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Jun 23 07 6:04 PM
Hello Tracy:
It really is fortuitous that they found the aneurysm while looking for something else, as opposed to the way many people find it by having a potentially life threatening incident. I address this issue often when I talk about people feeling that they need to bottom out to quit smoking. Like when they get a specific problem or symptom, they will immediately quit. While this may sound good in theory, it is a dangerous game of Russian roulette they are playing, for the first symptom to some conditions caused by smoking is sudden death. By the doctors finding it before an incident, they very likely have a good chance of correcting the problem.
As John's article pointed out, smoking increases the risk of large brain aneurysms in people who are predisposed to the condition. It really was to your advantage that you quit when you did. Not only in reducing the risk of the aneurysm enlarging further now, but also in the event that you need a surgery to repair the blood vessel now. Yesterday when I saw your post I kicked up the string Post Operative Complications. It addresses the issue of how dangerous it is to have to do surgery to a smoker, and how advantageous it is if a person quits before having to undergo surgery. The longer the person has been off of smoking, the lower the risks of these complications become.
I am going to attach the article below. Keep your quit a high priority, for indeed, you are now likely realizing the life threatening implications that go along with smoking. I hope everyone reading here will recognize these implications. Every person quitting is fighting for his or her life--although many may not think about it in such terms until something drastic happens. Whether the person is thinking in these terms or not, the reality of the situation is that smoking is putting ones life on the line. The way to reduce your risk of ever inducing a smoking related illness or complication is to continue to stick to your person commitment to never take another puff.
Joel
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