emilyw85 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hi everyone, This is my first time on the forum. I'm here because I'm concerned about my father's risk of developing lung cancer. He has smoked cigarettes since he was 15 (he's now 66)--and I mean ~2packs/day--and despite all of our efforts to get him to stop, he can't or won't. I feel like at this point it's not worth the stress of trying to get him to stop, but I (and my family) are still very worried about his health. What are some of the symptoms of lung cancer? I know cigarettes aren't directly related, but they certainly don't help. Does anyone feel like they're in a similar situation? I would love to hear your stories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyw85 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thank you Katie for replying, my dad is 66 years old, and he does cough a lot, his voice sounds rough and harsh, and he complained once or twice about pain in his chest, I will take this Lung Cancer CT Screening into consideration. Do you think if my dad stops smoking that will improve his health? Well he has been a smoker almost all his life, but is there a hope that quitting smoking will decrease his chances of getting lung cancer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 the first step is the screening..... the bestt hing you can do.. next is quitting but that has to be on him top want to do... A Friend of mine quit using Chantix fairly well... I went cold turkey myself... lots of ways to get support for quitting cold turkey also.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilyw85 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Thank you for replying, my dad had his scan and it showed that he has a possible chronic lung disease, it could be anything, we are still waiting for his next appointment which they said it will be within a couple of weeks, unfortunately still quitting smoking is not his top thing to do! But I’m more concerned about the length of waiting, what should we do while waiting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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