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A stitch in time.....

Pops
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ON DAY FORTY-NINE!

Good morning EXers....well, this weekend isn't starting off in the matter that I was hoping for....yesterday, I met my new GP Doctor that I had been assigned to.  In closing, she asked that I give a blood sample for a few check she wanted to have done.  That was about 10:30 in the morning....Last night, another doctor called my cell while I was in a meeting, and relayed that my doctor wanted me to come into the emergency room immdiately for another sodium check, and another EKG.  I called the nurse advice line about 3;30 this morning and asked what was up.  She told me to get in right away.  Normal sodium levels are 3.5-3.0...and that mine are at 6.2.  She said they believe that one of my medications that I am taking, (or not taking) is causing my sodium to elevate.  (Update...it’s not sodium, it’s potassium instead). I just got my admission bracelet. Joy joyCompound that with a leaking valve....I apparantly am not in near as good a shape as I was lead to believe....hmmmm...

The doctor did tell me that it was wonderful that I had quit smoking and that I should never ever consider going back on that committment.  Not to mention, the "other" bad habit of indulging too much of....

So, I have showered, prayed, fed my boys, and now it is time to hit the road and let the stewards do their majic....

Que cera....cera....

Pops with 49 Days of Freedom!!!

Wait!!!....I think we might have found the problem after all....

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Hi, and thanks for stopping by to read my page....My name is Ken Bishop...aka, Pops. I am a stubborn older addict of nicotine....I have quit on numerous occasions in the past, and have experienced great rewards as a direct result of not ingesting deadly toxins into my bloodstream. One of the curses of having a strong constitution that seems to be able to withstand much more than others can...is this...my body would still be able to move around, and get things accomplished even after I was poisoned by the harmful effects of nicotine addiction. Eventually, the harm became so significant, that not even I, with all of my denial...could avoid the truth that to continue to smoke, would most assuredly be the death of me, and in short order as well. On Sept 1st, of 2018...I found myself in a rehab facility for alcohol abuse, and came very near death. I quit messing around, and had a deep and moving spiritual encounter, and have remained sober without one single urge to pick up a drink since. That was after consuming copious amounts of booze for many years in the past. After a short while.. I asked for spiritual help from my creator to make it possible for me to get the same amount of conviction towards finally being able to successfully put down nicotine once and for all...As of....(September 14th, 2019)...I have 17 days of living smokefree! Woo Hoo!!! Friends and family are all very proud and happy for me. They have asked me what I thought was the turning point, after having experienced so many failed attempts before. I simply reply, "I took the God Shot". xoxoxo Pops update: in Dec of 19 when the stock market started going nuts...I used that as an excuse to start smoking again. I see-sawed back and forth for severa months, and when the COVID crisis hit, I simply lost all desire to be smokefree...I was going to smoke & that was final. Well, as always...the pains of excessive injestion of nicotine into my blood stream...(one puff is all it takes) started affecting my everyday life again...I knew I had to quit placating my inner child and grow up and accept a life without nicotine. The normal person would read this and say well duh...finally he's getting it. But the normally addicted nicotine addict would understand...weird huh? So now I'm back with a new quit date of July 8th, 2020 & am hoping that I can accept that as a perfect quit date that does not need to be changed. Thanks for reading and good luck to you in your quit journey. Pops w 4 DOF!