Stop Smoking Support Thread
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FTell - amazing you were able to quit with a husband who kept on smoking. Hard job & congrats.
Lovewins - I'm 6 years 6 months out. I still like to go out to the smoking area & visit w/the folks there. Some of us get nauseated by the smell down the road, but i don't think I ever will. Sigh. I truly don't think about wanting a smoke too often anymore, but like FTell and the rest of us - I am an addict. I like the motto - just one puff away from a pack a day.0 -
Blissful, I am sorry they moved your surgery up. I hope all goes well. I will be thinking of you as you continue on the journey and will have prayers for you .
Fiaranch1, I am also praying for you and Dec 8th .. And Happy Birthday . I am also a December baby ... the 29th.. All I can say is we need to continue to support each other every step of the way .
I on the other hand will call the Doc today and see if he will call me in another RX of chantix . That morning smoke got the best of me .. I cant win against this devil ... so One more honest try and hope that I never turn back thats all I hope for . I talk to my mom and my aunt and my uncle and they all cannot breathe and I think hey I am gonna be just like that If i dont put my foot down and get down to buisness ..
My uncle smoked for a very long time . but he is in end stage COPD .. and he has quit about 4 months now and he had heart surgery and lives on O2 24, 7 ... it sucks that it took him this long but it is so hard to do .. but then I keep telling myself that and it makes things harder . I think I need a more positive approach .. Stop thinking this is so hard and just deal .. I guess for me the smoking is something I just like to do ... crazy as it sounds ..
Well ladies I am done rambling .. I am having a day off today and going to do a little Christmas decorating ..
Just for Fun , I gave my car some Christmas spirit and decided to share it with you all ..Hugs and Love
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LisaMarie - thanks for sharing the Christmas spirit. We're all pulling for you!!!0 -
Yo ladies! Wassssuuuuup! I know it has been a while but guess what? I am STILL not smoking. I am still using the e-cig every so often though. I have gained weight but I don't smoke so I guess that makes me fat and happy..LOL It will be 8 months in a few weeks! Wooohooo!Welcome to all of the newbies and Lisa Marie, great to see you. It takes a few tries to get the demon cigs out of our lives and even cancer can't stop some of us die hards. I quit in
April and I STILL want a cig every once in a while, but it does get easier. If it gets really bad, I pick up that e-cig (I use www.greensmoke.com ) and it really does wonders! My husband is in week two and on Thursday, will celebrate two weeks smoke free. He is using the e-cig too. It works!Anyway, I am at work so I better get back to it. Hang in there. It really does get better!
PS VJ, so glad you are OK!! OMG, how scary!
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Lisa Marie,
Your car looks great !!! You can do it with Chantix I know several people that have been successful also HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY !!!0 -
FTell,
I too am an addict and just like alcoholics or drug addicts ............ once I quit I can never have another drag of a cigarette or I will be right back to that pack a day !!! CONGRATS! to you and your family !!!0 -
Fiaranch1 , I know the Chantix works . I just was on it for 2 months and you said it one puff and you are back to smoking .. so had to have the Doc call in another RX chantix yesterdday ... I am on wellbutrin and it helps a lot with my depression , it is also a stop smoking aid.. does not work for me that way .. anyway I was concerned about taking it with the chantix but pharmacist said it was okay .. so hoping and praying all goes well ... Hugs to you all
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LisaMarie - let us know when you decide what date is your "quit" date. Not rushing you!! Just that we'll send extra positive energy.0 -
Hi ladies .... good to read your posts. Funny, some of you say you are an addict .... I just say I was a hard core smoker. I think it sounds better to my ears but not matter which way you cut it, I was an addict too! Lisamarie, good to see you are still trying. You haven't given up yet so you are on your way. I remember when April was trying to quit and how hard it was .... look at her now. You make me laugh April .... fat and happy .... I put on 20 lbs with my cancer med and quitting smoking. I just say who cares now .... I'm 58 so I know know one is going to be saying much about me other then I'm alive and lookin good. Lisamarie, you can do it ... I know not much health wise can scare hard core smokers but there will be one that will scare you. Think of that, and maybe it will help. Off to bed as morning comes to quick. Have a great evening ladies!
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Hey Everyone ... back on chantix and doing well ... Just stopping in to say Helloo .... We got some pretty Snow last night but its all gone now .. the rain from today has washed it away.... well working a couple 12's for the next two days ... Hugs
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LisaMarie - Wahoo!! Glad you're feeling "up".0 -
I can scare a few of you maybe (Judi, seriously, this scared the shit out of me when the doctor said it) as I had an "issue" back in June. I had what was possibly a panic attack after starting aromasin. I could not catch my breath for hours and I got scared and hubby brought me to the ER. When they heard the words "breast cancer" they immediately sent me for a CT scan (fearing lung mets probably) and it came back negative but when they were reading the results to me, they said the following: "Do you smoke?" Me - "No, I quit two months ago" (as that was what it was at the time) and the doctor said " You do have early stages of emphysema in your left lung" and I freaked out. They said " We often see this in smokers or former smokers but it can be reversed if you stay quit" so I took their advice as that scared the crap out of me.
All I could picture was me walking around dragging oxygen with me everywhere and it worked better than the cancer diagnosis did! My PCP diagnosed me with "stress asthma" by the way. She gave me an inhaler and I have to carry it with me everywhere I go. I have only used it twice since then, both times when I was freaking out about something.
So, quitting is a VERY good thing for me personally as I don't want to get emphysema. BTW, what I think it was is not the asthma, but the rads nicked my left lung in the corner and that is where the doctor said the bad area was and that is where the RO showed me on the dosimetry report that they could not keep the rads out of the field of my lung...interesting, no?
OK, glad you are back on Chantix sweetie. To all of you, as hard as quitting is, it is soooo worth it. Hubby has completed his third week too. We are now smoke free the both of us! More money for Christmas shopping
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Thanks April for the story ... I tell ya Dr told me I had COPD before I was ever diagnosed with the breast cancer .. talk about a hard tme smoker ... anyway still doing good .. the chantix for me is magic.. it makes me not want the cigarette at all.. it's when I am finished with the RX that I need to tell myself all the time , it's the first puff that takes ya back so dont puff ,.... well Hugs to everyone still struggling along ... I am glad we all have a place to come ... Hugs
LisaMarie0 -
you can do it lisamarie!0 -
Thanks Lovewins
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Thank you April for sharing. Fear of dying because I wanted to smoke pretty much did it for me. Now at 4 1/2 weeks. Really made it easy for me to quit in the first 3 days because I was really, really sick from the WC shot. Occasionally I get this need for just a puff, but move onto something else. Now, I can go days without thinking about it. While the sun porch and outdoors were our smoking arenas, I have told all my friends, no smoking around me. They are all for it considering my situation. The hubby said he quit, but I think he runs off behind the shed to smoke. Hehehe. Not going to say anything because at least he has cut way back. Also, it helps that most of my family and many of my friends do not smoke. I just hope beyond hope that I can keep this up. My plan is to never, ever pick up another cigarette.0 -
LisaMarie, good to hear you are back at it .... think of the money you have saved .... buy yourself something fabulous and think of how you got it. Jajjaaj, I'm so proud of you .... 4 1/2 weeks will turn into forevery. You will be suprised how fast time flies. April, I hear you about being scared shitless. I remember after my first surgery, surgeon wanted me to do a chest x-ray. I was so flippin scared that they would find cancer in the lungs. I believe you about the rads. I could never figure out whey they ask me how my breathing is but I now know. Sometimes I find my breathing to be laboured. I thinking it is either old age or that my lungs are trying to recover from all the years of smoking. It has now been 3 years since I laid down my last ciggie. It is so cold here that when I see the smokers having their puff (now have to smoke 9 metres away from an entrance) I'm so glad I'm not one of them. LisaMarie and Jajjaaj, you will be in the ranks of all us who have quit for good.0 -
Hi Ladies , I have been MIA because my aunt is in the hospital , they just moved her 3 days ago to ICU , she has severe emphsema due to smoking , psuedomonis in her lungs and she is resistant to all antibiotics at this time . she is on a vent and cannot breathe on her own , I am slowly watching her die , she coded 3 times last night but they were able to bring her back ,, I have been spending every moment I can by her side .. I just keep saying I don't want to die this way .. It is helping me , but thats sad to see .. and my cousins are lighting up as soon as we leave the hospital . I said OMG don't you see your mom .... and she is only 65 .. anyway I am sorry to rant . I am feeling sad and helpless ... but I am not smoking ,
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LisaMarie - so sorry to hear about your aunt. You are a saint for staying by her side. But you're right. What an incentive to keep away from those smokes.
I had my third chemo of this 2nd set on Wednesday & Neulasta Thursday. When I got home last night & started checking emails, I kept looking around for my ashtray & burning cigarette. Same thing's happening this morning. What up with that? Reflex reaction? Weird feeling. I haven't had an ashtray in my house for 7 years or a smoke for 6 years & 5 months. Maybe because I took an old friend to lunch while I was staying at the med center & she asked to smoke in my car. Bummer - but I didn't say no. I remember when you only had a lunch break to grab a smoke. It didn't bother me at the time & with the windows all down the smoke didn't linger. Then we sat on a bench after lunch and she had another smoke. Must have lodged in my subconscious. Guess it's too early at noon to reach for a glass of wine instead of a smoke? Oh well - we're all aware it's always there in the background - just one puff away.0 -
LisaMarie, thinking of you during this sad and stressful time. I echo MinusTwo's comments .... you are resisting the temptation to smoke. It's terrible what smoking does to you but we don't see it when we light up when we are young and strong. Just today I was grabbing a coffee, and I saw the guy behind me in his car, tugging on that smoke like there was no tomorrow. And, I thought, this is not the way buddy. I thinking we are all getting it now that it's not cool to smoke. MinusTwo, I hear you about the reflexes. I think I need a smoke because I'm going through a really stressful time at work but baby, it's cold outside. I don't want to stand outside and freeze my butt off. MinusTwo, hoping you are feeling well?0 -
So sorry LisaMarie...stay strong chica, as hard as it is with your aunt so ill. Sorry it is not incentive for your cousins but I totally get it even if it is their Mom. Nothing stopped me for 46 years so I do understand.
NOT smoking is the best thing that has happened this year in my life. The rest of this year has been horrible and I can't wait for the stroke of midnight on Dec 31st. Normally I don't wish the years to go faster, but in the case of 2013, it can't go soon enough. I want a clean slate and 2014 is going to be soooo much better. It has to be! At least for me.
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April, I hear you about the year not being so great! My wish to you this Christmas and New Year's is that you get what you truly want and deserve. Hoping that all is well and your wish comes true!0 -
Hi Ladies ..sorry been gone but you all know my aunt was very Ill .. she passed away and we laid her to rest yesterday. it's been a very overwhelming week for me ... Minus Two you are so strong ... and you havent smoked in a very long time ... I guess the bottom line is we will always have times when we want to smoke ... anyway .. I am feeling ok .. I did sneak off and smoke a couple times but it;s not worth it ... just sad sad sad sad ... stay strong through chemo minus two im here if ya need ... thanks Judi and april for your kind words ...
xoxo
LisaMarie
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LisaMarie: My thoughts are with you at your aunt's passing. It's good you could be with her although I know it was hard. Hang in there w/the not smoking. Are you still on the Chantix? One day at a time.
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Minus Two , yes still on chantix .. if it wasn't for that medicine id be smoking ... but I am thankful for it ... im doing it like u say one day at a time ... thank you for your support at this time .. Hugs
Lisamarie
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((((LisaMarie)))) So sorry sweetie. Life is so very hard sometimes!
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(((Lisamarie)))
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Thank you April and Lovewins .... glad to have you ladies in my life
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OK - this may sound silly, but RAH, RAH, RAH for Lisa Marie. Hope you're doing something peaceful w/no conflicts for the holidays.
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Thanks Minus two .. I have family and friends and hopefully a peaceful Holiday .. much love to you and your family during the Holidays
Hugs
LisaMarie
" Just for today I will not smoke "
Have a great day all
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