Can you survive without one lung? I’m not so sure. In fact, I don’t know if I could. In the ‘70s, I was diagnosed with emphysema and I was told that I would need a new lung in order to breathe well. I had to remove the left lung and replace it with a right lung.
This was a mistake. Emphysema is a chronic disease that comes with a risk of death. It’s a disease that is not always fatal, but which does carry a high illness or disability rate. The emphysema in me was never fatal, but the other one which I am now told I have will kill me. There are no easy answers. You either accept it and live with it or you try to live with it and hope for the best.
Emphysema is one of those diseases that can be life-threatening or even life-altering, depending on how quickly you can get it under control. Although it is generally fatal in later stages, it can be fatal in the early stages. The only way you are going to be able to get it under control is if your doctor is able to fix the underlying problem.
My doctor has done a lot of tests on me and has concluded that I am in great shape and really able to handle the challenges of emphysema. So I am now taking a daily inhaled steroid that will help prevent some of the symptoms of the disease. It is a type of medication that is not a blood thinning agent, so it really doesn’t affect the lungs. It is prescribed for respiratory conditions but is not a drug that one is supposed to avoid.
That’s right, inhalers are not drugs. And you’ve probably already guessed that I am using a steroid inhaler, a very common one for severe emphysema that can cause shortness of breath.
Yes, I use a steroid inhaler. There is no point in putting a bunch of other drugs into your body, and I dont know of any other drug that I have that I can use to treat an emphysema. The steroids seem to actually work faster than the other drugs, so I can only imagine what the other drugs would do without them.
My chest is on the way out, as is my leg, my back, and my arm. I am also suffering from lung cancer. Because of the steroids, I have to constantly take them and take them often. I have been told by my cardiologist that there is nothing I can do to save my lungs and that I should stop taking steroids, but my doctor is not a doctor of science, and he is the only one I have.
So, to summarize, as if on cue, the most dangerous drug of all will be one of the least used. Steroids are the least addictive, and they are the least invasive, so their use will be the least likely to kill you. In most cases, they will not even kill you. But if your doctor believes that you should stop taking steroids, it is up to you to make that decision for yourself.
Steroids are a good idea for people with severe asthma, but they can be toxic to anyone who doesn’t take them. And if you’re not taking them, you are at risk for stroke, kidney failure, and even death. But that’s not the only thing you are at risk for. Steroids can cause bone loss, cause heart attack and stroke, and cause kidney failure.
Steroids are taken for a variety of reasons, so there are many different ways to kill yourself with them. But its one of the more common ways. So if you think just taking them is a bad idea, go talk to your doctor. He will probably give you a long list of possible side effects.