I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.

Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casualty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough).

Hung on for about a week and there was just minor streaks of bright red blood in mucus I cough up but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It wouldn't cough up fully I had to literally pull it out of my throat with my hands. It was thick rope of stringy blood. Black blood. Got it in a bowl in huge clots. Thought for sure I was about to croak.

Now my Mum had varices (booze) and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)

Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.

Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus and didn't want to take any chances.

So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.

If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!

But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)

I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.

Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casualty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough).

Hung on for about a week and there was just minor streaks of bright red blood in mucus I cough up but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It wouldn't cough up I had to literally pull it out of my throat with my hands. It was thick stringy blood. Black blood. Got it in a bowl in huge clots. Thought for sure I was about to croak.

Now my Mum had varices and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)

Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.

Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus and didn't want to take any chances.

So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.

If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!

But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)

I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.

Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casulaty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough). Hung on for about a week and there was minor streaks of bright red blood in mucus I cough up but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It wouldn't cough up I had to lliterally pull it out of my throat with my hands. It was thick stringy blood. Black blood. Got it in a bowl in huge clots. Thought for sure I was about to croak.

Now my Mum had varices and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)

Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.

Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus and didn't want to take any chances.

So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.

If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!

But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)

I'm not mad 'atcha, no problem :) I get how utterly bizarre it is that I use herbs and supplements, understand about health and yet I smoke like a damn chimney.

Heh shortly before the Rona hit I started coughing blood. Like a lot. Did I go to the ER (or Casulaty as we call it this side of The Pond)? Noooo. Scared the shit out of me, but I stated taking Oregano Oil, turmeric, cayenne etc (pepper stops bleeding funnily enough). Hung on for about a week and there was streaks of blod in mucus I cough up normally but it got less and less. Then a week later I wake up with what felt like a massive amount of mucus in my throat and tried to cough it up. It was thick stringy blood. Black. Got it in a bowl in huge clots.

Now my Mum had varices and I KNOW black blood is very very bad. I still didn't go to ER (yes, moron here). You know what stopped it and it never returned. Vitamin C! (LOL as an ex-Doc you are likely horrified by this - and how can you be an ex-Doc you mean you no longer practice?)

Something put it in my mind I needed Vit C and I did some googling and found that smokers take in very little Vit C (and many other Vits) many of the symptoms and the bleeding (i'd started t have a few minor nosebleeds previous to this). I think low level scurvy and it would only get worse. Yes, it's dumb to self diagnose but wasn't going to the hospital (especially now as the bastards will likely vax me). Ended up taking 12g of Vit C over the course of a day for about 2 weeks then I had to drop back as it started to give me the shits. But for those 2 weeks I could handle 12g easy. I started adding L-Lysine (already had it to treat the cat) as apparently together it build strong blood vessels.

Never had an issue since but I need to keep to 5/6g a day as when I skipped a day I got a small blood streak in mucus.

So guess I will keep smoking (albeit cut down but mainly for finance reasons). I reckon I have around 10 years before I croak if I'm lucky as both parents died in early 70's (baby brother was only 54). I think the supplements are propping me up, and will hopefully continue to keep me functioning for a while yet.

If I was younger I'd try harder to quit because more at stake. I only want to hang around to see the Good Guys prevail and an awesome new world begin. If The Great Reset happens though, I'll be glad to be gone!

But yes, I would echo what you say for younger people or people who want to live as long as possible. Don't smoke, avoid alcohol except occasionally, and eat proper food (weirdly I feel better and less mucus-y when I eat protein especially red meat)