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May 17, 2005
Quit Smoking February 10,2004
Wow … this is really going to be a ramble! Fast forward to age 49 when just by chance I end up going to a pulmonary specialist as a primary care physician who routinely administers pulmonary function tests to all patients…regardless. I felt fine; I had no problems breathing but the PFT showed COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease. The good doc says, “You’ve gotta quit smoking.” I didn’t want to do it! I thought I enjoyed it! And then the governor of the state raised the taxes on cigarettes to help pay for Pennsylvania doctors’ medical malpractice insurance. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back! Since I felt fine, I couldn’t accept the doctor’s advice; but when it hit my pocket book – I took a good, hard look at it and decided it was time to give it up.
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Posted on May 17, 2005 08:20 AM by Medica66.
Filed in Personal Injury Resources under medical malpractice.
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