Re: Smoking and RA (for Sue)

[Guest guest]

Sue,

I am so proud of you for quitting smoking after all those years. You were a

heavy smoker too. Yes YOU ARE STRONGER than nicotine! Good for you, i know it

must've been hard, but you will live alot longer now and I'm sure your health

has improved even though you are still in pain, and I'm sorry for that,BUT you

took charge of your health ! Yay!!...................God Bless...........Jen

From: Sue <marysue@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Smoking and RA

Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 2:46 PM

I smoked for over 30 years and was up to at least three packs a day. If

I could quit smoking, anybody can. They just think they can't. I

thought that I couldn't until I tried, and I found that I was stronger

than the nicotine. It took just a few days for the nicotine to be out

of my body, and then it was easier. Smoking was the worst thing I've

ever done for my health, and quitting was the best thing. I'd probably

be dead now if I hadn't quit back on March 6, 1994. I don't have any

idea how much money I've saved by not smoking for all those years

since then.

I can't get my sister to even try to quit. I do worry about her.

Sue

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Jen. I'm so glad I finally did it. My RA is controlled very

well with Enbrel, thank goodness, so I'm not in pain from that. I do

have some back pain from having a vertebra slipped out of place.

Sue

On Saturday, November 1, 2008, at 07:14 PM, jennifer paquet wrote:

> Sue,

> I am so proud of you for quitting smoking after all those years. You

> were a heavy smoker too. Yes YOU ARE STRONGER than nicotine! Good for

> you, i know it must've been hard, but you will live alot longer now

> and I'm sure your health has improved even though you are still in

> pain, and I'm sorry for that,BUT you took charge of your health !

> Yay!!...................God Bless...........Jen