re: Guys I have decided tonight I am going to stop dipping.

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Good for you! I had a grandfather with a Stoma from throat cancer and relative with tongue cancer. The impact of tobacco is generally not a good thing. Hang in there!

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I went to the hosptital with my cousin, who's husband was diagnosed with throat cancer about 6 or 7 years ago. He was 52. They had already performed the primary surgery, but the tumor came back more aggresive and there was nothing to be done.

I went with her for support ( my mom asked me to) for them as the doctors were going to deliver this expected bad news to them. I sat there in a room with my cousin, her husband who was all bandaged up from the neck up and could only grunt, and the doctor.

Doctor had to tell this dude they were pretty much sending him home to die. He got pretty emotional, and animated, and started grunting trying to talk.. He was pretty damn drugged up, but he knew what the doctor was telling him. Talk about a real freaking life moment to witness... it was rough.

I think my mom had me do that to help me quit dipping. I kept dipping. But that shite stuck with me of course.

I posted earlier I.switched over to Black Buffalo a few months ago. I'm 51 now. Glad I'm doing this.

As you hit around 40-45, you quickly realize you're hitting the age where bad things start to happen. We lose that invulnerable feeling we had from youth very quickly.