Question: Tell me of lung changes from smoking but are not copd. Aging changes lungs, They reach a peak at thirty and decline from there. What does smoking do? Does it hurry up the aging process. I know that quitting puts you back on the normal aging decline but of course you may have the lungs of someone older

Is all this true?

When I quit at 40, my lungs would then be aged more than had I not smoked.

Add that to the inflammation from my anxiety and that could be the cause of sob on certain exertion all things like lifting big speaker cabinets and sob on long stairways etc

So, I am 57, I smoked for 22+/- years what age are my lungs? Just guess.

The small airways are the problem so is it all inflammation. Caused by? Can the inflammation cause bronchoconstriction and cause small amount of air trapping or is it just constricted and making air have a hard time leaving fast enough so a new breath can come in fully.

Lots of questions and thoughts
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Hi, I have provided some attachments. Please review them.

yes you are the only one presently in these chats. I had a conversation with a psychiatrist going and will again once I get my anxiety in control

The upload was a photo, I tried to attach it to this thread also.

I need to exercise more around my abdomen

I have let my anxiety and breathing issue to keep me in poor shape that my abdomen presses on my diaphragm and then makes it very uncomfortable to sit or do much of anything

Tomorrow I will go to a shopping mall and do a bit of walking and start some calorie burning

Have a wonderful day. I am off to sleep after I do some reading

This is my third attempt today. Each message has an issue going through.

What are all the possibilities that would cause a uncomfortable feeling in breathing after I eat and my stomach presses upward.

I also tried to ask you what possibilities could cause lungs to feel as if there was not the volume or space as I once had
Is it from aging if yes. Why
Is it from inflammation
Is it a factor of panic hormone release.

I will ask the rest later

Yu did not get the three because the first two never transmitted out. This happens at times when I use my iPad to send.

The stomach issue has been ongoing and slowly progressing for a while. I did eat spicy but I already had this pressure before I ate anything today

I could liken the feeling to back a few years ago when I used a cpap for sleep apnea. When I would wake in the morning I would be bloated from all the air I swallowed during sleep. That pressure went away, this seems to hang on. I wonder if it's stress related or reflux related to causing stomach to feel bloated

the other thread ended this continues the story of step son

I let him bug his mother.
I just despise the fact that he asks, she says no, he whines a bit, she says no, he throws a temper tantrum, she says no, he becomes a pain in the butt, she gives in.

I let that overall event to get at me and raise my stress and anger. This is just one of the problems that I have that is creating a divorce.

To me No is NO. No other options. Once it is said it is over and done. unless you can prove a reason that it is necessary and it must be in a quiet conversation where both sides are aired to understand. Otherwise NO!!!!!

I have been Married 3 times
Wife 1 = 1 Son
Wife 2 = 1 Son Adopted He has Cerebral Palsy
1 Daughter------1 Granddaughter
Wife 3= No Kids together

Wife 3 Has 2 Boys and 1 Girl from previous marriage Oldest Boy is mild autistic, daughter is a good kid, Ten year old seems to be ADD/ADHD needs medication but his biological father refuses to allow it. seems to believe that the 10 year old had no problems

My second wife of 23 years is the one I will go back to

As for the stepson, I have no say in that, he is not adopted. His mother and father have the rights to make the decisions for his wellness. The bad part is, they do not agree and that causes issues to his getting the help he needs.

MY current wife and her ex husband share custody of kids. They live 10 kilometers apart. So they have an arrangement from the divorce. The kids live with each parent for 7 days then switch for 7. it goes back and forth. So in a couple of days, I will get 7 days with no kids. Or better said, 7 days without 10 year old. The Step daughter is a great kid that I love having around, I miss her presence when she is gone to her fathers. She will head to college this fall and then I will not see much of her at all.

She divorced me, I am not perfect and can be hard to live with, but i am loyal, loving, and trusting. I provide, I give, ( i take) but she wanted more, or thought she did until she had a few years without me then she had second thoughts. She visited with a therapist, I do not know what the discussions were but she admits that she puts the blame on herself. I told her I had to have some faults to make her unhappy so she cant have all the blame. I get some too.

I did notice that during the last few years of the marriage, she was fascinated by the life style of her bosses and the way they dressed and became wealthy. She was not looking for the wealth but she hoped that I could change to have their lifestyle and fashion dress. I was happy as I was, I am not a great dresser but i also do not dress like a pauper. I think after the divorce and time to think, she realized that as imperfect as i am, she realized that i was a great husband and committed to our life together.

Again realize that I am telling you that i am not a great perfect husband but just one that is home every night, did work for the family needs. I do have to say that now, i work for living my desires and needs. I still cover the expenses to run a house but extra cash is mine to please myself.

My first wife I fell in love with the minute I met her. That is not a Joke. We met when she filled the job position I vacated when I left a Job.
We dated for a Year, was Married for 2, I was destroyed when she divorced me. We were too young, too immature to be responsible. She came from a Farmers Family, I was a city boy. Her father hated me, he found a way to split us up, then he gave her an ultimatum to leave with me and forget the family or stay with the family and forget me.

While separated, an old boyfriend showed up and they started dating, they married, and I believe they are separated now. Like my second wife, my first wife and I are very friendly and do not have any anger to the other. I have realized that after all this time of divorce, I could not go back to her but she still is the girl who first really got my heart but did not get to keep it, someone else did that.