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Yay @Steven Drojensky congratulations on a whole year quit! You should be so proud of yourself, it's a HUGE accomplishment

Great job Steven. Congratulations on reaching your one-year anniversary.

nice job @Steven Drojensky Congratulations

WooHoo @Steven Drojensky! You made it to the Lido Deck!!! Congratulations!

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Well done Steven, congratulations on making your first year smoke free!!

WooHoo.... Congratulations Steven you made it to the Lido Deck ....we are so proud of you ... Hope you are going to reward yourself well.... Let the party begin !!!!

Congratulations @Steven Drojensky I knew you could do it!!

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Congrats, @Steven Drojensky! Reaching the one year milestone is just fabulous!! Reward yourself and KTQ!

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Well done Sal!! Success is contagious

Congratulations on 1 year smoke free, @Steven Drojensky Celebrate big today, this is awesome!

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Thanks all for your well wishes! Glad you are feeling better, Reci! I had an extremely mild case. No loss of smell or taste for either of us. The BF had a little bit worse experience with it. Bad cough and fatigue for over a week. We both went for the infusion to create more antibodies to fight off the virus. We, too, wear masks when out in public and wash or sanitize hands constantly. I did have to remind the BF to do this, sometimes! I believe the BF got it while out and about during the week while I stayed at home.

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This is great, @Sal. Soooo great!

Congratulations Steven, you are doing so great. Welcome to the Lido deck. Don't forget to reward this milestone.

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Congrats of 6 smoke-free years G67! Those benefits we receive after quitting just keep on coming. Enjoy your day and hopefully you celebrate just a little

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You are doing awesome @Sal Keep up the great work!

Looking for alternative nicknames for a toilet. I've referred to the toilet as "the throne" for a long time now. Now with the big jubilee going on across the pond, I keep hearing news readers talking about the Queen having been on the throne for seventy years. I laugh every time...yes, I'm that immature. Anyway...Good luck her majesty, hope everything comes out well.

Well done, Sal!

It’s great to hear from you Sal! You really are doing a great job fighting this addiction. You’ve come so far. Remember how every hour was a constant battle to not light up? It gets easier and easier and easier. I promise it does. Hang in there! I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Well done Sal...It will get better ,we can promise you this ... Some things are worth fighting for ...Keep Going .... Don't forget your Rewards for all your hard work ...these are so important ...

You're doing great @Sal, just hang in there. It won't always be that way

Sorry guys for getting back to you all so late. It's 150 Days now!! Doing just fine but struggle almost everyday. Thanks all for the encouragement!!

I'm actually feeling much better now on day 5 of my Covid journey Here's some take-aways I have so far from having contracted the strain of this virus that I got ( whatever variant that was?). And remember .... I'm an X-smoker just like the rest of you who smoked for decades and damaged my poor lungs way more than I ever wanted to. 1. There's no way to tell where or even when I actually got the virus. I'm pretty careful with masking and social distancing and hand washing since the onset of Covid yet still ....... I got the virus somehow/somewhere. It's a balance of living life vs staying safe at all costs and clearly, there was a bullet in the chamber for me after 2.5 years of dodging this thing. 2. It's NOT like a cold and it's NOT like the flu. It shares a few symptoms with those illnesses but somehow, Covid feels very different. I clearly had a mild case and I never felt it was affecting my lungs. More of an upper airways thing (throat & nose). 3. The brain fog I had was real and a little concerning. It scares me to not feel I'm in control of my focus and motor functions. I was not in control for at least two days or so (good thing I wasn't driving). 4. The fatigue I experienced was fairly mild - not like being knocked on your a*s as the flu tends to do. It was fleeting and came on me suddenly, without warning at times. Sleep was not in large chunks but in small bites. 5. I did not experience many symptoms that others experience like, fever and debilitating headaches. I suppose I was lucky in that regard. I was not sick to my stomach and ate regularly although in lesser volume. I kept hydrated throughout. 6. The coughing was unrelenting at times and unproductive mostly but sometimes producing a bit of clear mucus. 7. My biggest beef with having Covid is that I completely lost all sense of taste and smell! This still persists even though I am feeling pretty decent now and other symptoms are weakening. I had heard this was a very common symptom but I promise you; you can never understand just how profoundly this affects your daily routine until you experience it. I know I did not comprehend what effect that would have on me. Suddenly, mealtime is a disappointment - something to be avoided. Unfulfilling best describes it! Eating become merely a life sustaining function without the joy of mouthwatering flavours. Textures, temperature & spices are all you can hope to experience. I long for the return of taste more than anything at this point. Texture & sustenance is not enough! Not sure why I wrote this down because it just my experience but perhaps it will serve some purpose in illustrating what some aspects of a Covid experience might be like for others?

It is a great thing you have done, you have learned to love yourself and be committed to your health. I remember when you joined the board, struggling and confused. Now look at you, you have done it! You have changed your life for the better. I know you must feel better physically and mentally. I am sorry to hear that Anita is smoking again. I know the two of you love each other very much. At the end of the day, sometimes, we have to do what we feel is best for our health. In the big picture each of us is responsible for our own health. I hope at some point she will see how much better you feel since you quit. When she is ready she will follow your lead. For now keep on going....

I'm sure if sausages were waiting for voters here ,they come come out more .... Maybe if they don't want them ,I can have Thiers ...lol....

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Heading east to a polling booth to hand out how to vote cards. In Australia, we have our elections on Saturday because we use the school halls as polling booths and it's compulsory to vote (fines if you don't vote) so Saturday works best. Bonus, the school can have a sausage sizzle and cake stall to raise money.

Hope it's going well for you Roz I've dodged it for the past couple of years but felt a bit of a runny nose and a scratchy throat yesterday so tested myself this morning and sure enough .......................... came up positive! Guess I'll be staying home for the next while. At least the wife's away visiting some of her distant relatives for a week so that's not a worry right now. The puss is here taking good care of me though. Or, maybe that's really a 'feed me' pose Hope you're on the mend and feeling better now Roz! Both you and your significant other

Get well soon Roz...hoping it stays mild. Despite being tripple vaxed I still opt for a mask at 5he shops. I don't care if it's not mandatory, I feel better with it. I'm guessing BINAXX tests are what we call RAT Tests down under. The kids all have to do 2 a week before school, Monday and Thursdee mornings. Most of our restrictions are gone now but numbers are higher than they have ever been. Worse still we are preparing for a really bad flu season.

Thankfully it's only mild Roz.... I keep saying it's only a matter of time before I join the club too...get well soon .

Glad it's only minor @Rozuki, hopefully it stays that way. And thank goodness you guys have your shots! Sending healing thoughts to you both......

@Rozuki, I am really sorry to hear you've come down with the virus. I know numerous people who have gotten it lately. Cases are on a major upswing in my area. Take good care, hope you feel better soon.

Sometimes it's a case of Who you know ...not What you Know ... Sounds like you had a great deal there .... It Must be all those Farmers Walks you have been doing in the past ..