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ShawnP
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Thanks for all your prayers! I have been having pain in my lower stomach and it was especially severe on Saturday where it was hard for me to even take a step. I was trying to avoid going to the ER. Yesterday, at work, i was getting feverish and nauticious and decided that  i better go to find out what is going on. Not to mention that i was having alot of pain in the tailbone area. I think above all it was that pain that was difficult to deal with there. Those beds are horrible. So uncomfortable. After EKG (still not sure why that was ordered) and catscans, All is good. No appendiciits!  After getting my job last year to save my house, i didnt want to me out of work for any period. I had only missed 1 day. So This was all good news to me. Thank God. Now i just need to go back on my meds that i started off with last year after my endoscopy/colonoscopy.  I still have stomach problems but can be treated with meds and diet. I did find out also that i have degenerated spine with osteoarthritis. It was always something that i already suspected, not new news. Thanks again!! Love ya all.

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I am 51 yrs old and live in the Greater Cleveland area. I started smoking at a young age. I think it was more peer pressure at that time and just a few cigarettes a day until i became "LEGAL" to smoke. I then started smoking a pack or more a day, using stress as my excuse to smoke more. In reality, I realized after i quit smoking that there is no excuses for smoking. I am approaching 4 yrs next month, but I still have to work to protect my quit. I am here on Ex faithfully helping others and in return helps me. We call it here on Ex "Collateral Kindness" here is a link to my blog, 1 yr later that explained my trials in the the beginning of my quit. https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/ShawnP-blog/2013/03/14/one-year-later