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19-03-2018, 06:07 PM
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Would you want to know?

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19-03-2018, 06:34 PM
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Re: Would you want to know?

Yes 100% would like to know.
Speaking as one that was dx in 1999 with alpha1 zz emphysema I would have loved to have known when I was 15 so I would not have smoked for 30 years or worked with chemicals and in dusty places.
I would quite possibly not had to quit work at such an early age and would still be able to go out with the family even on wet n windy days. Instead of using up NHS money on the large amount of drugs I am taking.

So it would have been a win win.
NHS would have saved a small fortune.
And I would have had an extended working life.
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19-03-2018, 06:59 PM
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another hard one, Yes and No, I think no because I was be frightened if it showed I will develop and then worrying the whole time about when it would hit me, but yes because if I was going to develop it I could make sure my bucket list is complete before it happens.
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19-03-2018, 08:10 PM
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Yes i would like to know , id get my Bucket list done a lot quicker ,
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19-03-2018, 08:26 PM
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I really wouldn't like to know if I was going to get Alzheimers.
It would be like a sword of Damocles hanging over ones head .
The rest seem a good idea though one could do seek treatment in good time.
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19-03-2018, 08:37 PM
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YES Iwould want to know ,and hopefully get something done to help
 

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