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Wendy

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  1. Balls!  I missed the actual day again!  Today is my birthday and it just dawned on me my quit date anniversary was 2 days ago.

     

    Thanks for the thread and the well wishes, much appreciated, especially as I'm never here. 

     

    So there you go @notsmokinjo, that's what 4 years quit feels like - I don't even remember I used to smoke and quit half the time.  Smoking just isn't an issue I think about anymore - except for the stink ... that will always be an issue!

     

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  2. I just remembered today!  I missed it again lmao.  Thanks folks, this was a nice surprise.  I came along this morning to do a feed update with a 3 years and 1 day and did a double take when I saw this thread.  It's my birthday tomorrow so a double celebration tomorrow me thinks.

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  3. I buy myself a super duper awesome present each anniversary. Every minute counts. Whether you measure it by minute, month or year.

     

    Me too!  I don't really need the reward any more ...  I just like to buy myself presents :d

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  4. Smarti and some other islanders gave me shit when I said I like Earl Gray tea. Freaking islanders with their noses in the air. I was just trying to fit in. Don't understand half their ramblings and not sure if posh is good or bad. Think one of the spice girls (another thing from the island of misunderstanding) was called posh is was hot. So I will take it

     

     

    When I was a tea drinker I drank Earl Grey and I am definitely NOT posh .. then I quit smoking and my taste buds said nope ... can't stand any tea now bleeeech 

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  5. "You can't help folk who won't help themselves" ... or something very like that ... I heard it or read it somewhere but yeah, planting that seed is all you can do and hope they catch on sooner rather than later.  

     

    Nicotine addiction sucks ... I told about my brother on another thread but my sister also used to smoke and quit years ago using nicotine gum - which she is now addicted too - AND still smokes on a night out or stressful situations.  She also takes drugs for high blood pressure.  I've tried to help but she has head firmly in the sand ...

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  6. Hi folks, hope all are well and kicking those quits.

     

    Today my brother came to visit - he used to smoke but quit about 20 years ago - I have been quit a little over 2 years.  Anyhoo, he noticed I was talking a bit funny and asked what was wrong with my mouth.  I told him I have 2 ulcers (cankers) - 1 on the tip of my tongue and 1 on the side of my tongue near the back.  What's that from he says ... I replied well, remember I have oral sensitivity since I quit smoking, (I have fibromyalgia, the symptoms of which went a little haywire after I quit - oral sensitivity being one of my 'new' symptoms) and I had some coleslaw last Friday, I think it was that caused the ulcers.  He replied, why don't you start smoking again then?  That'll stop the ulcers ... erm really??

     

    Well says I, I usually have it under control and I know more or less what I shouldn't eat and drink but sometimes I can't help having something yummy or it takes me by surprise - like lemon oil in my lip salve!  More to the point though, I don't actually want to smoke anymore - I have no desire to smoke ... it's just not part of who I am any more.

     

    He then told me how he would smoke if he could - if he could just smoke say up to 10 a day he would revert back to smoking but knows he wouldn't be able to stick at that so that's why he stays smober.

     

     

     

    WOW ... he's been quit over 20 years but still wants to smoke??!!  I just can't imagine thinking that way.  And the only difference I can think of is 20 years ago Joel Spitzer wasn't all over the internet.  Or maybe he was and my brother just didn't have a computer.  Whatever ... the point is ... all over the internet, including on this very site, is a wealth of information that can change your attitude towards smoking and quitting.  I have benefited from that 'education' whereas my brother remains convinced he enjoyed smoking and it helped him relax and all those other myths we were fed ..

     

    Educate yourself people!  It makes a world of difference.  Ok so champix helped too in my case but really ... education :)

     

     

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  7. The best thing about being a non smoker?  No longer walking around in a big ol cloud of stink.  That was a huge motivator for me to stay quit.  24 days is great - just remember that you will experience ups and downs along your quit journey, good days and bad.  Keep breathing through your craves and don't worry too much about being cranky.  Our loved ones forgive us when they know it's part of the quit experience.

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  8. Thank you all, very kind of you.  Yes Joe I'm proud of myself whilst at the same time, can't quite believe I have 2 years under my belt.  Never thought it would happen and can't quite believe it has.  AND mostly I can't believe I ever smoked in the first place ... 

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  9. Nose doesn't work when a smoker. That is so weird. How bad I think the people who do smoke stink now. I never knew. I did know some people hated the actual smoke and would complain. But I didn't know it lingered and was a stink cloud around me.

     The thick yellow air and the tacky substance sticks to my clothes and nose hairs. Longer than five minutes and it cants be blown off with leaving the windows down. I have to change uniforms to get it off which rarely happens. 

     

    Can totally relate to this.  I find myself holding my breath when passing smokers or when going in to stores ('cos store entrances reek of smoke!).  And I hate going to smokers houses ... I'm lucky I can arrange it so I go straight home to shower and change. 

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  10. Wow.  Just ... wow.

     

    You know, the last few years the ends of a couple of my fingers were feeling a bit odd, kinda numb .. and I KNEW it was circulatory issues from smoking.  Never would've thought it would lead to what I just saw ... jeez ... I think I quit just in time ... 

     

    Awesome video Doreen ... should be required viewing in schools and tobacconists ...

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  11. Just brutal! :(

     

     

    WOW

     

     

    That episode hurt.

     

    What they said ...

     

    Did you watch talking dead afterwards??  The cast were on it and most of them were almost in tears talking about it ...

     

    Feels like it's gonna be a different show from here on out.

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  12. I briefly forgot I'd posted this lol ... oh boy my memory is going!

     

     

    So glad to hear you are getting the mouth ulcers under control.  They are miserable!

     

    As far as your question, every now and then I still think I taste stale tobacco...really strange!  I would ask your dentist for better information.

     

    Congratulations on 21 months!

     

    Thanks Nancy, I remember you joining me in a happy dance when I thought I'd got rid of the cankers.  Sadly that didn't last long but yep, they are mostly under control - still get one every week or so but that's better than 7/8/9 or so!  I have a dental check up in January so if it happens again or I get any other weird tastes I will be sure to mention it.

     

    I doubt you could taste tobacco. More likely tasted some other crap and brain associated it to last bad thing you remember.

     

    Hi bakon ... I used to smoke roll ups the last few years (that was all I could afford) and if you've ever done roll ups you'll know that every now and then you'd get a stray piece of tobacco end up in your mouth ... absolutely vile taste. Really strong, tangy, stale tobacco ... tricky to describe but if it happened to you, you'll know what I mean ...  Well, it was exactly like that ... almost as if I'd flossed a piece of baccy out lol ...  

     

    I actually checked the floss to see what the hell I'd unearthed!!  Nothing on it but I had given my gum a whack so thought maybe it was tobacco juices hiding long term in my gums ... I've googled it but can't find anything relevant ...

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