The damage we've done

Well I suppose there's no escaping some damage to myself after 35 years of smoking. Whenever I walk for any distance I start getting massive cramps in my left calf. Turns out I have an 80% blockage in my femoral artery in that leg and they want to give me a balloon angioplasty and put in a stent. The major reason for this blockage turns out to be smoking.I'm such a sissy when it comes to doctors and needles hospitals and such. I suppose I should be grateful it's not a cardiac artery (at least not at this point.) Please newbies and lurkers, especially the younger ones,quit smoking, it is NEVER to early to quit this suicidal habit. EVERY cigarette does us harm. Just spin the wheel and see which debilitating illness you'll get from smoking,Herbal cigarettes, sooner or later.