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Hi Niecie! Welcome aboard....from a fellow QSMB refugee! ?

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I finally quit for health reasons... Cardio-vascular and Pulmonary! Feb 2017 - I was in the middle of having a stroke while at work, a co-worker saw I wasn't myself and got me to the ER where it was made official, "you had a stroke." I made the hospital staff aware that I was a smoker of over 40+ yrs and would need the patch. They complied and although it was a tough week of dealing with the craves and the triggers, I got through it. My left carotid artery was 70% stenosis (clogged!) so I received a stent. This was 1st time ever in a hospital for me! Sep 2017, I saw a pulmonologist. It was determined that I had early stage COPD/Emphysema. Luckily, I had asked my primary Dr. for chest x-rays the previous 2 years so there was something for pulmonologist to compare against. Was told if you quit smoking now, you should be fine...just have a yearly low-dose ct scan for next 10 yrs. Apr 2018, I was having a cardiac cath procedure on the advice of my cardiologist after an abnormal ecg. It was determined that I would need a bypass operation, at least a triple maybe even a quadruple ! It wound up being a triple (CABGx3). This was due to 3 of my coronary arteries being clogged up...part family history and part due to smoking!! I was so thankful that I had quit smoking the year before.....I think it made all the difference in getting through the surgery and in my recovery. I am now a member of the zipper club....Let me tell you there is nothing like being told you are going to have your sternum sawed through and that you will be on a pump for awhile....while your heart is being man-handled (in my case, woman-handled because the head of cardio-thoracic surgery at the hospital is a woman and she did my op)! Note: She and her team were fantastic! Drs. gave me nickname "RockStar"! I was always relatively "healthy", active and in-shape...never had to use a sick day in aImost 30 years at my last job!! Don't know how i managed that by smoking at least a pack a day for over 40 years and it wasn't until late 2016 that I developed that "cough". It just wouldn't go away, I was in denial and then disaster struck in early 2017 and things started snowballing....ugh!! So far, I have been very lucky and I hope my luck holds as there are a lot more things I would like to accomplish in my life. If my experience helps even just one person to hold onto their quit so they don't have to go through what I have been through, I would consider it the best accomplishment ever!!! ?

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Hi Christa326 and welcome to the QTrain! I am also a QSMB refugee and freaked out a bit when it disappeared until I found my way here. One nope day at a time! ?

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Hi Gatisone! I also quit in February 2017 after smoking for 40+ years! I knew from a previous quit that I could never have an occasional one or I would be right back into the poison sticks... Read everything you can here on the forums and participate!! This way you educate yourself and will have the tools to succeed in your quit this time! ?

Congrats, Slipp! Seven months is just super! Celebrate and KTQ! ?

djeet yet? ? Did you eat yet?

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