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Feeling Positive!

Christine13
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1 9 14

Good Morning!  Just wanted to let you know I am having a happy positive day.  After being down with a bad cough and cold for 4 days, I'm beginning to feel better!  I took hubby for a long car ride across the city this morning so he could have his blood checked.  Hopefully a transfusion tomorrow or Wednesday.  I am going to enjoy the rest of today smokefree of course.  I have the energy to go for a walk today, and will do some stress relieving Yoga.  I feel like it's all coming together.  I want to stay quit more than I want to smoke.  In other words I want to live more than I want to die.  Somehow before I don't really think I felt worthy of a forever quit, always going back to my old comfort in smoking to sooth away my problems.  They didn't solve anything, didn't change anything.  Brian is still ill and I have to cope with it on different a different level.  We meet with cancer care next Monday regarding if they will do a bone marrow transplant or just chemo to lengthen his life. This is a difficult time for sure but if I can make it through this I can make it through anything.  So for today, I'm focusing on staying quit, and living in the moment.  Thanks to everyone who has supported me throughout this and our journey.

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I'm a widow now, my husband passed away January 1, 2018 He died of COPD, and pre leukemia and the flu. He quit smoking 15 years ago which gave him extra time. I am a mother, and grandmother. I have smoked for 47 years. I am going to have my forever quit and I'm doing it for me and my two daughters so I can live longer and be with them. I like to read, swim, garden, crochet, paint and doodle. I also enjoy walking and visiting with friends and family. I am 100% making this my last quit. I have been in denial about what smoking has done to me and my kids. I must make a new life for myself and it doesn't include cigarettes. I may already have COPD, but have not been officially diagnosed.