Such happy smiley people then came the cancer and the morphine to ease the agony as daddy drew his last breath
How times change
I always remember when the Marlboro man died of cancer
PlumBobSmearPants
Watching my mother take her last breaths from her deathbed is something I’ll never forget. A smoker since her teens, cigarettes destroyed her lungs and heart. Sure, the morphine helped and we all told ourselves that she couldn’t feel the pain as she waited for her heart to give in. But two days of her breathing becoming more and more strained was too much of a burden for my sister to bear. Yes. We told ourselves the morphine took away the pain and she had no awareness of her imminent death. But nobody really knows.
I hope none of you ever have to witness let alone experience such a thing. But if you do you’ll be there for them.
It’ll getcha some way or another. Life. But the cigarette way? Nope. Give em up while you can.
newsjustin
It’s an awful thing to watch. Cigarette related or not. I agree, there’s plenty of ways you can go, better to try and avoid the absolute worst of the legal poisons.
Cian
Agreed. We should legislate for euthanasia to allow people that have terminal illnesses a dignified death.
PlumBobSmearPants
Totally agree. Utterly undignified and inhumane way to go.
Janet, I ate my Avatar
my sympathies Plum
mildred st meadowlark
+1
Joe
Hopefully that’ll be the next referendum. We don’t decide how we enter this world but we sure as hell should have a say in how we leave it. A dog or cat is afforded more dignity and compassion in relation to end of life care than humans are in this country.
Ron Dolan
Similar experience here too PlumBob.. My mothers death from lung cancer still haunts me.
My mother smoked from perhaps 14-15 which would have been the early 60’s and did so right up until around 6 years ago. After all the patches, gums and sprays it was a vaper that finally worked for her. She started on a high nicotine dose and went right down to zero nicotine before quitting entirely. Thanks to some dubious deals between pharmaceutical companies and the HSE, these useless ‘quitting aids’ are still being pushed instead of vaping. Vaping is probably not the healthiest but its the difference between perhaps a glass of beer and smoking crystal meth.
People need to quit and they need to quit now. I smoked for a long time and are seriously concerned about my own lungs. Thankfully I quit a good few years ago but still have nearly 20 years smoking under my belt. I truly believe we need to stop molly coddling cigarette companies and tear them apart. Other substances like cannabis are banned, a substance which can actually be used to make effective treatments for certain conditions and this poisonous filth is still allowed?
Its an utter disgrace.
Boj
There’s only one type of Camel I want on father’s day…huh huh huh
That and some ring flavoured licorice…
Andyourpointiswhatexactly?
Ooooooooo you ARE naughty!
Janet, I ate my Avatar
not liquorice flavoured ring
Boj
Nope….
Topsy
Not for real people.
realPolithicks
The good aul dayz.
Paulus
The good aul dayz
all spent in a haze
of smoke as blue as your language.
With a a bottle of stout
to moisten yer mouth
and nothing but spam in yer sandwich.
Sheik Yahbouti
Luvvit! :-)
scottser
My ma would smoke rothmans and.read.while I snuggled up to her for a snooze.when I was a kid. Tobacco was always a powerful associative growing up and was the hardest thing to give up until I was told at 45 that I had the lungs of a 70 year old. It’s.a.no brainer for anyone over 40 to give up.
Such happy smiley people then came the cancer and the morphine to ease the agony as daddy drew his last breath
How times change
I always remember when the Marlboro man died of cancer
Watching my mother take her last breaths from her deathbed is something I’ll never forget. A smoker since her teens, cigarettes destroyed her lungs and heart. Sure, the morphine helped and we all told ourselves that she couldn’t feel the pain as she waited for her heart to give in. But two days of her breathing becoming more and more strained was too much of a burden for my sister to bear. Yes. We told ourselves the morphine took away the pain and she had no awareness of her imminent death. But nobody really knows.
I hope none of you ever have to witness let alone experience such a thing. But if you do you’ll be there for them.
It’ll getcha some way or another. Life. But the cigarette way? Nope. Give em up while you can.
It’s an awful thing to watch. Cigarette related or not. I agree, there’s plenty of ways you can go, better to try and avoid the absolute worst of the legal poisons.
Agreed. We should legislate for euthanasia to allow people that have terminal illnesses a dignified death.
Totally agree. Utterly undignified and inhumane way to go.
my sympathies Plum
+1
Hopefully that’ll be the next referendum. We don’t decide how we enter this world but we sure as hell should have a say in how we leave it. A dog or cat is afforded more dignity and compassion in relation to end of life care than humans are in this country.
Similar experience here too PlumBob.. My mothers death from lung cancer still haunts me.
My mother smoked from perhaps 14-15 which would have been the early 60’s and did so right up until around 6 years ago. After all the patches, gums and sprays it was a vaper that finally worked for her. She started on a high nicotine dose and went right down to zero nicotine before quitting entirely. Thanks to some dubious deals between pharmaceutical companies and the HSE, these useless ‘quitting aids’ are still being pushed instead of vaping. Vaping is probably not the healthiest but its the difference between perhaps a glass of beer and smoking crystal meth.
People need to quit and they need to quit now. I smoked for a long time and are seriously concerned about my own lungs. Thankfully I quit a good few years ago but still have nearly 20 years smoking under my belt. I truly believe we need to stop molly coddling cigarette companies and tear them apart. Other substances like cannabis are banned, a substance which can actually be used to make effective treatments for certain conditions and this poisonous filth is still allowed?
Its an utter disgrace.
There’s only one type of Camel I want on father’s day…huh huh huh
That and some ring flavoured licorice…
Ooooooooo you ARE naughty!
not liquorice flavoured ring
Nope….
Not for real people.
The good aul dayz.
The good aul dayz
all spent in a haze
of smoke as blue as your language.
With a a bottle of stout
to moisten yer mouth
and nothing but spam in yer sandwich.
Luvvit! :-)
My ma would smoke rothmans and.read.while I snuggled up to her for a snooze.when I was a kid. Tobacco was always a powerful associative growing up and was the hardest thing to give up until I was told at 45 that I had the lungs of a 70 year old. It’s.a.no brainer for anyone over 40 to give up.