first, i was a smoker for 40+ years, all hand rolled tobacco, no filters...i just started vaping about 2 months ago, and i enjoy it and happy to be a non smoker too. i have copd, had a stroke (in the brain) and was to the point of not being able to walk more than half a block with out taking a long rest, i now use oxygen all day, use 3 different "puffers" and vap albuteral 4 times a day with a
in a nebulizer ..now, that said, since the stroke about 1 1/2 years ago i have turned that around allot, lots of nutritional supplements, cutting way back and then quitting smoking, and keeping up the work and exercise even if it is super hard. and yes, faith....and i run a bakery full time the last 40 years also...about as bad as smoking
i read all that the original poster said, weather or not "we" believe him, all we can do really... is offer links to information, tips, pointers,and support... we do not need to feel sorry for each other,... heaven knows we are in the same boat together,
it does not matter what is to blame for our health problems, the only thing now is how we can ease the rest of our journey's ..(big grins).
I for one have been supplementing with Protein, D, C, B complex, creatine, potassium iodine, zinc, and MSM ..
(It has been found through supplementation, that MSM improves many health problems. Here are just a few where MSM has been found to be very effective: Allergies (“Pollen & Pet”), Food Allergies, Asthma, Emphysema, Lung Dysfunction,Read More MSM and Vitamin C - Alternative Cancer Treatments)... and quite a few others, and it is helping allot. My next step is to get a great juicer/extractor like a vitamix or a ninja and eat tons more pulverized fresh food and grow much of my own food too, you can all do this , and it is fun to boot.
lets just do lots of reading, studying, altering your/our eating and consumption habits, it is never to late, it is still a wonderful world, with lots of stuff to learn and do no matter what physical shape one is in, stop looking at all you can not do, or all that you used to do and can not... look rather on all you can do, and be grateful for that..it is better than the alternative..
so,... spend less time on what is to blame, and more time on what to do about it and having faith. if we / I do not, then .."I" am to blame.
al.