So I had set my quit date for July 7th, then decided to wait another week so I could do the exercise on the ex site to see what my triggers are (which are pretty much everything!) So today was supposed to be my quit day....
I've had a couple today, because I honestly had forgotten that today was the day. We've been house hunting, and wedding planning, and my best friend and mom both had birthdays last week. On top of that, my son was just getting over a sinus infection. In the midst of all of this, I ended up getting sick (I thought just bronchitis, and for some reason through all of the coughing, I still smoked!). I spent 3 hours in urgent care on Saturday getting breathing treatments, taking x-rays, etc. to learn I have "asthma-like symptoms" and fluid in my lungs, but it's not pneumonia.
So when I remembered today is supposed to be my quit day anyway, I decided for the sake of my lungs to at least try to cut out as many cigarettes as possible. So far I've been at work for 4 hours, and haven't taken a smoke break yet! I just have myself so scared right now that at 25 years old I might have some kind of smoking-related illness. Plus I know in my heart that quitting would make a healthier environment for my son and set a better example...it's damn hard, though! Especially since they put me on a steroid for the lung inflammation, and it's kind of making me bitchy.
What a week!
