Wishing Kathy Griffin a speedy recovery

[HipChick]

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[hlthe2b]

1. She's had really tough time of it the past several years. I am glad to see this is Stage 1

Wishing her the best.

[spanone]

2. K&R

[Ohio Joe]

3. K & R

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[Willis88]

50. Get well soon

+1

[lamp_shade]

4. My brother had the exact same surgery about 3 years ago.

He's doing fine. No breathing problems. Was having follow-up scans every 6 months. That just changed to once a year.
He was (and still is) a smoker. He's 64.

[DownriverDem]

16. Wow

You would think his experience would cause him to quit smoking.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

21. Nicotine is a hell of a drug.

Very hard to quit.

[2Gingersnaps]

44. Keith Richards famously said

quitting heroine was easier than quitting smoking.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

47. I think I quit smoking 8 years ago.

I think, cause I only crave them twice a day now. Been 100% not-smoking the whole time.

[soldierant]

52. other heroin addicts have said the same.

I knew one personally - a lovelyand interesting woman who rose above notoly nicotine and heroin, but also alcohol and a few marriages which didn't end in divorce (until they all did - all at the same time - that lovely gentleman knew she was a keeper and wanted to be sure he could do so.)

[NH Ethylene]

55. I quit 29 years ago. I still smoke in my dreams.

I wake up and am always so relieved I didn't start up again.

[ShazzieB]

48. It sure is.

COPD wasn't enough to stop my Mom from smoking, and cigarettes eventually killed her. Official cause of death was congestive heart failure, but it was all interrelated. When your lungs don't work right, it puts an additional strain on your heart, and smoking is damaging to both lungs and cardiovascular system. The way I see it, smoking was the direct cause of her death.

A lot of people don't realize what bad effects smoking has on the cardiovascular system. Everybody knows it causes lung cancer, but from what I've read, there are more smoking related deaths from cardiovascular issues than from lung cancer. Throw in COPD caused by smoking, and lung cancer is left behind in the dust.

Smoking killed both my parents. My dad didn't have COPD, but like my mom, he died of congestive heart failure, after decades of smoking. I hate cigarettes with the fire of 1,000 suns.

[alphafemale]

51. Yeah. I have see images of people smoking through a hole in their neck

Yikes.

[LizBeth]

25. If it were that easy....

[bobnicewander]

5. Add my prayers

for a successful operation for Kathy.

[JI7]

6. Wishing the best for her.

[Freddie]

7. Non-smokers lung cancer is more common than people think

Good friend died of it. Age 60, fit and healthy, never smoked.

[LisaL]

8. My co-worker who never smoked died from lung cancer.

In his fifties.

[uponit7771]

11. Did your friend live around someone who smoked? My mother-in-law did

.... And would go to casinos and bingo often where people smoked

[TheBlackAdder]

17. My sister used to sing at rock halls and weddings, the cig smoke caused her to develop COPD.

.

She did this from 1982 to 2000. Never smoked.

.

[bullwinkle428]

22. I lost a non-smoking female co-worker to lung cancer at age 31. She was

a college athlete! Nothing about her suggested any possible co-morbidities that might lead to it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. It got a friend of mine at 43.

She was a health fanatic and a personal trainer. She had her own studio. At one time she was Chicago Mayor Daley’s personal trainer.

I’ve read that radon gas is the next leading cause after smoking. Several of my friends have radon mitigation set up in their homes as we are in a moderate to high risk area.

[The Mouth]

27. A friend's mom died of it, she was 23

he was 4 months old. She never smoked in her life (or drank, hardcore Baptists).

[SCantiGOP]

31. I remember a stat from about 20 years ago

that estimated there were as many as 200,000 premature deaths per year in the US from the emissions from coal-fired power plants. That is a statistical model, so there is no way to point to anyone who dies from a lung-related cause and say that it was caused by the pollution.

[rurallib]

34. There is just so much shit in the air anymore

breathing is almost hazardous to your health.
Add to all the chemicals that cars, factories, farms, CAFOs, and simply running a household add to the air and add coronavirus and residue from giant forest fires. Gawd what a soup to try to breathe.

[SCantiGOP]

38. I know

My phone weather app lists air quality: good, moderate, etc. on occasion, it will carry a warning for people with lung issues.
The other day, as the West Coast wildfire smoke was blanketing the East Coast, it read simply, “Polluted.”

[North Shore Chicago]

9. Get well quickly Kathy!

You always make me chuckle with your shenanigans.

[bigtree]

10. oh, crap

...fucking cancer.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. I interpreted her into American Sign Language! She did a show at the college I work at!

She was awesome of course! Wishing her the best doctors and nurses, and a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

[soldierant]

53. Kudos to you!

Those of us with hearing appreciate your work also.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

56. Thanks 🙏😄

[TNNurse]

13. My mother never smoked.

She lived with my father for 19 years before he died. He was a smoker but lung cancer was not the cause.
She was also a public school teacher in the 50s and 60s, teacher's lounges were smoke pits.
Although she had other medical problems, lung cancer from second hand smoke was listed as her official cause of death on her death certificate.

I was initially surprised when they gave her the diagnosis. I looked the doc in the face and said " well, shit, I did not expect that". We did not treat it since her other medical problems were no longer treatable. In time, we began to understand that second hand smoke was the cause.

[Thunderbeast]

14. Radon and industrial chemicals are major risk factors.

My mom died from lung cancer. Had not smoked in 40 years. Her work exposed her to carbon tetrachloride over several years.

Buying a long-term radon test kit (one that samples over six months) is cheap insurance. Radon remediation is not a huge investment if results are positive.

[StarryNite]

20. We have a radon tester that stays plugged in 24/7.

We've had it for years. It beeps when the level hits 4.0. Part of the year the level was below that. Other times it was beeping a lot! About 2 1/2 years ago we contacted a company that does radon mitigation. We used a test kit that was sent to an independent lab. It was high but not as high as our electronic meter showed. Anyway, we opted to have the house mitigated. Our electronic meter has not beeped in two and a half years! At this moment it's showing a reading of 2.1. No amount is safe but it's way, way better than what it was prior to mitigation. The retest using the independent lab after radon mitigation showed the level was well below 4.0 as well. We should have done it years ago.

[geardaddy]

32. Yep, radon is a huge contributor to lung cancer

[FakeNoose]

15. Good luck to Kathy Griffin, I'm sending healing vibes

She sounds optimistic, and that's very important.

I'm glad to see that she isn't a smoker, but that's only one factor. There are so many other factors. Both of my parents were lifelong smokers and they both died of cancer. It's a terrible disease, and a cure must be found.

[no_hypocrisy]

18. Andy Kaufman also had lung cancer despite not smoking.

[Spider Jerusalem]

54. Comedy clubs were very smoky environments before smoking bans

which didn't happen until the 90's or early 2000's in most places.

[Tomconroy]

19. Come on Anderson Cooper!

Bring her back on New Years Eve!

[bahboo]

23. absolutely...show is unwatchable without her....

[Tom Rinaldo]

26. Yes. I used to always tune in. I can't last five minutes since Kathy was booted n/t

minutes

[Treefrog]

46. She should tell him to fuck off if he tried that.

He was no kind of a friend.

I really lost respect for him with that.

[sdfernando]

24. Sending good vibes

hoping for a speedy recovery so she can get back to work and do what she does best!

[lindysalsagal]

28. I've always adored Kathy, even at her worst. Thanks for this notice.

[geardaddy]

33. Wishing her the best and speedy recovery.

[ShazzieB]

49. Me, too!

Get well soon, Kathy, and stay that way! 💐💐💐

[Upthevibe]

35. Sending light & vibes

to Kathy Griffin....

[Crowman2009]

36. I assume early in her career she had to play pre-smoking ban comedy clubs.

That can definitely have an effect.

[farmbo]

37. We're all pulling for you, Kathy.

😍

[beaglelover]

39. Best of luck to Kathy. Sounds like they caught it early so hopefully her prognosis will be bright!

[George II]

40. I never liked her much as a comedian, but I hope her surgery goes well.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. I wish Ms. Griffin a full and speedy recovery

[fijord]

42. I pray for Kathy Griffin..

To have a speedy and robust recovery.

[BigmanPigman]

43. Good advice...continue with your check ups.

Christopher Reeve's wife died of lung cancer and never smoked.

[2Gingersnaps]

45. Love your shenanigan's and malarkey!

Hugs and wish you a speedy recovery. Lost my best friend, my husband, my Mom when she was 24, and my grandma, that shit is no joke.

[Girl powers]

57. Sending positive Carma, oops Karma your way

We love you for your audacity and truth telling.
Don’t ever change.
Think of all the new material coming your way.
I don’t have a filter either.