Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 My Dad a WWll Veteran, had 2 cranial bypass surgeries at UCLA (at the time he was one of 100 performed there) and when I went to visit him he had a can Ozium spray and was laying under his hospital bed smoking and drinking black coffee he stole from the nurses station. Doctor told him if he drank, smoked and ate dairy he wouldn't make it past 6 mos. He died at age 57 exactly 6 mos. after his hospital discharge. Drank, smoked and lived on ice cream, he didn't change a thing. Donna --- On Mon, 12/29/08, jackiwolfe <jwolfe417 wrote: jackiwolfe <jwolfe417 Re: Linda cigarettes Monday, December 29, 2008, 6:23 PM My grandfather was a POW during the Korean War...killed the guard who was assigned to execute him and escaped, the whole nine yards. Bravest man I ever met. Yet he could not break the hold that cigarettes had on him. Watching him sneak outside to " get some air " (aka smoke) after triple bypass was enough deter me from ever picking up a cigarette as a teenager!! -Jacki in FL , zeni11 wrote: > > > It is the worst/MOST DIFFICULT habit to break ! those craving just pop out > of no where lol in the morning while having coffee, after dinner with a glass > of wine etc. It's still difficult for me esp when you still have a smoker > in the family (my daughter's mother in law) She just found out she has to > have a biopsy done on New Years Eve cos they found a spot in her Lung. I see > her Christmas day...running outside to have a cigarette. I really feel for > her, I know she's very worried but I guess the craving just takes over if you > don't have the will power...you have want to quit... > So happy you did Donna > Linda > > _thelilacflower@ ..._ (thelilacflo wer) writes: > > > > > Cigarettes! That was the worst habit to break. I don't smoke cigarettes > anymore. Yay! I'm not going to ever call myself a non-smoker, I'm a recovered > smoker. Who knows what the future holds, those are a day by day struggle. > It's been about 10 years and I still crave them. > Donna > > > > > > ************ **One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol. com/?optin= new- dp & icid=aolcom40van ity & ncid= emlcntaolcom0000 0025) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 No kidding - Nancy's right, cigarettes ARE more addictive than heroin. My doctor sent me to a substance abuse councilor who's specialty is heroin addicts. I was her only cigarette case but she treated me exactly the same as the heroin people, and along with behavior modification, she put me on Selective Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors so that my brain would flood with serotonin and reset my receptors so to speak. She kept me on the SSRIs for 2 years and then gradually weaned me off. It's been 4 years, and I haven't wanted a cigarette since and I can even sit right next to my MIL while she smokes and I'm unmoved. My lung capacity has returned to a somewhat normal state - I don't get winded on the stairs anymore, but I'm also about 100 lbs overweight and sorrowfully out of shape - both of which I attribute to the lack of exercise due to my pitiful lung function. So it's going to be a long time coming still before I feel as good as I did before high school (when I started smoking). My goal is that by the time my two year old can ride a bike by herself, I'd like to be able to get my bike up the gigantic hill we live on without walking it. If I loose weight in the process that's great but it certainly isn't my main goal - basically I'd like to just come home from a bike ride without my heart trying to jump out of my chest. Tameson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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