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I am not going to smoke today. NOPE.

I am saying NOPE to smoking for today.

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NOPE for today!

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N.O.P.E. 🙏

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I know most you are here bc you quit smoking. I am here to quit both smokeless tobacco and nicotine pouches. Same addiction different delivery method. A little about myself I started smoking cigarettes in high school with some friends on the weekends but being so heavily active in sports I quickly transitioned to skoal and cophenhagen dipping tobacco. Used that crap for about 25 plus years and again switched to Zyns and nicotine pouches. Thinking I was making a healthy choice that’s definitely not true. Anyways I a here to quit that drug cold turkey. Thank you!!

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Laying really still like that for an hour would be extremely difficult for sure. I am keeping positive vibes and thoughts for you that all be be ok!!🙏🙏🤞👍

Gday mmmmm obviously had a too many scans. I’ve had one for cancer… instructions were keep away from pregnant woman, don’t dribble on toilet seats and definitely don’t pee on the lemon tree in the back yard….

Wonderful …🐸

Well done @Pilgrim! Seems like you’re really hitting your stride now - in all the ways! Keep it up!

Two months is awesome! Never look back! Upward and onward!

Very impressive! 💪

Congratulations! @Pilgrim 🥳You're doing amazing! Keep it up! 😊

Early NOPE!! for tomorrow.

Best wishes Reciprocity🙏

Gday Congratulations …. Onward one foot after another

Good Luck Reci, hoping for a good outcome!

@Cbdave; the last time I had a CT Scan with that tracer stuff I had a terrible alergic reaction to it, which is weird as I've had it before and no reaction. As well, I'm not alergic to anthing else I've ever come in contact with but that one time I got a horrible itchy rash that lasted for awhile. I was told later there's something they can give you if you are alergic to that stuff so if I ever have to have it again, I'll have to go the route.

The most stressful thing about the PET Scan today was finding the parking garage and the proper entrace door at the hospital that was one I'd never been to. The scan itself was no big deal other than the fact it took about an hour & a half. For those who have never had a Pet Scan, the scan itself is pretty much the same as a standard CT Scan with tracer, doesn't take more than 10-15 mins or so. It's the prep work for the PET Scan that takes a full hour or so before you go into the scanner. When I first got there they took me to a small cubicle and sat me down in a cushy recliner; like one you might have in your living room. It has a side table on either side and you lay your arm out on that table for them to insert an IV into your arm. The IV drips a small bag of FDG (Fluorodeoxyglucose), which is a safe, mildly radioactive form of glucose (sugar) into your vein. That only took about 5-10 mins. After that they tell you they're going to close the curtain and leave you there for 1 hour and you need to lay back in the recliner and don't move at all for the hour, not even your arms or legs or any body part. Your not allowed to take anything in there with you. No tablet, phone or even a book to read. You just have to remain completely still for 1 hour. This is to allow the stuff they shot into you time to move into ever cell withing your body. Apparently any movement impacts that process negatively. I had never sat completely still for an hour of course and let me tell you - it's really hard to do! 1 hour seems like several in that situation. After the hour is over they take you into a room where the scanner is and run you in & out of the scanner a few times and then, you're done and free to leave. The idea of the FDG mixture they put into your body is that cancetrous cells absorb sucrose (sugar) like crazy and the radioactive stuff in the mixture will make any cancerous areas light up on the scans they take. So that's that - done now. Now I simply wait to get the results of the scan back sometime later next week to see if any nodules in my lungs lit up on my scan. To @Cbdave This tracer stuff is different from the tracer stuff they sometimes give you for a regular CT Scan. I've had that stuff too and yes, it makes you suddenly feel warm, like you peed yourself (😄). This stuff they gave me for the PET Scan didn't do that.

Sounds horrific! They would probably have to knock me out. I hope they review the information quickly and the diagnosis are what you and all of us pray for. Thinking of you Reci.

I too would find sitting still for a hour difficult… I’m a right figit I had a scan for gallstones , but that was just drinking some liquid We are all with you Reci waiting for your results ❤️

Start reading about nicotine addiction to understand it. It's not as hard as you may have been led to believe. Stick with it.

I can understand how you got drawn into thinking using the pouch would be the answer to quitting. That's the way they market those nicotine pouches here in Canada anyway. They show a fit, active young man who's telling everyone he's tried to quit many times before and now that he's using the pouches he's finally quit!! Ah ....NO! He's just switched nicotine delivery methods and possibly upped the amount of nicotine he's putting into his body every day. The marketing of this things is so deceiving 😡 You're doing the right thing in getting rid of nicotine from your body & brain altogether. We're here to support you in your battle for freedom!!

I hope it all went well for you Reci. 🤞👍 When will you get the results?

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Gday worst thing about a PT scan is that warn sensation in your pants after they give you the contrast. Did I pee myself? You didn’t? Oooo maybe you did. Even though they warn you it’s an experience not to be missed. All the best on Monday…..

Thanks all. Feelin' fine!

Congratulations @Pilgrim You are doing great.