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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 613020" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">Sending you positive thoughts of support!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I tried quitting a number of times and was up to a pack or a pack and a half. In August of 2012 I was rushed to the OR for emergency bowel resection. After the surgery, I had to blow in that "incentive" thing and make the little blue ball rise to a particular point. I had difficulty doing it and coughing made me cringe as I had stitches from above my navel to almost my privates!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">On day 3, I was so determined to make that blue ball rise, I turned to easy child and said, "You know, I'm going to quit smoking". "Seeing that I'll be here for a week, the worst of it should be over."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I haven't wanted to smoke since! I didn't realize how much the smokes affected my life. Of course it's a dirty, nasty, unhealthy habit. Certainly it's very expensive. But the improvement in breathing, coughing, phlegming, etc., begin within 24 hours.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I didn't realize until last winter just how much I was coughing. No wonder I had an incarcerated hernia!!! I just recovered from my first cold after quitting (didn't get sick last winter!) and not smoking made a HUGE difference in the severity and length of the cold/cough.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I wish you the very best of luck. Witnessing your mother's struggles because of smoking should be a huge incentive! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I think the hardest thing is to replace the bad habit with something positive. Not just to eat or suck on candy, but get up and walk around the house, dust a room, call a friend, sing a song, etc., when the cravings set in.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">Keep us posted.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">Sharon</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 613020, member: 805"] [SIZE=4][FONT=comic sans ms]Sending you positive thoughts of support![/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]I tried quitting a number of times and was up to a pack or a pack and a half. In August of 2012 I was rushed to the OR for emergency bowel resection. After the surgery, I had to blow in that "incentive" thing and make the little blue ball rise to a particular point. I had difficulty doing it and coughing made me cringe as I had stitches from above my navel to almost my privates![/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]On day 3, I was so determined to make that blue ball rise, I turned to easy child and said, "You know, I'm going to quit smoking". "Seeing that I'll be here for a week, the worst of it should be over."[/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]I haven't wanted to smoke since! I didn't realize how much the smokes affected my life. Of course it's a dirty, nasty, unhealthy habit. Certainly it's very expensive. But the improvement in breathing, coughing, phlegming, etc., begin within 24 hours. I didn't realize until last winter just how much I was coughing. No wonder I had an incarcerated hernia!!! I just recovered from my first cold after quitting (didn't get sick last winter!) and not smoking made a HUGE difference in the severity and length of the cold/cough. I wish you the very best of luck. Witnessing your mother's struggles because of smoking should be a huge incentive! I think the hardest thing is to replace the bad habit with something positive. Not just to eat or suck on candy, but get up and walk around the house, dust a room, call a friend, sing a song, etc., when the cravings set in. Keep us posted. Sharon [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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