i quit 7 years ago. it was cold turkey. i didn't feel good. went to the hospital, i had dvt's, bi'lateral embolisms, blood clot went thur my heart and dr said i should had been brought to the morgue instead of the hospital. that's the long story short. was in ICU almost 2 weeks. never smoked again. fast forward 7 years. my life is going good except i can't get my husband to quit. this is our fight all the time. he's not allowed to smoke in the house. or around me or in the vehicles. Nov 12, 2018, he has a stroke, the hospital kept him in the observation unit and release him the next day. on the 16th he fell in the house, i got him up and set him on the bench and he fell off of it and i call the paramedics, a blood clot had exploded in his brain and he stoked on both sides. main cause is by smoking. we spent 3 weeks in Vanderbilt. my husband will never be the same. my days will never be the same. he can dress, talk, shower , and even cook easy things. but i have to make sure the oven/stove is off. but he has no short term memory and he may never get it. i'm so thankful he is alive. but at the same time, i sure miss the husband i had. smoking did so much damage. so if you are on the fence about quitting, just do it. QUIT, not worth the damage it can cause. i watch the depression hit my husband because he can't figure out what is going on some days and then he wants to go back to work and he can't. so i'm learning to deal day by day.
