I hate going to the doc because of the expense. When I started coughing to the point of black outs I had to go and of course the first words were quit smoking. I'm on the mend also but my bronchial tubes are RIPPED from all that coughing. Those poor little tubes are in bad shape. One of the reasons I coughed so much is that when the cig makers changed their formula, I was allergic to one of the new additives. It's supposed to be a broncho-dialtor, only to me, it closes them.
Like yourself the nicdemon keeps telling me that I'm all better and can smoke now. I had one cig and that was really enough. See, if I started smoking again, I'd be right back where I was and that simply isn't an option. Truly, smoking and coughing like I was, was just completely embarassing. I can take a lot but that kind of humiliation was just too much.