I'm a bit worried?!


Question:

I'm a bit worried?

Back in the 1950s my grandma had pretty bad TB, so she had to get most of her lungs removed. She just has 2/3 of one lung.

My grandpa also smoked quite heavily for about fifty years, and though he has since quit smoking, that is a lot of second-hand smoke. He's doing pretty well for someone that smoked for that long, though.

I'm just worried that my grandma isn't doing so well. She seems perfectly fine, but I don't really see her that often because I live so far away. She is in her mid-seventies, and fifty years of second hand smoke on 2/3 of one lung can't possibly be good.

I guess my question is not so much what can I do, because there is nothing I can do, but how can I help her out when she starts having lung trouble? I will be living closer soon, and I want to do what I can to help her, without being pushy or invasive (she knows what do do, she was in medicine for all her life, and is feisty anyway). I love her and I want her to remain healthy and happy for a long time.

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5 days ago
I am an atheist, and anyway prayer is scientifically proven to be useless if they don't know, and actually harmful if they do. Thanks anyway, though.


Answers:

The best thing you can do for her, or for anyone, is to spend time with her, talk with her, laugh with her, let her know you love her.




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