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a health update - smoking wouldn't add a thing to my life at this point

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎02-05-2013 10:11 AM

It never did and I know it!

I learned a few months back that I have considerable loss of kidney function.

It was determined I had a blockage and my bladder was not ever able to empty fully. I finally saw a urologist last wednesday after waitng 3 months to get an appointment.

Ever had a catheter? It was totally unexpected. If you can avoid it, DO.

It's uncomfortable to sit or stand so I have spent the last week in the prone position with some occasioimal fire-poker/pass you out pain.

Do I even think about smoking a cigarette?

NO

It's hale getting old.

STOP SMOKING WHILE YOU CAN

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.