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OldBones-Larry
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I tried going out and working on where I want to do a prairie flower planting.

I got about 3 minutes of work done and had to stop for about 5 minutes.

This pattern continued for the next hour.

I finally had to just stop and go back inside.

I will get the planting done, but I will have to take my time doing it.

To all you new quitters out there, and even those that are well into your quit, think many times before you light up that one sickorette that you "know" can't hurt anything.

Think about this old camel driver and what he did to his heart, lungs, and other parts of his body over a 42 year period because smoking could never hurt him.

I have news!!

It hurt him terribly!!!!

I can only do things for a fdew minutes before I have to stop and catch my breath.

If I continue and don't stop, I begin having pains in my chest and lungs.

My legs give out sometimes because of PAD limiting blood and Oxygen flow into my legs.

This is not my little "pity party" , just the facts of my life now. I did this to myself and am accepting it and how my life must be now.

Please learn from these facts.

Stay strong in your quit journey and don't fall for Nic's tricks.

Remember to take it one minute, one hour, or one day at a time, whichever you have to.

One step, and then another, will get you to where you want to be.

Larry the Caravan Master

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)