Thank you for your sympathy. :)

Hospitals should be like spas. lol

Thank you ! :)

Dip ? ... Okay.

We're getting prescriptions for a smoking cessation drug. It actually does something to the pleasure center of the brain & more or less makes you loose the desire to smoke.
I've heard so many good things about it. I'm really excited. Smoking is boring now anyway.
We were planning on quitting soon, anyway. It's just going to happen earlier than expected.
Withdrawal is the "easy" part. It's the breaking of the habit that's hard. The drug makes that part easy.
I think it'll work out nicely.

I quit about 2 years ago. You are right, the addiction is the easy part. Getting out of the habbit of smoking every time you get in the car or when you have some drinks ect. is the difficult part. I would just substitute sunflower seeds in the times I would otherwise be smoking. It seamed to help. Anyway good luck!

Thanks for the advise.

:)

i go away on my holidays and come back to bad news.
i`m so sorry Sarah.
my god girl, you are going through a bad time ain`t you.well i hope you get yourself sorted out soon.
Anne says get well soon.
quit smoking if i can you can.it`s been over two years now since i had a smoke.it is the best thing i have ever done.
so go for it girl, go for it.

Thank you !
And, thank you to Anne, as well !

I'm really looking forward to being smoke free. It feels so much like a monkey on my back. More than ever before.
I'm also looking forward to saving all of that money.
Plus, with my health, I need to have nothing holding me back. There's a lot of meds I can't be on, because I smoke. That's not helping me.
I think it'll be easier to quit this time, because of the prescription they gave me. And, also because I have an immediate reason to quit. It's not just about what may or may not happen in the distant future anymore. Although, that's still factor.
Anyhoo ... I think I can do it.

And yeah, it's been rough. But, I'm really trying to take it all in stride. After all, what kind of New Yorker would I be if I let this take me out.
lol

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Thank you ! :)

I've never had surgery before & am quite nervous about it.

I only had demoral in the beginning, because nothing else would work. Actually, demoral only took about half of the pain away.
Then, they put me on perkiset (sp?), which didn't really cut the mustard. But, was okay.
I was & am nervous about addiction.
They sent me home with some pain meds. I turned the vicitin (sp?) down because it's so highly addictive. Even though it's more effective than what I have.

Nah, work doesn't have anything to do with it.

I may get a government job, or something.
We're moving to Sacramento, once all this health stuff is taken care of. All they have is governemnt jobs there.

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Sacramento seemed nice the few times I have visited there. Will you be close to your sister?

Yes.
Twenty minutes away.

:)

Yeah, I'm really being put through it.
lol
But, what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
At least I have medical insurance. There's a lot of people with worse medical issues, that have no insurance at all.
Although, I am absolutely terrified.

We're going on a drug, to help quit smoking. In short, it makes you loose the desire for cigarettes. And, apparently works very well.

Would that drug to quit smoking by chance be Chantix?
I just did a 3 month run of that. I also heard it did great for so many people. It didn't work for me. The only thng it did was make me dizzy for the first 3 days. Nothing after that. It was also expensive. I had high hopes too! I guess I will keep on trying.

Yes, that's the one.
Don't tell me these things. lol
I have such high hopes.
Hopefully, my insurance will pay for it.

I got your PM.

Shit is rough, right now.

But, I'll get through it, as always.


:)

Thank you !

It's so nice of you to share your experience with me.
It's not so much the not-being-able-to-have-ba bies thing. It's more the effects-of-immediate-meno pause-at-32 thing.
I've heard bad, bad things.

just lock yourself in a room for the weekend

watch "trainspotting", it teaches you how to kick the addiction cold turkey (just make sure you dont kill any babies before hand)

Okay.

Thank you !

:)

have you seen the movie?

rent it or download it or something. Its very good. Has all the drug humor of half baked, with the seriousness of a PSA

Sounds awesome.

Thank you. :)

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Thank you !

I'll be okay.

I won't vent all over you. lol
Besides, I'm taking this all in stride. I won't let it fuck my head up. I absolutely refuse.

I know, right !

I'm totally always sick now.

Damn it all.


lol

If it helps any I'm still sexy.

Yes, it helps.
Thank you.

:)

Hey Sarah, Baby you are carrying your share of shit Honey, It rips my heart to hear what you are going through, I'm glad Jahmel is there to share the load. It is good that you are giving away the ciggies... it is a well known fact that smoking inhibits healing after illness and should(God forbid) you have to have an op. there is alsorts of dangers and problems if you smoke. Hang in there Brave Sarah, this year is almost finished and there is a fresh new one just waiting to bring you better and greater things.