katmom,
I hope you continue to feel better each day. I understand you wanting to get back to work, but please don't overdo!!
husband just got a new prescription medication last week from his doctor to quit smoking - it's supposed to curb the cravings. You start it one week from your quit date - and then attempt to taper down during that week and then stop at the one week point. Then, he is to take the medication for 3 months. He is home full time now and that is the hardest part, he says, but he said that he does notice the cravings are lessening. I wonder if that is the new medicine you are speaking about, Linda?? It is Chantix.
I have smoked for 19 years now - WOW - figuring that out and counting the years is unbelievable! EEK! The only extended period of time that I really did not smoke was during late pregnancy and when I was in the hospital having the munchkins. My father died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - you would think that living through that would have made me quit immediately, but those cigs are a powerful beast.
I believe that you have to want to quit to be successful. I plan to wait until husband is over his withdrawal before contemplating quitting myself. I have a doctor's appointment in February and plan to ask him about some form of assistance - either the Chantix or the patch or something. It doesn't bother me to go all day without a smoke when I'm working, but it's the down time that always gets me. Last time I quit, I cried frequently for an entire week.
Good luck, katmom - and feel better.
