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Smoking is a Killer

To all my cyber friends whom I have meet and still yet to meet.
My husband found an article in the paper and brought
it to me. You may figure out why when you have read what
the clipping states. This is what it read.

We met when I was 14 years old and bonded
almost immediately. From that time on, we were
together through happiness, sadness, sickness
and health. Even though we were extremely
close, I always felt that if we ever split, I could
manage OK on my own. I didn't know that when
the time came, it would be so difficult. When I
finally realized that I was being destroyed by this
friendship and had to end it, it was too late. The
damage was done, and now my constant
companions are emphysema, asthma, bronchitis
and lungs that work at half capacity.
So, my friend, if you meet a cigarette, don't say,
"Hi." Say, "Goodby," and mean it. Take it from
me-it's a no-win affair.


Written by T.H., Ukiah, Calif.

I hope all you cyber friends will pay attention to the words
"emphysema, asthma, bronchitis and lungs". I also am a victim
of all of these horrible words.
I now have emphysema, and the gasping for air when
doing the littlest of things is really miserable.
Let me tell you what it is like:
When you have an asthma attack, you feel like your
ribs are going to escape your body.
You feel like your lungs are going to explode.
You gasp for air as your air passages closes up and
scares the devil out of you.
Let me tell you what went through my mind when
I had a horrible asthma attack.
I gasped for air, I felt scared to death that I might
not get the next breath and possibly my heart would give out.
Oh, and by the way, it is 7 days in the hospital
So, how am I today??? I have only 28% of two lungs that are
in a working capacity and now have oxygen tanks in
my house 24 hours a day. I, no longer can dance,
shop all day and play with my grand-children and dog.

Did you know that, emphysema, asthma, and heart attacks are your
#1 killers? Well my friends, they are. I beg you, please quite
smoking to day, so you don't end up like myself
and so many others. Don't let the tobacco companys get rich
and make your health a life-death situation.
Say "NO" to smoking. Thank you.

Note: I was sent this by email and thought the best way
to pass it on, was to add it to my site.

Cancer Findings
My girlfriend is 31 years old and she was diagnosed
with breast cancer in February. She is a petite athletic
woman with no history of cancers in her family so
this tool her completely by surprised. Be
aware that everyone is at risk. Here is some information
she shared with me that she learned in
one of her breast cancer group meetings.

Listen up, . . .
BREAST CANCER PREVENTION - not just for women
Men don't forget to tell mom, cousins, etc. Deodorants
(non-antiperspirants) are very hard to find but there are
a few out there.
THE LEADING CAUSE OF BREAST CANCER IS THE USE OF ANTI-PERSPIRANT.
What?
Yes ANTI-PERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there
are an anti-perspirant/deodorant combination so go
home and check your labels. Deodorant is fine, anti-perspirant
is not. Here's why: The human body has a few areas
that it uses to purge toxins; behind the knees, behind
the ears, groin area, and armpits. The toxins are purged in
the form of perspiration.
Anti-perspirant, as the name clearly indicates, prevents you
from perspiring, thereby inhibiting the body from purging toxins
from below the armpits. These toxins do not
just magically disappear. Instead, the body deposits them
in the lymph nodes below the arms since it
cannot sweat them out. This causes a high concentration
of toxins and leads to cell mutations: a.k.a. CANCER.
Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside
quadrant of the breast area. This is precisely where the
lymph nodes are located. Additionally, men are less likely
(but not completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted by
anti-perspirant usage because most of the anti-perspirant product is
caught in their hair and is not directly applied to the skin.
Women who apply anti-perspirant right after shaving increase the
risk further because shaving causes almost
imperceptible nicks in the skin which give the
chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit area.

PLEASE pass this along to anyone you care about. Breast Cancer
is becoming frighteningly common. This awareness may save lives.
If you are skeptical about these findings, I urge you
to do some research for yourself. You will arrive at
the same conclusions, I assure you.
Thank you.

Important Info!!!!!
Tell as many other people as possible about this,
it could save their lives!
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter
240's newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON...
(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication,
(Heart Response)
Without help the person whose heart stops beating properly and
who begins to feel Faint, has only about 10 seconds
left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very
vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough,
and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing
sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a
cough must be repeated about every two seconds
without let up until help arrives, or until the heart
is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get
oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart
and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on
the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way,
heart attack victims can get to a phone and, between
breaths, call for help.
*Tell as many other people as possible about this,
it could save their lives! Thank You.

Anything Goes for Cocaine Dealers
The following story will cause you to think about the world's
drug situation more so than you do now.

My sister's co-worker had a sister in Texas, who
with her husband was
planning a weekend trip across the Mexican border
for a shopping spree.
At the last minute their baby sitter canceled, so
they had to bring along their two year old son with them.
They had been across the border for about an hour
when the baby got free and ran around the corner.
The mother went chasing, but the boy had disappeared.
The mother found a police officer who told her to go to the
gate and wait. Not really understanding the instructions,
she did as she was instructed. About 45 minutes later,
a man approached the border carrying the boy. The mother
ran to him, grateful that he had been found.
When the man realized it was the boy's mother,
he dropped the boy and ran himself.
The police were waiting for him and got him.
The boy, dead, in the 45 minutes he was missing,
was cut open, ALL of his insides removed and his body
cavity stuffed with COCAINE. The man was going to carry
him across the border as if he were asleep.
A two year old boy, dead, discarded as if he were a
piece of trash for somebody's cocaine.

"Mommy"
Johnny brought a gun to school,
He told his friends that it was cool,
And when he pulled the trigger back,
It shot with a great crack.
Mommy, I was a good girl, I did
What I was told,
I went to school, I got straight As',
I even got the gold!
But Mommy, when I went to school that day,
I never said goodbye,
I'm sorry Mommy, I had to go,
But Mommy, please don't cry.
When Johnny shot the gun,
He hit me and another,
And all because Johnny,
Got the gun from his older brother.
Mommy, please tell Daddy;
That I love him very much,
And please tell Chris; my boyfriend;
That it wasn't just a crush.
And tell my little sister;
That she is the only now,
And tell my dear sweet Grandmother;
I'll be waiting for her now,
And tell my wonderful friends;
That they always were the best,
Mommy, I'm not the first,
I'm no better then the rest.
Mommy, tell my teachers;
I won't show up for class,
And never to forget this,
And please don't let this pass.
Mommy, why'd it have to be me?
No one deserves this,
Mommy, warn the others,
Mommy, I left without a kiss.
And Mommy, tell the doctors;
I know they really did try,
I think I even saw a doctor,
Trying not to cry.
Mommy, I'm slowly dying,
With a bullet in my chest,
But Mommy, please remember,
I'm in heaven with the rest.
Mommy, I ran as fast as I could,
When I heard that crack,
Mommy, listen to me if you would,
I'm not coming back.
I wanted to go to college,
I wanted to try things that were new,
I guess I'm not going with Daddy;
On that trip to the new zoo.
I wanted to get married,
I wanted to have a kid,
I wanted to be an actress,
Mommy, I wanted to live.
But Mommy, I'm must go now,
The time is getting late,
Mommy tell my boyfriend,
I'm sorry, but I had to cancel the date.
I love you Mommy, I always have,
I know; you know it's true
And Mommy all I wanted to say is, "Mommy, I love you"
----In Memory Of The School Shootings----

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