Stop Smoking Support Thread
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you didn't butt in Judi...any may jump on this train. all the best to you!
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Thanks for the welcome Gaisal! THIF ..... Hope you ladies all have a great weekend!
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I have happy to report the level on my last drain is continuing to go down. It looks like Monday will be the day I finally get it pulled - Yipee!! It will be almost 5 weeks - that is long enough.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Congrats in advance, Jo! Fingers crossed for you!
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Fierro6 - Thanks! Hope you get yours out soon. I see you are starting chemo next week - best of luck to you. I did not do chemo so I don't know what it is like.
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YIPPEE Jo, so glad it looks like it is finally coming out, I know what a heartache and pure pain it has been for you. You'll be able to get some really good sleep, and reschedule your Memorial Day plans!!!! Fierro6, it is so good to meet you, I'm so pleased you've joined our wonderful group. I did not have chemo either, I hope you have an easy time with it, and it is as we say "doable". JudiH, it is so nice to have you too, this is just the greatest support group ever. It is great to have new people join us. Especially when they bring words of support and encouragement to our quitters, as you do have already done. Karen
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Thank you ladies for your kind words and support! I love being here. Jo, such wonderful news to hear ... here's to Monday! Feirro6, I too did not have chemo but as Karen says, it's doable. I know my Canadian counterparts have all said the same thing! Keeping chanting that during your treatments. Quick tip - my Canadian bc comrades have said to keep your finger/toes in ice - I don't know if you know this or it is part of the U.S. treatment but there is a reason for it. Make sure you ask about it! Best of luck during your treatment!
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Very quiet here today, must be that everyone is out in the beautiful weather, it is 83 here, no wind, low humidity and not a cloud in the sky. I am having a same day surgery to remove a lesion on my upper leg, the doctor, my gyn. described it as a mole with a skin tag. Surgery is June 15th at 9:30, he does not seem worried - so I am trying to be the same. They will biopsy it, just to be certain. I do hate that word. Please send calming thoughts my way. hugs, Karen
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You guys rock with all that good quit time! Thank you for the warm welcome.
I was supposed to be quitting yesterday and I flaked out. I went for my MRI, and it turns out I am hideously claustrophobic, something one ought to know by age 48 which I did not. I was so shaky for a couple of hours that I bumped my quit date up to today. Today, I slapped on a patch, and so far so good.
Jo, 2 WEEKS your drains have been in? Gah! I haven't had the kind you have, but I was discharged with one in my back, and they're very uncomfortable. I'm glad you're nearly done.
Karen333, my calming thoughts are swirling gently in your direction. You'll know when they get to you, because they will be nice and cool. I hate biopsy also: both the process and the word. Cancer seems to have a lot of infelicitous language surrounding it.0 -
MaddyMac - I had one drain for 2 1/2 weeks and the remaining for going on 5 weeks. I really think it is time for it to come out. I am so ready for it to be pulled. Little did I know that I am also clautrophic when it comes to MRIs. I had my first one ever in Feb on my neck. I was only in the machine for 10 minutes but it felt like an eternity. I was so shaken, it was hard to drive home.
Karen - Sending gentle, calming hugs and thoughts your way. I hate the word biopsy - never did both me much before cancer. I will also keep my fingers crossed for B9 results.
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I love the name MaddyMac ... here's to your quitting .... clink, clink! Karen333, you will be fine. Just think of that commerical where the kids says to her mom "ooh, what's that". The mom uses Dr. Schol's skin tag remover and "poof" it's gone and they are swimming happily. This will be you! Relax, and you will be fine!
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Dear Jo, MaddyMac and Judi, I am feeling those calming thought and gentle hugs, the word "biopsy" never bothered me before either, Jo. I am enjoying a good book and a glass of wine, both are soothing! hugs to all of you, Karen
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Karen: Hoping all goes well. I had my PS remove a mole on my shoulder when he made my nipples. It was easy, just had a bandaid on it. And best of all, it wasn't cancer! You'll do great!
Jo: Hope you get that drain out Monday. I know how aggravating it is. I had my last one for 6 weeks. It was in so long, that I got some sort of infection (the stuff coming out started looking cloudy). When it finally stopped draining, and I went to get it out, the nurse pulled it out and stuff gushed everywhere. I don't think it had quit draining, just got clogged. But at least the dxxn thing was OUT!
Welcome Judi! You can do it!!
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Jo,
Hoping that last stupid drain comes out this week!!! I know it's been a bit of a bumpy road but, as you say... so worth it!! This is just your last obstacle to overcome!!
Judi,
Glad that you joined us and so glad for the support that you are providing!! Always good for those just starting to hear from those who have some time under their belt!
MaddyMac, Welcome!!!
That MRI can trigger those claustrophobic tendencies when you didn't even know you had them!! One word for you on that.... Xanaax! I have an MRI once a year and they can prescribe just one pill that you take about an hour before and, believe me, you won't care what the heck they do... lol. I was so relaxed that I think my biggest fear was I was going to fall asleep and accidently press the emergency stop button that they gave me! You do have to make sure that you have a way to get home as you will not be able to drive...
Glad you started with the patch!! We are here if you need us!!!
Karen,
Sending warm and comforting thoughts your way! Even when we think we have nothing to worry about that very word 'biopsy' is a bit freaky! Most likely this is nothing... they do tend in our case to err on the sie of caution if they think it is cause for worry so the fact that they said they don't think it's worrisome is good news but, as we all know, you kinda hold your breath till it's official!
I called yesterday and scheduled my 2 months over-due pap smear... Last year's pap was such an ordeal with a transvaginal US, followed by a hysterosalpingography, followed by a D&C all of which came back normal but scared the crap out of me! The thought of going back again makes me a bit sick to my stomach but, I know I have to!
The appointment is June 4th... Sooo not looking forward to it.... But then I am done with tests until Oct/Nov.... So that's good!
Hi Galsal and Fierro6!!! Hope you both are doing well!
Lisamarie.... Thinking of you!!0 -
Seaside: Sending good wishes your way for the pap. I can't even say all those other words.
Jo: One more day, with any luck.
Karen: With my light skin & my teen years of sitting in the sun using baby oil, I go into the derm doc every 6 months. They freeze around 20 pre-cancerous lesions & usually biopsy at least one spot. Usually they come back negative. Although I've had 5 basal cell cancers removed, it's been over a 45 year stretch & the MOS surgery is great. The worst problem I always have is my allergy to tape. Hope you're as lucky as I've been.
Welcome newbies. Hi everyone else. Such a strong group of women.
LisaMarie - Thinking of you.
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Overnight output on the last drain came down some more - from 20 ccs to 15 ccs. It is looking really good for tomorrow to have this stupid thing pulled. Will let everyone know.
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Wow MinusTwo! Like you, I am fair skinned and loved to sit in the sun. Didn't always use baby oil but I remember once being in Mexico and using it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! I was burned so badly I couldn't even walk. I got lucky though. A doctor who I met where we were staying told me to use milk of mageniusm (spelling?) and it worked wonders. Now I trying to be sun smart but hard to do on a daily basis.
Jo, so happy to hear your news ... you will be dancing with joy getting that "thing" out!
Warm and sunny here in T.O. Going golfing .... yikes? Hope I can swing and not be sore!
Yes, like everyone else, Lisamarie I hope you are doing o.k.?
Have a great day ladies.
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Awesome news, Jo! They're so certain that mine isn't going anywhere (will be in place for 5 weeks Wednesdsay) that they cancelled my first treatment, which was to be Tuesday. I'm supposed to call and reschedule when it's finally gone. Yesterday's output was up to 70 (compared to 55 on Friday.) It's so dang depressing. I know it's better to wait than to pull too soon, but I hate everything being put on hold. I don't know what to do to make it slow down. *sigh*
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Fierro6 - What a bummer. I know the feeling. At one time my output jumped up too. It was so depressing - just wanted to pull the stupid thing out. Let me ask you, if your overnight output is up, are you laying down? I found out that was my problem. I am now just reclining a little bit - I am in a more upright position and it seemed to have done the trick. It is not comfortable but what can we do? Besides, I am not a back sleeper anyway. Wish my PS had told me sooner about this. Hope your number goes down soon.0
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I've been sleeping in the recliner, but it's reclined WAY back. I'll try to keep it more upright for a couple of nights. Thanks for the tip!
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fierro6 - You are welcome - Let me know if it works for you.
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Jo, tomorroww may be the day YIPPEE if it is, I know Fierro is glad for the tip you gave her about the recliner. You would think the PS's would clue you in on the various techniques but as per usual you get the best, most current information from women on the threads. Having a beautiful day up here, in the 80's, low humidity and not a cloud in the sky, tomorrow is to be the same with a possibility, albeit low, of a little rain. My coffee pot's motor burned out today, I kept smelling an electrical smell, my dad was a fireman and I have always had a nose for different burning smells. So after Sunday dinner, I am off to K mart for a new one. My DGS and I have coffee together before he goes off to school. hugs to all, lisamarie, haven't heard from you, please check in, Karen
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Karen, My PS told me the overnight levels were high because I was reclining back all the way. This was only after I asked about them and after 4 weeks. I took my log to each appt and he never asked or said a word. You are absolutely right, to get the most current information you have to come to BCO. Go figure!
lisamarie - come out, come out wherever you are! We are all worried about you.
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Hi girls im alive but not doing so well at all with the smoking .. the stress is really gotten to me and I know it's not an excuse , if i had known i was gonna be out of work for so long and my life was gonna downward spiral i may have waited for surgery .
feeling so bad . I really let myself down here and trying to get the strength to put it back where I was .. I felt amazing not smoking ... I am sorry , I hope all of u are well 
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lisamarie, no feeling bad allowed on this thread, you have had one blow after another in the last month, especially the financial one that impacts on just everything. Plus you have pursued every resource for help that there seems to be. You will quit, when you will quit, we know you will do it when at least one of the stressors is off your plate, hopefully it will be the financial one. In the meantime stay posting, you can see we miss you when you are not around. And DO NOT BEAT UP ON YOURSELF. You are a fighter who just has too many battles going on right now. hugs, Karen
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Hi Lisamarie,
I'm new so I don't know you, but I've felt the same way about smoking. It's terribly difficult to quit. Because you relapsed does not invalidate the time you were smokeless, and you now have more experience with the process that you can use when you're ready to try again.
I apologized to my entire family when I didn't quit on the promised date of May 18, and just the look on their faces told me I was being too hard on myself.
But, I now have 24 hours without the ciggies, tick...tick...tick...0 -
lisamarie - I have to agree with Karen. You have a lot of battles to fight right now and I am sure it is exhausting. You will reach a point when you can toss the cigs out. STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP! Remember, we don't judge around here - give will support you with any decision you make. Please post and let us know how you are doing. We miss you when you stay away.
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Lisamarie, listen to these ladies! Everyone of us has been in your boat with the smoking issue. I actually spent $300 once for laser surgery and could have smoked as soon as I left the place. But no, I was too smart for that. I waited 3 weeks when my dh told me to go back. And believe me, I loved every minute of it. As everyone here can attest to, when your ready to quit, you will. Quitting smoking with all the stressors you are experiencing is probably not the time to quit. AND, beating yourself up will not help either. Listen to your body and mind, and when you say enough then "enough" will be. Relax!
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We are all here for you LisaMarie! Hang tough ... get through this battle & when you're ready, you'll know it.
Karen - happy thoughts coming your way! You'll be great ... I just know it.
MaddyMac - awesome job!!! Keep up the great work - we're all cheering for you.
Here's to week #2 behind me ... on to week #3!
Cheers!
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my3sun42 - Great news on making it through week 2. It will get easier fromm here.
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