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90 minutes in the MRI This Morning

JonesCarpeDiem
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take a breath 

blow it out

take a breath

hold your breath

(loud noises)

ad infinitum

I was ok with the claustrophobia part and the noise, especially after she told me if I wanted anything to relax me, I would have to reshedule the request with my doctor and we drove 45 miles to get there.

The worst part?

Laying there 90 minutes in the same position with no sense of time and wondering when they were coming in to inject the contrast die. The blood had drained from every point that touched the table and my arms had been above my head and unable to adjust off those pressure points.

Just glad they didn't ask me to turn over,  🙂

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About the Author
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.