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by "Sassy Cowgirl"

Buffalo, NY
United States

Blood Clot on Lung at 40 Yrs old.

I was hospitalized for one week with a blood clot on my lung, I decided to give up smoking after 27 years of smoking 3 - 4 packs a day.

I still considered myself to be at a young age of 40, and My health was important to my family and I.

I use Nicotine Gum and lots of Jolly Rancher Hard candies. I contact a very good friend who helps me at weak times. He is a non smoker and very supportive.
 

by Michele Straitiff

United States

Listen to you body and know your family's health history


A month ago, I watched my grandfather laying in a hospital bed, he had been suffering from lung cancer for 2 years. After about 8 months of what was thought as successful surgery he died of complications due to pneumonia, he had been smoke free for 20 years.

The day after his funeral I started to get sick. I had a cough for about a month. Normal in the winter for a smoker, 2 weeks later I was been ridden with pneumonia. It scared the crap out of me. I quit the night the doctor told me how sick I was. I had been developing plurisy for some time which is a painful irritation to the lung lining. My grandfather had been bed ridden with a similar bout of pneumonia and plurisy 30 years ago. He died at the age of 67. I felt as though I had been hit of the head with a brick.

As I am writing this I am still recovering from my illness. I know i will get better and cigarette will test me and I will forget how awful I felt...but I will never forget how quickly my grandfather was taken from me. I will be smoke free forever.
 

by Gary

California
United States

I got sick, after 3 days in bed I was 3 days smoke free.
Just don't start back up!

So, I suggest if you really want to quit, then smoke MORE, get sick and quit.