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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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@bill5- Good morning Bill. Unfortunately, any tobacco product will cause damage to your lungs no matter how you ingest it.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/quit-smoking/in-depth/chewing-tobacco/art-20047428.
Smokeless tobacco products also have other risks as well, like rotting teeth and gum disease to name only two. I smoked for 35 years and I know how difficult it is to quit any type of tobacco product. My first lung cancer was in 1977. That was a very fast-growing cancer. Ten years later I had my second lung cancer that has raised its head numerous times leading me to a number of treatments, lung loss, and shortness of breath.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ways-to-curb-your-cravings-for-nicotene/?utm_campaign=search
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/have-you-tried-to-quit-smoking-while-undergoing-treatment/?utm_campaign=search
Stress is a big factor that stands in the way of quitting but in order to get back any semblance of breathing easier I fear that's what you need to do. Above are two excellent conversations on how you can quit and people who will support you.
Are you ready to try again?
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@bill I was also a long time smoker. Ended up with COPD, but kept right on puffin. Then I ended up in ICU with a tube down my throat and member of clergy beside my bed. Spent 3 1/2 months rotating between hospital and rehab. Hospital would send me to rehab for several days, then something else would happen. Back to hospital. This happened five times. Got sent home with o2, Now through exercise, no smoking, halfway decent diet, etc. I don't feel too bad. No more o2. Take my word for it nobody wants that. It's tough quitting, but life is a great deal better without.
As Merry said, stress is a big factor. I have advanced prostate cancer, our daughter just had a double mastectomy, wife had 2 strokes in past two years (full recovery from both). Stress is big. But for your own sake you gotta do it. You can handle the stress without tobacco.
Mr Bill