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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 3:18 pm
Shadoe, me too!!!! I still like the smell...I will sometimes go out and hang with smokers for a little bit...but the last time we went to happy hr...there were many smokers and I sat at table outside for long time and the next day my chest felt like I smoked I can now tell when someone went out for smoke and comes back in office..the smell is strong...I dont like that smell as much as the smoking in action smell LOL every time I smell it I get embarrassed remembering all the time I would sneak out for smoke and figured no one would know!!! the smell is strong for a non smoker so now I know they knew!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 6:57 pm
When Pamy first said she was quitting, I was very dubious as to whether she could do it, because I knew she was a real hardcore smoker. Just goes to show ...
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 7:13 pm
and Juju never met me! LOL my big prob now is that I can barely move...I have overdone the movement on my arms/shoulders/neck and can barely move them. I am good from waist down, prolly cuz I did walk a little in last 4 yrs just didnt do anything with upper areas
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 7:14 pm
ps another helpful tip for losing weight the 100 calorie packs!!!! those things rock! and they come out with new ones all the time...the chips ahoy ones have like 20 little cookies....also helps with the reachy thing when ya first quit 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 4:37 pm
GAL, did you see the doc yet? Just curious what kind you got
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 4:41 pm
Nope, I go next week Pamy. I'm just hoping I don't wind up back at the heart doctor at this point. My breathlessness has gotten extreme, I can't walk from the living room to the kitchen without losing my breath. I'm telling you I was one eff of a lot healthier when I smoked. LOL.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 5:08 pm
GAL, just as info, Bigdog's brother was having that same symptom, and he used to walk three miles a day. They were giving him all kinds of tests and ruling out everything. It wasn't his heart; it wasn't his lungs. Finally a doctor decided to run an "outside chance" test and check his hemoglobin, and found out he was real low on blood. So they started giving him blood, a whole bunch of blood, like pints and pints, and that fixed him up. They figured he must have had a slow leaking and undetected ulcer.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 5:16 pm
Huh. I'll definitely keep that in mind, Juju.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 6:06 pm
GAL, I also found that I was more out of breath after I quit, figured it was the extra weight...and the fact that I got bronchitus this year LOL I sure hope they find out what's up with your breathing. It might be the extra weight since your heart isnt used to it..just a thought.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 9:02 pm
GAL, I am alarmed enough over your condition that I think you should try whatever you can pull to get in to see the doc tomorrow. I know Indie has gotten pretty big-city nowadays, but here in our small town, if we told them Bigdog was in bad shape, they would say, well, he better come in tomorrow, we'll work something out.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 11:23 pm
Juju, it sounds like she's sicker than I am and all I need to do is sneeze the wrong way and I'm in immediately. Gal, from one who can't breathe to another who can't, I really wouldn't screw around with this. You know I'm serious because I only say "screw" in RL, not on the board. Please take care.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 9:20 am
GAL, you listening? You have lured the big brick wall in here to wheeze out some advice to you. The big brick wall knows from not breathing, I'm just saying.
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 10:16 am
(((Goddess))) difficulty breathing is an emergency, I hope you are at the doctors or ER immediately. It could be many things from low hemaglobin (blood count), an embolism, COPD, pneumonia, ect. Please do not wait till next week. Today is 3 months nicotine free for me! I would have never thunk it! LOL Thank you all for your support and encouragement.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 4:08 pm
Boberg!! 3 WHOLE FREAKIN MONTHS!!!!! That is awesome!!!! You have been great at offering support to other also!! You rock!!! I only need to lose 2lbs to be at pre quit weight!! then I have to lose another20 to be at my preferred weight of 120
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 4:09 pm
GAL, ya know we all love you and care about ya! I was also thinking that you are in a high stress environment, another reason to get to doc asap!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 4:39 pm
I am really hoping GAL is at the doctor. Pamy, you rock!! Quit smoking, gained weight, lost it already almost, and ready to lose more. That is super. Congratulations! Congratulations, Boberg!!! It seems like only yesterday that you tentatively got on the Chantix. Of course, that could be because I was gone for over a month. You have also been through some very stressful times and stuck with it as a non-smoker when others might have caved and "had just one."
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 7:10 pm
JUJU, I think YOU rock!!!! You are the best cheerleader here!!! I still have dream/nightmares that I smoke or had a cig. I wake up and am so disappointed in myself and then I realize it was a dream!! That is the best feeling! I havent even had a tiny craving in weeks. I do believe God has helped make this easy for me, if I had struggled like some of you I would have caved!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 7:27 pm
Well, I sure don't know what I did that God couldn't have made it easy for me.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 7:29 pm
Today is 2 months for me. Congrats to all Quitters!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 8:54 pm
Twinkie, he prolly knows you are stronger than me! 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 8:55 pm
Nick!! TWO WHOLE FREAKIN MONTHS!!!!! that is awesome!!!! I am so proud of you! I know you have really worked hard at it! You rock!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, May 02, 2008 - 9:42 pm
Yay Nick!!! Good one, Twinks. But you hang in there.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 5:41 am
Boberg and Nick, you are both doing fantastic!!! I am so proud of you both!! Twinks, what's the matter? You having a hard time? Everyone at work is having a hard time this week, too, thankfully no one has fallen off the wagon yet. I am never tempted to pick up a cigarette, but I will stand in the middle of the room and announce that I wish I still smoked. Which is true in theory, but in fact if I tried to smoke a cigarette now it would make me dizzy and sick. Nope, not tempted at all. Thank you all for your concern, particularly Tess and Juju - this has been getting progressively worse for the past month or so that I've been paying attention. My doctor's appointment is on the 7th, I'm sure I will be fine until then. I don't have any kind of pain or pressure, so I'm not worried about blood clots or anything like that.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 10:49 am
GAL, I sure hope the doc finds its nothing serious.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 5:05 pm
Occasionally I still wish I could smoke and miss it, but I'm not going to ever light a cig so don't worry. It just hasn't been easy. The huge weight gain is what concerns me. I can feel it killing me much quicker than the cigs were. I definitely feel worse than I did when I was smoking. Not a single doc of mine will give me diet pills. I've asked all of them. Maybe I'll just keep gaining until I can have gastric bypass. F all of them.
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