See Bad Effects of Tobacco Tobacco.................
......................A touching Story of Randall Duff
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| TOBACCO EFFECTS |
I wasn't going to post this but I decided I should.... I
don't usually do PSAs or anything like this but I thought I should because if I
can change the lifestyle of one person then I made a difference.
I have smoked and/or dipped for the majority of my life...
Not something I was proud of but it was something I did. Now I quit smoking on
November 29th 2014 but I still dipped Copenhagen. In February of this year I
noticed a spot on my tongue and asked my dentist what it was. Dr Morris ran a
cancer screen and said it didn't show up as cancerous but as a precaution I had
a biopsy done.
The diagnosis was epithelial dysplasia and I went to the
oral surgeon to get a further evaluation. Long story short I went on Monday to
get surgery to remove the lesion and come to find out when cutting it out there
was a slight bit of cancer, stage 1, but detected early enough to remove it
all.
I'm fine, everything is all good but if you smoke or dip or
chew, quit. I have always been healthy and had the mindset that nothing bad
could happen to me. The following picture proves otherwise (it's graphic) 12
stitches and one helluva sore tongue!!!
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