I am, today, 5 weeks without a sickorette. I could never have done this on my own. God has blessed me with an easier quit, and this site has helped me get through the tough times. And there has been some tough times. I have been challenged every step of the way. I have smoked for 43 yrs., 2 packs per day. If I can quit, anyone can. I do have severe copd and I will say, if you keep smoking, and something else doesn't kill you, lung cancer or copd will.
I saw my psychiatrist today and told him I felt like I was going through my seasonal/holiday depression so he did some switching of meds. He did say that quitting cigs could add to my depression.
I have had a lot of issues with my pulmonologists office staff, not scheduling tests or scheduling for the wrong times. This is concerning my lung nodule. The nurse practitioner said I should have my repeat test this mo. in Oct. No one ever got back to me. I talked to the nurse twice and she told me the Drs. notes said I would have it in Jan. No one informed me of anything until I made several phone calls to his nurse. This same Dr. never told me my copd had advanced to stage 4. I found out when I went to the ER with several days of palpitations. It was on my discharge papers. When I asked him why I hadn't been notified by him, all he said was "well you kept smoking" Blame the victim" I don't really feel like a victim, I refuse. I just feel like in the past yrs. Drs. aren't communicting with pts.
Anyway this was not supposed to be a whining post. 5 weeks smoke free is a miracle.
