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Ascending aortic living with a smoker

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Feb 10 9:53pm | Replies (5)

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What loving actions he is taking to prevent you from being exposed to secondhand smoke. I give him A+ for effort. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the biggest smoke risk you could be exposed to, I would put you at about a 1 from his cigarette smoke. Wildfires may be more of a risk than his smoking outside and there seems to be plenty of them the past few years. I agree with another post, he may very well give it up or at least cut way back...(cigarettes are SO addicting. I don't think we realize just how much unless we experience it). I regularly visit my sister in law who lost her husband, my brother, last year after 50 years together. She smokes in her house when I am not there; I can smell it. But I'm not going to let it keep me from visiting her as she needs the support now in her deep grief. It's hard not to let fear run our lives when we have these aneurysms. But I learned when diagnosed with cancer a decade ago that all the "preventive habits" that were part of my life (exercise, eating well, no alcohol, no smoking) still didn't keep me from the diagnosis. They were very helpful in my recovery but life is what it is and sometimes it knocks our feet out from under us for awhile. I would give thanks your hubby is supporting you. I've read eliminating stress is very important with the aneurysm...trying to control him will cause you more stress than seeing the positive that he is making effort. May we both stay stable! 🙂 Blessings!

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My daughter, who's in her forties, has a close friend who's been a heavy smoker since she was a teenager. She still smokes. She smoked throughout two pregnancies and doesn't seem to even think about quitting. I worry about her. I know that smoking is first on the list of things they ask you when you're being diagnosed with an aneurysm. I was a smoker in my teens and early twenties and loved every cigarette I ever smoked. One day I quit. Just quit. Yes, cigarettes are addictive but a person can quit. It really is a choice.