Originally posted by Mala50
Critter - Thank you for your 'little' "me" story. 
(I only 'snipped' it for space and the fact that it's on the same page). I find all these posts fascinating for some reason. My mother smoked too - from a teenager until she was pregnant with my youngest sister (she stopped during her pregnancies with the rest of us, too). She hasn't smoked in 40+ years, but I know that whenever she has respiratory problems, the question of her years of smoking is raised as a contributing factor. I know she regrets smoking now, but as she's said, no one knew any better then and she thought it was 'cool'...(she's 80 years old now - she doesn't smoke, but she's still VERY cool! 
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(I only 'snipped' it for space and the fact that it's on the same page). I find all these posts fascinating for some reason. My mother smoked too - from a teenager until she was pregnant with my youngest sister (she stopped during her pregnancies with the rest of us, too). She hasn't smoked in 40+ years, but I know that whenever she has respiratory problems, the question of her years of smoking is raised as a contributing factor. I know she regrets smoking now, but as she's said, no one knew any better then and she thought it was 'cool'...(she's 80 years old now - she doesn't smoke, but she's still VERY cool! )My mom is 87 and smoked for quite a bit of those years (we nagged her into quitting). She now suffers from Macular Degeneration, which is quite common with the elderly (Don't let my mom know I used that term if you value my life).
The first question the specialist asked her was if she smoked and for how many years!
Where on earth did you find that one!!!!! 
Desperate Thunker 
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