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Hi Everybody. Still on this train. 56 days. Been off the patches for a week. Can't say health is any better at moment. I have had raised blood pressure for years which i have taken medication for and kept it down. The past 2 weeks it has decided to raise to dangerous levels and have nearly ended up in hospital. Medication has been increased so lets hope it comes back under control. Has anybody else had this problem?4 points
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Congratulations on 2 months smoke free @Pilgrim Keep up the great work!4 points
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Gday Woops thought I’d thrown mine on the pyre… 66,000 old and stale should burn well rest in peace3 points
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Adding mine ... about 35,000. I quit a few months after Jill the and shared the same journey. Miss you my friend!3 points
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I add my 1,207 cigarettes into this fire. RIP to the lovely Jill and thank you ever so much for the kind words of inspiration.3 points
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OMG RIP Jill so sorry to hear this news3 points
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Next Thursday (May 29) would have been Jillar's nine year smoke free anniversary. In her honor and memory, along with the memories of so many other smokers who had their lives cut short, I am lighting this bonfire. Please throw your unused cigarettes into the bonfire in their memory. ** In the past, we would say how many unsmoked cigarettes we were throwing into the fire. Unfortunately, our tickers mostly don't show that now. Just state how many days, years, whatever, you have been smoke free. There is a free unsmoked cigarettes calculator below if you want to figure out an estimate of how many cigarettes you have not smoked since you quit. ** https://www.calculators.org/health/quit-smoking.php I am throwing my 62,223 unsmoked cigarettes in honor of Jill and others who have lost their lives to cigarettes.2 points
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Tossing in my approximate 29,500 unsmoked cigarettes in honor of @jillar! She was taken from us way, way too soon. I’m just so saddened to hear this. She helped me tremendously along my own quit journey. I will miss her. Thanks @johnny5! May the JillAir cigarette continue to help our future quitters and may her death not be in vain.2 points
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Congrats on 56 days (and counting UP)! Awesome! It's early days yet. Your body is still adjusting to working without nicotine in your system. It's a good thing to have medical on board to monitor our health when we quit. Even if we didn't have medical issues/concerns before quitting they do tend to crop up (they did for me) during our healing and recovery. Keep going. Never another Day One.2 points
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Yes, congrats @Jane on making it to 56 Days smoke free! Keep it up and the health improvements will follow in time. Don't forget; you've been smoking for a lot longer than your 56 days quit and it takes time for your body to repair itself - be patient; I'm sure things will improve with more time invested in your quit. I was always under the impression quitting smoking lowers blood pressure rather than raising it. Of course there are many other sources that can cause hypertension such as sodium intake, also alcohol consumption as well as stress. I'm sure there's others as well. Speak to your PCP and see it they can help you sort out what may be the cause of your hypertension. I'm sure he or she will be thrilled to learn you've quit the smokes!2 points
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Well done on your 56 days .. im sure quitting can only help with your blood pressure Hoping it gets under control2 points
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Congratulations on 56 days smoke free @Jane and good job getting off the patches as well. I did not notice issues in my early weeks of my quit with increased blood pressure so I am not sure how common that is, although I was definitely more stressed. I do know that smoking itself raises blood pressure so I don't think that quitting is making your blood pressure worse. There could be external factors but I am not a doctor. I hope the increased medication helps and I hope your doctor can give you good guidance on this matter. That being said, you are doing great in quitting. Keep up the great work.2 points
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In honor of Jillar, I toss in 5 years of un-smoked cigarettes.2 points
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In Jill's memory I am throwing away approximately 291,000 cigs....a pack a day for 40 years! Jill and all of you helped me so much to give up the horrible cigarette addiction. Jill, I didn't know you very long, but for a couple years that I knew you on here, you were a lovely person and I considered you my friend. You left this earth way too soon and I hope you are now RIP! I am going to do my very best to be as good a Moderator as you were and Doreen is. You certainly will be missed Jill!2 points
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Thanks Johnny. I'll throw in all the years we all have squandered so carelessly.2 points
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Thank you Johnny for lighting the fire In memory of our beloved Jill and all the lovely folks taken far to early due to this killer addiction I haven’t give the Tabacco Companies another penny of my hard earned money for 11 years 9 months . I hate Cigarettes..2 points
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My calendar reminded me that I've been smoke free for 9 years as of today at 2:30PM CDT. If I hadn't put that reminder in my calendar, I might have forgotten it completely. Where has the time gone? And congratulations to Jillar who quit on the same day I did. Sorry I didn't know your specific time of day. We're both awesome though.1 point
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Good morning, I can never allow myself to use and/or blame my partner for my smoking. He may always smoke and that is not about me..... and reminding myself that just because I made a mistake does not mean I am a mistake. I am trying to re-orient my addict brain to avoid giving myself any excuses to smoke and that includes not allowing myself to go on some pitty party that becomes a justification to smoke. I am not smoking today.1 point
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