Re: Those trying to quit smoking

[Guest guest]

How sad, Dennis. But we could be in the same fix had we not decided to

quit. I'm so glad I did!

Sue

On Saturday, December 6, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Dennis W wrote:

>

> We took the motorcycle on vacation and ended up outside of Atlanta GA,

> where

> my aunt lives. In the old days, she sang on the radio and once at the

> Grand

> Ole Opry, but when I saw her, she was smoking a cigarette with the

> oxygen

> bottle in her hand. Some folks never learn.

[Guest guest]

Sue, I'm very happy that I quit back in 1988. It's so nice to be able to

take a very deep breath and not cough my head off. That's the first thing I

noticed after quitting.

Clora, I still have temptations to take up smoking, especially when things

are not going well, even after 20 years. It still takes will-power, so be

careful what you think of in your quest. It takes lots of determination but

it's still possible, and you'll be very happy when the pains of withdrawal

are gone. A friend of ours tried to quit smoking but had really bad

withdrawal symptoms, headaches and all, and would have to start again. I

have the idea that it's mostly mental, not physical, but still a tough

fight.

Dennis in eastexas

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Sue <marysue@...> wrote:

> How sad, Dennis. But we could be in the same fix had we not decided to

> quit. I'm so glad I did!

>

> Sue

>

>

> On Saturday, December 6, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Dennis W wrote:

> >

> > We took the motorcycle on vacation and ended up outside of Atlanta GA,

> > where

> > my aunt lives. In the old days, she sang on the radio and once at the

> > Grand

> > Ole Opry, but when I saw her, she was smoking a cigarette with the

> > oxygen

> > bottle in her hand. Some folks never learn.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Clora - your post here made me think of something else. As your

body rids itself of the nicotine, don't be surprised if you feel more

sleepy than usual. I did and the best thing is to rest. On top of

that, we don't crave the cigs while we sleep either.

I also have sleep apnea and use a CPAP Machine. One night when my RA

was in full gear and I couldn't sleep, I came in the computer room for

a while and then got really sleepy after an hour or so. I decided to

put my head down on my desk and rest. I guess I fell asleep because I

woke myself up snoring, so I went to bed.

The next day, my daughter (whose bedroom is right next to the computer

room) said the cats were growling and carrying on outside her room the

night before and she yelled " Go lay down! " . I busted a gut laughing.

Now I wonder if it was my snoring that woke me or my daughter yelling

at what she thought was the cats! lololololololol

Again, I wish you all the best in your efforts to quit smoking and

live a healthier life..............Doreen

>

>

> Sharon of ox and group;

>

> Yes Sharon. I have sleep apnea. I sleep with a nose mask hook to a

> c-pap. It is a machine that blows air through a tube into the

> mask. It helps me breathe if I stop breathing during the night.

>

> Today is my first day with out a cigarette. It has been a long day

> but a good day. I feel better already. I felt kinda sick. Still

> a little wheezy. Thanks for the encouragment everyone.

>

> gentle hugs

> Clora

[Guest guest]

Doreen and group;

I think your right Doreen. I am so tired. I fell asleep on the

lounge chair in the living room. I spent most of the day in bed.

I know about the snoring. I would wake myself up snoring. I bet the

cats was wondering what was your daughter yelling about haaaaaaa.

Mom snoring again. I got to keep my cats out of my bedroom when I

sleep, they climb on my c-pap and shut it off lol. I guess its the

vibrations it makes. I don't hear anything but cats have greater

hering abilities than we do. My cat likes to sleep on top of my C-

pap. Now that he has grown he will lay half on it and half off. I

run him off when I catch him haaaaaaaa

Good night and God bless. I just wrote you a post a minute ago

haaaaaaa. My family would wake me up when I snored. I say why did

you wake me up I was sleeping so good. They would tell me well we

can't sleep so why should you. Your keeping us awake, the windows

are rattling in the house from your snoring haaaaaaaaaa. I don't

snore with the c-pap on anymore.

Gentle hugs

Clora

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> Hi Clora - your post here made me think of something else. As your

> body rids itself of the nicotine, don't be surprised if you feel

more

> sleepy than usual. I did and the best thing is to rest. On top of

> that, we don't crave the cigs while we sleep either.

>

> I also have sleep apnea and use a CPAP Machine. One night when my RA

> was in full gear and I couldn't sleep, I came in the computer room

for

> a while and then got really sleepy after an hour or so. I decided to

> put my head down on my desk and rest. I guess I fell asleep because

I

> woke myself up snoring, so I went to bed.

>

> The next day, my daughter (whose bedroom is right next to the

computer

> room) said the cats were growling and carrying on outside her room

the

> night before and she yelled " Go lay down! " . I busted a gut laughing.

> Now I wonder if it was my snoring that woke me or my daughter

yelling

> at what she thought was the cats! lololololololol

>

> Again, I wish you all the best in your efforts to quit smoking and

> live a healthier life..............Doreen

>