Would you diagnose me ? I smoked 2 packs a day for 40 years and quit a year ago. I now have more trouble ?!

Congrats on quitting. It's not easy...spoken from experience. You cannot be diagnosed over the internet. Making an appointment with a pulmonologist is a wise idea. Have them check you out. It may involve somewhat invasive procedures like a bronchoscopy, which is looking at the bronchi with a skinny camera that is very flexible. Biopsy's of your sputum or "coughing up stuff" can be retrieved at this time and examined by a pathologist to determine what's up with it- if anything. Don't forget, even though you quit, there is a good possibility that damage is severe to your lungs. Often times though, we see patients who have a very small percentage of damaged lung tissue. So, it's up to you, but may give you some piece of mind.

Good luck and stay quit.

Oh- and try wearing a mask, scarf, full-head hat when doing yard work. Turtleneck.?Health Question & Answer

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Are you sure you are not allergic to something.? It looks like that
.Of course, if you put the two packs of cigarettes a day per forty years on the top of that, is not going to help at all.
My uncle died of lung cancer after eighteen years he stopped smoking
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they are the same thing. talk to your pulmonologist.Health Question & Answer

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it takes 5 years to clean out your lungsHealth Question & Answer

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