hello caroline ,
i was diagnosted beurgers a year ago , it seems that i had the disease for
some years , i was on morphine and had heavy pain . once i was diagnosted it
was verry easy for me to quit smoking becose they told me the pain would
disapear , i stopt smoking and slowly it did , the pain was gone , got a
normal feeling in my fingers and toes again , i feel better than i ever had
before , my toes could be saved and so my fingers heald . smoking ads
nothing to the quality of your life , it only takes away . they put me in an
oxigene tank , (hyperbaric tank )(40sesions) divers use to decompres , it
ads extra oxigene to your red blood parts , creating a healing proces for
your wounds.now a year later i feel great ! no medication no nothing , pure
life itself in all its beauty . to change my mind setting the vascular
specialist took me for a walk in the hospital , all kinds of people with
amputations , room after room and people sufering and dieing from smoking
diseases and vascular problems , bad longs whatever , i dont now if it would
work for everybody but i never smoked again. i soked for about 20 years 30
sigarets a day . i hope somehow you find the power to stop smoking if not
for yourself than do it for the people that loves you , good luck Caroline.
Marnix. m.debleeckere@..." <L82work@...>
To: <beurgersdisease@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 1980 1:37 PM
Subject: [Beurgers Disease] Re: Quitting Smoking - Reply from James


> James,
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> I am sorry for your experiences with this disease. That blows me away
> that you were diagnosed 20 years ago...there are so few people that have
> even heard of it. I only learned of it after having an angiogram and
> feel that maybe it could have been diagnosed earlier if others were more
> informed and aware of it. It seems by the time you are finally
> diagnosed, you're already at a dangerous point. My personal physician
> treated my symptoms for well over a year before sending me to
> dermatology, where eventually I was referred to a vascular specialist
> and got the diagnosis.
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> Once you quit smoking, did your body actually begin to repair itself or
> did the symptoms continue? I guess I keep asking this because I need to
> get out of denial. I see my symptoms getting worse at a faster rate
> than before. Only my right index finger used to change color and go
> numb but now it seems to be affecting all of my fingers and my toes, as
> well as both knees have joined in, one by one. I know that it's going
> to get ugly here soon and I need to face reality and deal with it.
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> Knowing that something bad will probably happen to me in the future
> doesn't seem to be enough to motivate me. That's how I know I am truly
> addicted to those poisonous cigarettes; they have a powerful hold on me.
> Any suggestions on how to change my mind-set? Anything in particular
> give you the strength to stop or were you dealing with things like I am
> and it took the reality of amputation to wake you up? It must be
> difficult for you now to look back at the choices you made. Having been
> there, done that, any advice you can give me will be appreciated. It's
> hard knowing that the outcome is on my own shoulders...I am used to
> taking care of others instead of myself. This is certainly one of the
> toughest things I have ever had to face.
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> Carolyn
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