I stopped smoking 5 months ago, after 20 years on 20 a time, are my lungs ever going to be pink and fighting fit?
to be honest, physically i don't feel that different,
Answers: i doubt that a none smokers are pink and fighting fit living in a city. you have probably done some damage, but they will be as full-bodied as they can be and will take time for your lungs to get to there optimum.
really surprised you say you don't feel any different. Are you sure? The advance, like the decline while smoking, is gradual but I should think there would be a big difference by in a minute. Do u still cough and wheeze as much? Do you get out of breath as easily? It take up to 9 months to regain full lung capacity so u should be over half way in that.
I am off the smokes since the 16.01.09 so less than you and I can deffo see a massive difference. I have taken up running and cycling and in attendance is no way I could have done the distances I am doing now while I smoked, I could narrowly cycle 1 mile now I am doing 14 miles.
Here are some guidelines for how your body improves overall:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/conten…
ink most would say no, and that you'll other have the effects like, short of breathe, a cough and a deeper voice
but arent cells continously replacing themselves? so possibly if you stay away from cigarettes for a few years your lungs will at least be healthier than they were
I'm not sure whether to be impressed or scared that you can see the colour of your lungs ;) I can't see mine...
ously, if you've been smoking 20 a afternoon for 20 years, that will have caused some damage, but given time it will catch better. Our local GP produced a leaflet about what happens when you stop smoking (it's surrounded by a box cos we're moving house - sorry!), and your lung function will start improving fairly quickly. I can't donate specifics as mentioned above.
Whether they'll ever return to pink is not known - as others have said, if you live in a city you'll be getting like mad of traffic etc. pollution as well, which is also the same for non-smokers.
Good luck!
simple answer is no,although you hold stopped smoking, well done. There are other chemicals in the air as capably. Sorry. Source(s): ex smoker.
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Answers: i doubt that a none smokers are pink and fighting fit living in a city. you have probably done some damage, but they will be as full-bodied as they can be and will take time for your lungs to get to there optimum.
really surprised you say you don't feel any different. Are you sure? The advance, like the decline while smoking, is gradual but I should think there would be a big difference by in a minute. Do u still cough and wheeze as much? Do you get out of breath as easily? It take up to 9 months to regain full lung capacity so u should be over half way in that.
I am off the smokes since the 16.01.09 so less than you and I can deffo see a massive difference. I have taken up running and cycling and in attendance is no way I could have done the distances I am doing now while I smoked, I could narrowly cycle 1 mile now I am doing 14 miles.
Here are some guidelines for how your body improves overall:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/conten…
ink most would say no, and that you'll other have the effects like, short of breathe, a cough and a deeper voice
but arent cells continously replacing themselves? so possibly if you stay away from cigarettes for a few years your lungs will at least be healthier than they were
I'm not sure whether to be impressed or scared that you can see the colour of your lungs ;) I can't see mine...
ously, if you've been smoking 20 a afternoon for 20 years, that will have caused some damage, but given time it will catch better. Our local GP produced a leaflet about what happens when you stop smoking (it's surrounded by a box cos we're moving house - sorry!), and your lung function will start improving fairly quickly. I can't donate specifics as mentioned above.
Whether they'll ever return to pink is not known - as others have said, if you live in a city you'll be getting like mad of traffic etc. pollution as well, which is also the same for non-smokers.
Good luck!
simple answer is no,although you hold stopped smoking, well done. There are other chemicals in the air as capably. Sorry. Source(s): ex smoker.
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