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Come "Cecum" Saw

JonesCarpeDiem
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The Both Ends Whammy

So, I had a little work done yesterday.

Still a bit groggy from general anesthesia.

The area where he removed the flat lesion in December turned out well although he did a little work around the edges.

Waiting on the biopsy of my esophagus but feel confident

The ride down and back was good. No traffic.

6 hours with the driving and the procedures.

Resting not smoking.

Anyone who recently quit smoking and is having heartburn, get it checked out. There are things you can do before it gets out of hand.

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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.