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Youngatheart/Nancy should be home this afternoon barring any unforseen circumstances or events

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎01-15-2015 11:22 AM

They have had her in PT and climbing stairs equivalent to what she must do when she gets home so that is a positive. She knows she has enough strength and she can always stop and rest. (You can't do that with a PT slavedriver looking on. LOL)

I told her she was probabl;y going to need to see what she could and couldn't physically do for a week and then make some decisions as to how long her daughter would need to stay.

I won't be here tomorrow for a good part of the day. I'm having another of those esophageal burns for Barrett's Esophagus. I have the first appointment at 7am so I should get home by 1-3pm EST. You can't eat anything for a few days that might  scratch the raw area after the burn so, f went out and got some jello cups and some milk to make mashed potatoes with deviled ham a little while ago. Been there, done that before.

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Smoking weakens the valve from your esophagus into your stomach. Acid refulx is often the result. I didn't know I had it and it went on for years untreated. I have high grade dysplasia in a number of areas which is just before cancer. My dr said 6 years ago, they would've just chopped out my esophagus.

A GOOD REASON TO QUIT SMOKING!!!

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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.