CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Geri M.: Texting Tip

Geri has late-stage COPD from smoking. She hopes to get accepted for a lung transplant before it’s too late. Geri explains that she talks to her adult children every day because she doesn’t know how much time she has left.

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[filledwithvariousknowledge]

This is a good tip even for those who don’t smoke when not well in general

[darbybrady]

Get well soon, Geri! We should be the generation that ends tobacco and nicotine, and extinct those two hazardous products forever!

[MargaretTejeda]

I love that advice i felt dead as her give your kids a call or send them a text message or i can read books 📚 write a diary i went to Queens NewYork Saturday had a breakfast i.wore a Maybelline Superstay Lipcolor 015 All Day Cherry i went to CVS Monday with my sister i bought a Maybelline Lipstick 111 Double Shot and Sally Hansen Slow M - Ocean a blue gray nail polish i polished my toes and my fingers my 💅

[margarettejeda]

They will feel sorry for me that I can't any other stuff anymore.

[heidirourke]

She looks kinda frail to and good luck getting lung transplants list