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Concerned Husband

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  1. My wife heard about a lung cancer screening that was being offered in our area. She's 60 years old and has been smoking for over 40 years. She had a lung "scan" performed. I don't know if this was a simple chest x-ray, or some sort of scan that shows more information about your lungs. When the results were in, she had an appointment with someone who gave her the results. I don't know if this was a doctor, but I was surprised by what this person told her. She was told that her lungs looked "perfect". No advice was given that she should give up smoking regardless of this result. In my wife's eyes, this result told her that over 40 years of smoking had caused absolutely zero damage to her body. Her smoking has increased since then. I tried to tell her that she is doing damage to her health, regardless of this person telling her her lungs are "perfect". I am living in fear that one day she will find out that she has lung cancer, and at that point she'll say, "why didn't I stop?" But it could be too late. Or she could easily develop heart disease related to her smoking. She has a blood disorder "Factor V Leiden" (the V is roman numberal 5), that causes her blood to be thicker than normal, and she actually had a pulmonary embolism about 12 years ago, and must be on blood thinners for the rest of her live. She was extremely lucky to survive this. She could have easily died at the time. You would think this would be enough to make her want to stop smoking, but she uses stress as an excuse that she should be allowed to smoke. I'm hoping someone can give me some information on what type of "scan" she may have had. Is it just an x-ray, and MRI, or what? What do you think about the result she was given, that her lungs are "perfect"? Can you give me any advice and/or information I can pass on to my wife? Horror stories and videos of others who regret not taking action before it was too late don't seem to help. She refuses to watch. She's in denial and thinks, "it won't happen to me." Should I repost this on the general forum or somewhere else? Thanks in advance for any help. Concerned husband
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