Soozie

that's funny lol

when I was struggling you helped me enormously, you are the clever one x

I've just had an afternoon out with one of my closest girlfriends ... She's a specialist nurse in oncology. She has known me for 26 years and in that time she has watched my constant quits and relapses, she has never judged me or lectured me. Today I was telling her about this quit, and the forum and all the support I've been getting, I explained to her how determined I am to stay quit this time. She must have seen something different in me becaue for the first time she started to tell me what it's like to watch people die of lung cancer, how it is for their loved one's to watch them. She told me of a patient that died from copd and emphysema. She told me of a 36 year old woman and how she reacted when she found out she had lung cancer, she'd never smoked but was always around her very heavy smoking parents, she told me how guilty her parents felt. She deals with this every day, and every day she get's newly diagnosed patients. My friend pleaded with me to never smoke again, she said she couldn't bare the thought of seeing me go through that, she couldn't bare to see my family watch me go through that. Perhaps this wouldn't be everyone's idea of a great afternoon, but it was, because she really got through to me. I haven't passed this on to you all to upset you, I'm hoping it will make you all even more determined to make this your very last quit. I was going to ask her why she'd never told me all of this before, but I know the answer, it was because I wasn't ready to listen. My friend is a very wise woman ! Sue x

could someone please translate this into Australian for me lol

Hey Ross ... great to see you here !

Hi Gemma, so glad you're here x

think I've done it ... thanks everyone

I think I should be able to do this now ... I'll give it a go,

I've already cocked this up ... I posted my hello in the wrong place ... anyway never mind. Hello to everyone, so happy to be here. It's exciting being a newbie on a new site ... and it's great to see so many familiar faces already here ... yyyeeeeaaaaahhhhhh I'm happy. And the Happy song by Pharrell Williams is playing on the radio what a coincidence ... This is going to be a great day, I just know it ... got to get my ticker sorted out though ... x

ooohhh I think I should have introduced myself in the 'introductions' thread ... cocking this up already lol

Hi Doreen, lovely to be here ... the things you all get up to while I'm sleeping !!!!!

I think I'm going to have to sneak into the old place have a look at my old one .. I think if I click on it, it should take me to where I got it from ??? another question, do we have to delete our accounts on qsmb, sorry for the dumb questions, this is all so very new to me ...

not today thankyou :)

can anyone help me with my ticker please ??? do I have to get a new one ?

I went to bed last night happy that I'd completed my first week without a ciggie, but not sure if I was going to continue with qsmb for obvious reasons, woke up this morning and I'm transported to a place of calm and tranquility ... I'm truly amazed ... and truly grateful lol