Brian Lee Curtis - shocking

[nsd_user663_4754]

I think some have seen this before but for those that havent ill post again ... I always remebered this bloke when i felt like lighting up.

shocking....

youtube.com/watch?v=dVLtNgA...(Not working as expected?) :(:(

[nsd_user663_6620]

yes i saw this earlier :/ Im 33 and it certainly makes you think heh

[nsd_user663_5028]

I think some have seen this before but for those that havent ill post again ... I always remebered this bloke when i felt like lighting up.

shocking....

youtube.com/watch?v=dVLtNgA...(Not working as expected?) :(:(

cheers Bman

just made me stronger

[nsd_user663_4754]

me too bradders - sometimes i recon i was only a few years off the same fate the rate i was going.

[nsd_user663_5028]

me too bradders - sometimes i recon i was only a few years off the same fate the rate i was going.

Bman same here i have always been a brilliant runner even at school cross country and football i relished, even as an adult i have done 3 marathons countless 10k's and 10 milers , and i was smoking doing all this running i was that fit then when my wife had our second child she was very poorly after it so my running everynight had to stop whilst i helped out.... 7 years later after not running or playing football just got lazy i suppose still smoked .. anyway playing around the house with my daughter hide and seek ran up the stairs to find her ...got to the top and almost fainted my breathing was all over the place..... i knew then that was it a warning , i stopped there and then and never had a fag again. Back running again now i have done 3 10ks since August and i feel f ing great......

[nsd_user663_3728]

Hi Bman

Good to see you posting on here again

Love

Marg xx

[nsd_user663_4754]

Hi marg - thanks, good too see you too - 1 year 1 year ... 1 year for you!!

i know what you mean bradders. I used to love running and football as well, I'd recently got back into doing some five a side when I had a failed attempt at quitting last feb and the difference it made to my game was incredible.

i went a bit 'gung ho' when i first quit and thought I was linford christie or something and ended up damaging my leg, which has been a real shock for me as ive never had any serious sporting induries before.

I thought it would heal its self but i guess i didnt rest it enough and now its got worse.

finally went to the docs about it last week and they are sending me in for an MRI scan so hopefully find out what it is and get it fixed ASAP so i can get back on it.

still got the dream for gettting up Everest. Figure ive got about 5 years to get fit enough and find the money / get sponsorship (it costs £30 grand just for the mountain pass).

hey if i can give up smoking i recon I can pretty much do anything but right now i'd settle for being able to do exercise at all! its driving me nuts not being able to run. All these years when I couldnt be bothered as i was out drinking and smoking and now it feels like murphys law!

[nsd_user663_4754]

hey chrissie,

yeah its a hell of a visual shock seeing the delcline in a body in just two months like that.

yeah cost is amazing isnt it. 30k was the cost just to get on the mountain side! though got it slightly wrong, thats in US dollars.

check this out. outdoors.whatitcosts.com/mt...

The moutain pass is free if you are Nepali though. maybe it would be cheaper to marry a Nepalese Girl and get some dual nationality!

I met the world record holder who's a Nepalese guy called Apa Sherpa, when I was out there a few years ago. He'd done it 18 times, though I think hes done it a couple more times since, just cos he's superhuman and might as well lol.

google him - the guy is a legend. He's only a little guy as well. You expect him to be this big giant of a man but it just goes to show that strength is in the mind and not the biceps.

I think we are learning that from quitting eh?!

[nsd_user663_40681]

Thanks for this!!

[nsd_user663_6426]

Very sad...I cried for ages over this fella. His story has really helped me on my quit.

Poor guy and his poor family. However, he has saved many a soul from the same fate. God bless you Brian and family XX

[nsd_user663_51617]

Jeepers, that gets you right in the heart.

[nsd_user663_18145]

sadly there are alot of videos out there that really make you think wtf :eek:

but for alot of people they always seem to think it wont happen like that to me if i carry on smoking

the smokers mindset is really scary

thank you for bumping this up it helps to have a reminder to keep you focused and help keep you on your quit journey

[JeanAnnK]

That is a 'video nasty'! Should be shown in all schools. It was the picture right at the end that really got me :mad:

Just started Champix so not given up yet but I hope remembering this video also helps me.

[nsd_user663_55248]

Wow, if that doesn't make an impression on people....what would. Feel blessed to have given up. I look at my son, the one thing in the world that I adore and love more then life itself, and think I could never make him watch me die in this way. I watched my mum die like this. x

[nsd_user663_54938]

O.m.g.

god bless his family X can't stop crying watched my mum and brother RIP. both pass away in that way , both were told within 2 mts of each other that they only had 12mts to live, he should of gone before mum , but said o our kid how can i let her stand at my grave thats not going to happen, mum said it will broke his heart but no mother should bury her child, mam passed away 16 mts before him . mum was 72 , he was 56 ,he weight 4stone 1.pass away 29 march 2011. what can i say [lets stop the cigs stop the heart broke they bring] good luck to all. X

[nsd_user663_15287]

Hi poppy I lost my sister August 2012 and both my parents in 2007 my quit going really well determined not too go down the same route !!! Let's help each other xx

[nsd_user663_54938]

hi there

hi crowbag 54, sending you a big hug x we can do it,good luck is sent to you