Hmmm....Heather complaining of what sounds like possible COPD; Art had COPD. Well, imagine that.
Guess she can claim even more “legacyâ€.
Well, the extreme dryness of the desert combined with smoking is not a good combination.
In many of Asian countries, they smoke like chimneys yet, anecdotally, I don't see the lung cancer at rates proportionate to the number of smokers.
I have thought that maybe it's the higher intake of fish counteracts the smoking. I mean of all the Asian people I have been exposed to, there are a lot more strokes. Maybe all of that humidity throughout the year counteracts some of that damage that smoking does.
All speculative but, combined with her description of those symptoms, it would not surprise me.
If she was a friend, I would recommend a visit to the doctor.