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17 years ago 0 303 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I had to leave again for a small trip so I haven't really answered anybody. Wow! I am impressed with the answers I have gotten. Thank you all! I always think the worst. To hear Butterfly Swimmer's story is really encouraging. What a fighter you are! You must be so proud of yourself. I am proud of you for living through so much at such an early age. I would really love to hear your whole story. Like how much you smoked, if your disease is smoking related, how you discovered the problem, how you deal with things. Do you avoid being around smokers and smokey things like exhaust and so forth? What type of exercise you do to increase your lung function? I think that it would be useful to all ex-smokers on this site. The more we develop the healthy habits the sooner we will forget the bad. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 224 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $56.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 53 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37
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Mylast, I completely understand your fear, but things could be a LOT worse! It has been caught early, so there's hope for STOPPING the disease dead in its tracks! I know how you feel though... except I was diagnosed with COPD at 28 years old! I was on breathing treatments 2x a day, was on 7 different medications, couldn't take deep breaths at all, was seeing my doctor once a week and was STILL coughing CONSTANTLY! Now, I still have problems taking deep breaths, but the cough is almost completely gone. I think that, with time, you too will start to notice improvements in your health and lung function. Just keep quitting! No good can come from going back to smoking. Whatever you do, don't ever think that "it's too late" and that going back to smoking is the right answer because it's NOT! This disease is manageable if caught early, which yours was! Be thankful for that! Crave the Quit! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]6/17/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 714 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 17,850 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,948.82 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 50 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
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Mylast, Good for you for catching it early cos it aint no fun being hooked up to an oxygen mask for the rest of your life. Unfaortunate but true as someone just died in my country when the power to their machine was accidently cut-off by the Power Company. let that be a lesson to us all + we should always pay your power bill on time ! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 881 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 22,025 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $5,726.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 125 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16
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17 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Mylast Yes I do agree, a poor choice of wording, not a "crutch", but a means to relax and to communicate with ourselves. I believe we all feel that away, nothing weird, very normal, that is why we smoked. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 494 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,892 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,717.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 90 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 46 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54
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What wonderful news about catching this early! I have been on vacation and found out about my test results while away. I tried not to ruin vacation so I really haven't had time to process anything until tonight and I kind of had a melt down. I think maybe it is also the dopomine withdrawal sadness going on too. You have sent me some much needed information and now I won't be so scared to research this since I know there might be some hope to improve the situation. I think that I've been scared to look this up because it's almost like the smokers denial, ignore it and it really doesn't happen. Too frightened to face reality. I really wouldn't be able to get through this without the support of this group. Thank You! I think for me smoking was almost like therapy to me, not so much a crutch. I have caught myself actually talking to myself while smoking and rehashing my innermost thoughts. Things I really wouldn't even think about unless I was smoking. Weird I guess? Almost like a meditation of sorts. I do miss the contemplative aspects of this and think I am going to replace it with some quite time each day. Maybe a journal. I started smoking when I was sixteen and smoked until about 45 about a pack a day. I quit for three years and have only been smoking aging for about 7 months. I know from that 3 year quit that there is light at that end of the tunnel. No more cravings or thoughts about smoking after awhile. It's really a wonderful way to live. Thank you again! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 182 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $45.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22
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17 years ago 0 1985 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Mylast, I like you, thought the smoke was my friend. What I later discovered was that smoking was a way for me to connect mentally, a crutch I suppose. What are your thoughts? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/22/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 494 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,892 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,717.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 90 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
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That is excellent news for you Mylast! So now take some deep breaths and relax! You are doing it! It will happen! :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 87 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,175 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $917.85 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27
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MyLast, How long have you smoked? Look what I found!!! You said it is caught early. This information below says if caught early....and you stop smoking you can acutally halt the progression. (Mercy) The treatment objectives for COPD include slowing the accelerated decline in lung function; relieving symptoms, such as shortness of breath and cough; improving daily lung function; decreasing exacerbations; and improving quality of life. The most important step in treating COPD is to encourage smoking cessation. There is a direct relationship between smoking and accelerated loss of lung function in susceptible persons. Smoking cessation has been shown to STOP this accelerated loss, so that decline in lung function RETURNS to the NORMAL rate seen with aging. Most experts advocate early detection of COPD and active intervention to stop smoking. Smoking cessation has been shown to HALT the accelerated loss of lung function associated with COPD. It also STOPS the loss of lung function in younger patients with relatively mild disease. However, any COPD patient can benefit from smoking cessation, no matter how advanced the disease. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/21/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 130 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,600 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $581.10 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 17 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37
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Mylast, Don't you be sad! You didn't do anything that millions of other people didn't do! They found it early, like you said Bonus points, so now you go forward from here. You are at 13 days quit, and going strong, so just keep putting one foot in front of the other. I used to feel the same way, about smoking being your buddy, we were wrong! I had to realize it is an addiction, nothing more, nothing less. 'So smoking is not an option anymore, I will have to do something else.NOPE' Make that your motto! Pick up some Vitamin B complex (which helps with the sad feelings) try to get at least one bout of exercise in a day to start and you will suddenly find yourself at 100 days! It does work! Hope this helps Mylast. :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/5/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 87 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,175 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $917.85 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9
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I haven't slipped-nor will I. I just found out I have COPD. On the bright side it is being caught very early. Having tests for something else and they saw it on the Cat Scan. They ordered Pulmonary tests to confirm. I was only having slight shortness of breathe when I walked up hills. Now that I have quit I am not having any problems with breathing when i walk. I have just been so sad. I used to think smoking was my friend. How it turns on you! I feel like I have been a failure in my life because the medical problems I am going to have are totally self-inflicted. I am too embarrassed to tell anyone about this. My husband and family know about it. You just never think it will happen to you. Problem is I take full responsiblity for this and I can't stop kicking myself for being so stupid and smoking in the first place. I guess I need some sunshine because I am totally thowing a little pity party for myself right now and I need to get on with things and make the best of this situation. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]5/18/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 13 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 182 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $45.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 17
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