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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 3:24 pm
LOL Juju!! did I tell you I have one at work? She got her CHantix this weekend, she is still afraid to take first pill...she has tried to quit 6 times over 30 yrs....but a month ago she was afraid to go get the R/X so we are taking baby steps......she will be my 'first' at my job. Meme, Granny is still doing great, she was on vacation but posted she is still smoke free! Oldtex, You rock!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 5:00 pm
In honor of Pamy, look at what smoking did to Barbie! Thank goodness you stopped in time! BEFORE
AFTER

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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 5:06 pm
Oh my goodness, look what smoking did to THIS one!

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 6:17 pm
hahahahhahahha love the booze in her basket...hhahahaa at the little boy and the beer hahahhah I know I all ready screwed up my skin and look older than I should...thank goodness my mom taught me skin care at young age or I would be worse. Hoping that not smoking will reverse some of the age lines. I have had 2 ppl tell me my skin looks clearer/brighter
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 9:58 pm
Just to let all of you know, I'm still hanging in there. I'll be happier when these craving subside or just plain go away. Hardest times for me are first thing in the morning and later at night (like right now!). Didn't have the nausea today, which is good. Just kind of have the "blues" all day. But I'm still here at the board and it's encouraging that you guys went through some of the same things and you are now non-smokers!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 10:05 pm
Hang in there, Oldtex!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 10:14 pm
I'm rooting for you, Oldtex! You can do it!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 10:30 pm
Oldtex, you are still smoking right?? It almost sounds like you have gone all day without a smoke. I didnt even stop until 3rd week. You are doing great, the cravings go away and get fewer and far between.....
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 10:53 pm
Pamy - yes, I'm still smoking. Didn't mean to mislead anyone. I am doing the "pick one up, put it down, pick up, put down, ah heck pick one up, light it and smoke. So guess I can say that I've definitely cut back. Just want the cravings to go away. Am I making any sense?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 11:10 pm
Yes, but you have to give it time to work, Oldtex. You'll get there.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 5:59 am
Oldtex, totally makes sense. Dont worry about pickin one up and smoking now....in the 3rd week you really wont want one and the physical craving will be gone...then we shall wk on the 'reachy' craving 
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 7:08 am
I noticed on the graph some detail that is blank for me if you can add I would appreciate .... smoked for 30 years up to 2 packs a day. It was UG - LEE!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 10:06 am
You are doing fine it seems, Oldtex. Just because Pamy makes it look so easy doesn't mean it IS easy. But you will be so glad later if you manage to finally get your freedom back. It really IS freedom, not at all like having to wander around by yourself mooning for your lost friend. Just try to endure for now. One day it will be over.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 3:55 pm
Oldtex, it sounds like you are right on track with the program.. good going!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 4:07 pm
Added in your info, Dahli!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 4:14 pm
Jasper just added in, too!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 7:33 pm
Oldtex, I am hoping you are like me and that you get tottally excited when you quit!!!! I still dont understand why everyone isnt thrilled like me!!! actually I do understand I think I am extra thrilled cuz I havent felt this good in years....quitting along with the supplements I have been taking have me feeling better than I have felt in years!!!! I had a bad wkend last week but that was pms...I am back to YIPPPEEEE mode! 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 8:53 pm
I think that's the difference, Pamy. I don't feel any different at all physically since quitting smoking. I only had a cough for a short time before quitting so I forgot about it right away.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 9:25 pm
Twinks, you are literally saving your own life by quitting. Think about how much worse that cough would have been by now, if you were not quitting. Think how miserable you were a year ago when you just could NOT get over whatever it was that was making you sick, and we were all begging you to go to the doctor on various parts of the board. It was taking you under, Sweets, and now YOU are in control. YOU are living those extra years to enjoy that astonishingly cute Twinkie-clone grandbaby. You go, Twinkie!! You grab that gusto you deserve. Set your sights on the Twinkie-clone great-grandbabies. It could be a quantum step forward for mankind, all the Twinkie-clones ad infinitum.

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 9:27 pm
well with fibro I have felt like I have flu body aches and no energy for couple years...those feelings used to be between a 7-10+ on pain scale and lately they are 5 and under. I feel like a new person.....and I started new eating plan....not perfect on that yet though LOL
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 9:43 pm
Pamy - that is just great that your pain levels are down. No wonder you are flying so high - no more smoking plus feeling better. I'm really happy for you. Thank all for letting me know that I'm "on track". And yes, I do believe that the "reaching cravings" are going to be tough! But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 7:10 am
You'll conquer those "reaching cravings", too, Oldtex, one day at a time. Twinks, you haven't notice the lack of wheezing after more than a couple of steps? The ability to actually taste things again? Reduced headaches? Not catching every little cold going around? More energy? It took a while for me to realise those changes, and that only after *consciously* remembering what I felt like before. Nothing like Pamy's joy, but dang better than I felt before. Pamy, it's so good to see how much quitting has done for you physically, and how that has boosted your morale. Keep on truckin'!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 9:26 am
Good points, Lumbele. It took me years to make the connection that I was no longer getting two to three KILLER colds every winter, in fact, wasn't getting any. Huh!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 9:38 am
Hoping GAL will logon today.. too many tornadoes in their area for my taste...
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 2:17 pm
Hi everyone, Really afraid to post here (very unusual feeling for me) I started Chantix today. I feel weepy just from reading your above posts...lol I want to quit because I am tired of sneaking out to smoke at work, tired of feeling ostracized by society, tired of my chest rattling from mucous, tired of getting short of breath so easily. Tired of worrying that my clothes, hair, self, smell of cigarettes, tired of worrying about offending people by smoking, tired of setting such a bad example. Did anyone else feel so frightened when they started this? I don't know why I feel afraid? Glad to see there are so many here working thru the same problem. Good luck to us all.
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