopping smoking I had to stop 3 times on the way up.:(

Nine weeks after stopping smoking I can get to the top with no problem what so ever! Yeah! Now that is well worth it! :D

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Thank you so much for all of your replies. You all already know this as your here but it helps so much knowing that your all either going through or have been through what I am now.

I looked at those awful pictures of black lungs and was terrified that mine are probably like that. Yuk!!

Now on day 3 thanks to reading and re-reading all the inspiring posts on this forum. Thank you!!

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hi louise

i was gunna say myself it can never be to late but i see you typed the words 4 me;)

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