Another pre-mature, senseless death due to smoking

This morning at 3:52am my Aunt Connie's husband, David, lost his battle with lung cancer. He was a smoker for most of his life. Last summer he was diagnosed with lung cancer after a routine check-up. He underwent chemo & radiation & on April 13 (just two weeks ago today) the doctors sent him home to begin the dying process saying there was nothing else they could do for him. I thought he would have lasted at least another month. David is another smoking statistic.

The one thing I keep thinking to myself is what is the point in having a lung cancer patient undergo chemo & radiation when their chances of survival are slim to none. That's the thing with lung cancer; when it is discovered it's generally too far gone & too advanced for treatments to put the patient in remission & even have a chance of surviving this awful disease.

David did quit smoking when he found out he had lung cancer, but a lot of people don't quit. I really can't say I don't blame people for not quitting. I know I'd be thinking "well I'm going to die anyway so why quit now!"

I know my chances of getting lung cancer from smoking is still there, but fortunately I quit after only five and half years of smoking. I thank David because he is the one who gave me my moment of clarity to quit smoking. I didn't want to wind up dying like he did.