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I guess health does improve after 10 months.


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I remember the initial quit. Come time to smoke, it was like someone was punching my ribs and saying, "Cancer time!"

I felt sleepy all the time for a week or two. I never got much irritated though. I guess it is hard to get mad when you are in a daze. I felt stoned.

There was some depression but it wasn't unbearable.

 

So about 6 weeks after quitting, i was at the doctor and my blood pressure was like 145 over 90.

Even at about three months, my BP was always between 140 - 150 over 80 - 90.

I thought it was suppose to return to normal after two days of not smoking?

But anyways, I didn't have it checked for months, but have been to the doctor for unrelated things a few times in the past couple months.

And, my BP is typically 125 over 80. Yeah i am sure some medical chart says I will drop over dead of a heart attack but in past decades, this pressure was normal or borderline, but definitely better than 140 to 150.

 

It is suppose to take a few days for breathing to return to normal and for smoker's cough to stop. Mine actually stopped pretty much overnight.

When i go to the doctor, they say my lungs sound perfect.

 

Sometimes I would cough up really gross stuff but it wasn't a whole lot. It wasn't like that scene in Poltergeist 2 where he pukes up that demon.

 

Smell and taste returned to normal in probably three or four days. I was obsessed with food for a few weeks but that toned down.

 

Today i often still do think about smoking, often wanting one, but it is not a strong crave.

 

I exercise a lot (physical job) but my diet is sad. Even so, my BP numbers lowered by 20 top and 10 bottom. I haven't done anything else different, just not smoking.

So yeah, I suppose quitting is kind of healthy.

 

 

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I found the "recovery" to be full of subtleties.  I could breath a bit easier so I might walk a little further.

More exercise could mean deeper sleep.  Mixed in with all this was the usual good days and bad days 

that mask any semblance of progress.

 

Its only when I looked back that I realize, yeah, it does get better.

 

Way to go Jetblack.

 

 

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