Hi all -
This is a true story.
It was Saturday night August 5 2006, it was about 10 pm. My wife came in to the TV room and said she was not feeling well. She did not look well either. I followed her back to the bedroom and tried to get her settled and could not, she was very agitated.
This went on for about 10 minutes or so with her seeming to get worse not better. I decided I would take her into the emergency room.
I got her in the car and about 5 minutes from the hospital she passed out. She did not respond to my voice, her head had rolled back, her eyes were just white, she was gurgling and she had vomited something. Her arms had drawn up toward her chest and it appeared to me she was having a seizure of some kind. She's 46 years old.
I did about 105 mph and had her at the emergency room entrance in no time. I got out and carried her into the hospital, they took her from me asked what had happened I gave them what I could, told them what I knew, they rolled her away and they said they'd come get me.....
2 hours passed. I had no idea what was wrong with her and I had no idea if my wife was going to survive. I thought that I had lost her. I was near tears and I have NEVER been that afraid in my life... I kept asking, they kept saying we are doing what we can....
Long story short - she is okay today. She is at home resting. She had an allergic reaction to something, we don't know what. The doctor said it was life threatening, He said I did the right thing bringing her in to the hospital.
So why post this here?
Because for 2 hours I was in despair, and I did not even think of smoking. It never crossed my mind. In fact, it was only after my wife was awake again and she made a crack about how that must have made me want to smoke that I realized I had forgotten about it.
I had forgotten about smoking and using it as a crutch. WOW!
I think, for the first time in this quit, that I can state with total certainty that...
I AM A NON-SMOKER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
I am cultivating a non-smokers body, and my mind has become that of a non-smoker as well.
I want people to know that IT GETS EASIER. It becomes second nature NOT to smoke. It's a bumpy road at the beginning, but not long after you start the journey, it gets pr
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