Hello everyone. I am a 40-year-old female, and today is my first day without smoking. I am quitting for financial and health reasons, as I now have Thyroid Eye Disease, which is directly related to the combination of having taken radioactive iodine years ago for Graves' disease and continuing to smoke, and I am currently only working a few hours every other week, so I can no longer afford such an expensive habit (not that I ever really could). I had not been warned that smoking would cause such problems with my eyes, but that's no guarantee I would have quit anyway, given how incideous this addiction is. In any case, I cannot have surgery to correct my eye problems if I don't quit smoking, so here I am, not smoking and wearing the patch. If I successfully don't smoke for six months straight, I can then begin the surgery process (I need a minimum of three eye surgeries) to correct my vision. I've giving it my all this time, not just "trying." I've done it. Smoking is over for me.
Let's see if we can get this group going again. It appears most people haven't posted here for a very long time. I wish you all luck in your quits. Remember, you're much to beautiful to smoke! (an old friend says that to me each time before we hang up on the phone).
