Poor Little Cilia

[sylvieberger]

Hello! Day 5 for me and the morning has been a little tough. I've been working at home since COVID and I would always run outside when nobody was home (I never smoked in front of people- weird) between zoom meetings and get a little nicotine.

Anyway I was looking for some inspiration and came across this article: 

Health Benefits after Quitting Smoking

"Cilia help remove environmental pollutants and toxins that you breathe in. This assists your body in fighting off colds and other respiratory infections. Smoking literally flattens cilia, effectively paralyzing them and increasing the risk of infections and lung injury."

Poor little guys have been trying to help me and I've been burning them up and paralyzing them. I'm not going to smoke today to work towards repairing the damage I've done. 

Happy Monday! Hope this gives someone else inspiration to care for your lungs today too

[dsprague]

Good piece, we need to make our bodies the best the can be. We have to do all we can because we only have one shot at this. Congratulations on you not smoking.

[indingrl]

Happy Monday and GOOD JOB taking care of YOU - WAY TO GO - thank you for sharing - I appreciate YOU

[sweetplt]

Congratulations on 5 days of Freedom...Knowledge is Power...~ Colleen 

[elvan]

Good for you! Great share, congratulations on five days of freedom!

Ellen

[Linn2331]

Congrats to you Poor Little Cilia! I am new so that is how my first mention came out! Lol. Congrats! Today was day 10 for me! So glad we found our way here! 

[Barbscloud]

Congrats on 5 days of success.   There is so much to learn about the effects of quitting and how our bodies respond when we do.   

Keep moving forward one day at atime.

Barb