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It would be even more uncomfortable to smoke with a tube down your nose and throat

JonesCarpeDiem
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I spoke with Nancy this morning but she couldn't tell me much more. One of her daughters was going to be there for the day momentarily.

I told her to tell the hospital she didn't sign up for tube-a lessons. That didn't go over so well.

please keep the prayers coming for her

PS I  would bet there are nicotine addicts smoking somewhere with a tube down their nose and throat.

UPDATE

I just spoke with Nancy. She met with a gastro surgeon today. they still haven't figured out what the problem is although they do know its in the upper (small) intestine.

the paramedics took her to the closest hospital and as its a small community hospital, she is going ro try and get moved to the UMBC hospital for surgery as they have a much better ICU unit.

She wanted me to thank youfor your prayers

More tomorrow

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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.