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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3368

I'm really happy to hear this Phillip. This is great news considering all the other alternatives that 'could' have come back in the results. Phillip is going to have pink lungs again!!!! Big big big hugs to you! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 21 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 633 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $84 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5009

RD, Glad that you are well - and happy! That sea air at the Beach is certainly doing you a lot of good! Mr Ed :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 109 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,273 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �817.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1070

Great news, I am glad your well! Keep your quit and be proud! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 18 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 368 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $81 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2257

Hey Phillip: SO glad to hear this - I thought you already knew about the results and were keeping them on the down-low. Thank you for telling us - we all worry about each other. I am VERY happy you're okay and that you have quit smoking and am proud that we are in this quit family together ~ If nobody has told you today - you're fantastic. [IMG]http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/CHEARNE/smiley-faces14.gif[/IMG] CobenFan P.S. If you're looking to get off the taffy, try some Red Hots - Yes, I am still going through a half a bag a day! *GRIN* [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/25/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 69 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,179 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $241.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1262

Dear Phillip Thanks for filling us in on the test results. I have been wondering about them and hoped for this outcome. I am happy for you! It is going to take sometime for your lungs to heal. I just know that every time you get in that pool you will breathe a little easier. You have taken the most important step already....and that is YOU QUIT SMOKING!! I do have the bronchitis, emphysema and COPD, but just like you I quit smoking. WoooHoo. Those illness's are just words to me, how we feel and how we breathe is LIFE. I am told I can't fix the damage.....but I know for a fact that I can now swim the width of the pool holding my breath! Next I am going for the length! (remember we used to do that when we were kids!!) You will get better with the swimming and LIFE a little each and everyday. Just as we screwed our bodies up with smoking a little bit everyday.....We will turn it around a little everyday! Phillip, I am so proud of you for turning this around. The hard work you are doing each and everyday will pay off. You have inspired me to get off my butt......instead of saying "I can't"! I am glad you won't be buying the lung doc's kids braces! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/30/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 123 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,851 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $369 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2436

:) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/5/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 89 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,118 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $413.85 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 22 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 962

Phillip -- So glad that your tests came back with good news. Tears are good, they cleanse the soul - so let them flow. Every day your lungs will get a little better, a little pinker - unfortunately there is not alot you can do about the smog in your city. So wear your mask proudly - swim until you can't swim another lap - play with the pup in the beautiful park...and depend on us to help you when you need it. We are right with you. Island Girl [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/21/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 101 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,020 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $202 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 11 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1687

Hi Phillip, What good news!!! You have been in my thoughts and prayers. I too know something about panic. I have to learn how to really relax and know that I can't handle the whole world. Just my little corner of it. Each day your lungs will become more pink and healthy, so swim, swim and swim some more... :) Be blessed, Sunshine [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/7/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 146 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,488 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $511 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 21 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

This morning the Doctor gave me my results of the Pulmonary Function tests that I had a week or so ago. I don't have anything other than the damage of smoking for 36 years. Something called smokers lung, the preliminary hardening of the bronchi, something to do with gas retention(????). No chronic bronchitis, no asthma, no COPD, no emphaseama, no cancer. Just a pair of scarred and scared, black turning to pink lungs! I am so lucky. I can handle this. Tuesday as I was swimming and found myself for the third time that day not being able to catch my breath I was in a panic. The smog alert had gone over my head, the particulant laden air was intollerable to me, did I recognize this, NO. What do I do to make sure I can breath. I relax. Do diaphramatic breathing and make sure I am in a space and place that is a bit cleaner than the wonderful and wild outdoors of my great and wonderful world class city. So what to do? I refused going to more specialists and dragging through the summer to be most likely told at the end that I need to heal the damage that I created. This will take time and I know that I am willing to do what is needed to facilitate and assist the healing process. Where to go? Stay inside in the filtered air. Stay out of the particulant laden smog filled air. Drive with my windows up and stay away from any kind of pollutant. I need to stay in the city and my lungs will heal, I just need to be more watchful and caring. I am relieved. I am very grateful that there is nothing more seriously wrong. I know that I must take the reigns and be responsible. You know able to respond, not frozen in fear or pushing the envelope, simply gliding on the edge. So swim, swim, swim and breath, breath, breath. I will be getting out my bike, I will be wearing those nasty sars style masks as I ride it and I will be walking the dog in the tree filtered air of the local parks. So what have I learned from all of this? My laughter peeled across the clinic as my Doctor patted me on the back and said I had done a great job at quitting and that many patients panic at the thought that they are seriously ill and they then take up smoking again. I thought to myself if only he knew how many pounds of salt water taffy and caramels and jelly beans and all the other

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2614

I am sitting here in absolute tears. They are tears of relief and tears of frustration. I have another post/thread that is all about all of the bad stuff today and I am resolutely refusing to crawl into the "pity pot". I will get on with life tomorrow! Thank you ItsIronic, your post is inspirational and I am very grateful for your sharing with me. I too can swim the width of the pool underwater. I could not do that when I started in January. Hooray for the pool and breath and the soothing of water. Ciao Phillip [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/17/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 105 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,118 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $787.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 17 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4

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