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My son climbed the Sydney Bridge when he was in Australia back in 2009. I'm glad he told me he did it when he got home, and not before...LOL!! NOPE!!

I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. opera house

NOPE…

NOPE! 💫

NOPE!! Not tonight.

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NOPE!! Not this morning.

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N.O.P.E. 🙏

NOPE!!

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I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. sydney harbour bridge

Day's almost done but not today, not tomorrow... NOPE!

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NOPE… Me and hubby climbed this in 2014, great memory.

NOPE for today!

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NOPE for today!

NOPE!! For tonight.

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N.O.P.E. 🙏

We found it but Janet723 didn't like it. There were a few people she would have asked to leave. 😮 We have been watching Grand Designs UK, Aus. and NZ locations. We like the Australian version better than the UK. The scenery in New Zealand is really something. Now that I've retired, I am starting to like Thursday grocery shopping. Our usual store gives seniors a 5% discount. Sometimes aisles close down when people stop to chat with each other and other times it appears as if the cart has simply been abandoned but the shoppers are polite and not in a hurry.

Hey Stew, that sounds like some awful stuff you're enduring. Good for you for riding your life of the burden of smoking as you go through this. Sounds like your body has it's hands full as it is! Hang in there bud!

Gday Shit bum poo bottom farts…. Mmmmm. Hang in there. PS don’t be afraid of the Morphine. It calms things down. Your breathing your pain. Calms things down. Been there done that. Definitly not a long term thing. Never had it out of hospital myself. Still here.

I'm sorry to hear this @Stewbum It does sound very scary! 🙏🏻 hoping for a stent instead of the alternative. 🙏🏻

That’s a lot to deal with, Stew! And you’re right about this irrational addiction… how many times did I smoke through bronchitis and pneumonia? Crazy. But it’s great that you can address this current cardiac challenge as a nonsmoker! KTQ Hang in there, buddy. Crossing my fingers for a good outcome.

Congrats , counting down to the Lido deck party..

NOPE in the morning!!

I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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Nope. Not today!

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Congratulations Gonso! 👍

Congratulations 👏 🎉 on 7 months smoke free @GonSo Great job 👏

Congratulations! 🎉

Wow, those hours, days, weeks and months are really adding up! So glad that you are here with us and are building such a great quit. Keep climbing toward that one year mark… with style!

Confession: After bawling my eye's out to Jillars blog post from the grave I have re-read this entire thread. Conclusions, we are a bunch of funny fuckers AND there is something deeply wrong with me but I don't think its evil. Confession: i wonder if @Paul723 ever found My Kitchen Rules 🤔

Thanks Doreen. Stews back and in a slappin mood.😎

Sorry your having to deal with the Stewpot . iim wishing you a good result . What an insidious addiction this is …. please make this quit count buddy 🐸

It's true that there are risks associated with an angiogram; however, bad outcomes are quite rare (I think it's around 1%), so take some solace in that. Keep the quit, friend-- Christian99 24 1/2 Years Quit (17 1/2 Years Since Widowmaker MI and Cardiac Arrest)

Just to be clear ..... I was NOT involved in designing or minting the first Canadian coin to feature King Charles image, replacing our traditional Queen Elisabeth image 😲

To fill in the crew. I have a problem with my heart called CAS or "Coronary Artery Spasms". This is a very rare condition. This started in 2020, 4 stents later and the crazy roller coaster ride of medication adjustments was finally under control for about the last a year and a half. Jill followed me through the whole process and was instrumental on helping me find the right diagnosis. I am letting the group know this because for the last month and a half the Angina is back in force which sets off the Spasms. The Spasms are like Charlie Horses in your arteries and shuts off flow of blood to the heart. The only way to stop the attacks is to immediately take quick acting Nitro. It still takes about 4-5 minutes of grueling screaming pain before they subside. So, I am going to set up another stress test this morning which is the first test before being admitted to the CATH lab. The last time they added a stent there was another area that was close to the percentage of flow restriction the insurance requires for them to pay for the procedure. And they were in the same artery where they could have simply added that stent!! I do believe that area is now suspect of causing severe flow restriction? The only final test is a Coronary Angiography where they go in with a little tube through your groin and route it to your heart then squirt dye into the different arteries to map the tight areas and decide on stenting. This procedure is fairly dangerous; I may choose to travel to a different hospital this time? And with the above information how is it possible just because I felt it was under control I could start smoking again? This addiction is so incredibly powerful even when life itself is on the line!!! I don't know how the schedule will be, almost called the ambulance last night, they are getting way more powerful. If I am out of contact for a bit it has to do with this. I will not smoke.... KTQ Stewbum.

Fcuk 2026 Tomorrow I say Goodbye to my Beautiful Big Brother True Gentleman, never a angry word spoken. Sad we never got to share that last bottle of wine together He died doing what he loved best On a cruise RIP… ❤️