smoking update

fionaB · 04-02-2008, 19:48

well........... 1 week tomorrow and we are still smoke free.
there have been some touch and go moments like nearly being wiped out on the motorway while coming home from Dundee yesterday........ even my non smoking passenger said that she could have done with a ciggie!
Still on the 24 hour patches although had to stop wearing them thru the night.. the dreams were getting WAY outta hand, am missing the evening ciggies more than anything but all in all it has not been as hard as i thought it would be, will give it another week on the patchesthen will try it without them.
Alan still on the medium strength ones, has tried a day without them and got really grumpy.
so when do we become "non-smokers"? lol

Fi

slipstream · 04-02-2008, 20:22

I tried the patches and felt worse than smoking 20 in one go so gave them up. I have a few holidays coming up so will try the willpower again, done it before but lapsed into me old ways.

Im on a diet at the moment so when I have reached my target weight and back from holiday I will do this.

Well done, I know how hard it is. If you dont smoke/never smoked then you wont understand.

Chris H · 04-02-2008, 21:08

Fiona

Your already a NON smoker, and you won't be a smoker again unless you give in.

Now that you have the first week coming up I'd say you've done the hard bit.

The first week is the week you start to break the habit, but from now on it get's easier.

Saturday just gone was 4 years to the date for me, and although I'm now a podge I wouldn't for one second think about starting again.

One week in and you have stopped smelling of ciggies ( sorry it's blunt but it's true )

Now your food each day will start to taste better, you may not notice it just yet but believe me it has already.

The Grumpiness is still only there because subcontously ( sorry can't spell ) your fighting an addiction that the medical peeps admit is stronger than herion.

Best of all your

AN EX SMOKER

Keep it up

stupot · 04-02-2008, 22:22

Well done Fi keep taking every day as i comes, 1 month and 4 days for me and the patches are a god send. Dont do what i did last week and just stopped taking the patches, i exploded at a work college's childish behavour last wednesday!! so patches back on and sanity restored

On a lower dose patch now and still no cravings. Never forget you long term goal and just think of those lens you can buy with all that money your saving

fionaB · 04-02-2008, 23:25

well the patches just went up by a fiver! so im not actually saving that much money........ dont intend staying on them more than a week or so just to give me a chance to deal with the physical habits and not the nicotine withdrawal!

hanging in there..... but bloody well determined not to give in!
Thanx for all the support everyone, both Alan and I really appreciate it

Fi

ray · 05-02-2008, 00:01

I packed up instantly 6yrs ago it was easy, i had a heart attack scared the hell out of me
no heart attack and i would still be smoking its very very hard to pack up...Ray

**Dabhand16** · 05-02-2008, 00:57

Well done Fi - keep it up

AQ · 05-02-2008, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by fionaB

well the patches just went up by a fiver! so im not actually saving that much money........
Fi

I would not worry about the money look at it more as saving your life.

Hope it all goes well

dandan · 06-02-2008, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by ray

I packed up instantly 6yrs ago it was easy, i had a heart attack scared the hell out of me
no heart attack and i would still be smoking its very very hard to pack up...Ray

SNAP!!! same thing for me Ray, Eight+ years ago, Wife stopped as well, we put the money away in a separate account as though we were still smoking and it eventually paid for a 110 day world cruise.

So stick with it girl, it is worth it

beej · 06-02-2008, 20:48

Fi,

Nicotinell £7/pack in Boots today. Seems cheap to me, I think they were £10 in Morrisons.

WOODY · 06-02-2008, 21:36

FIONA, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE THIS AT YOUR GP'S SURGERY BUT AT OURS
THEY HAVE A DISTRICT NURSE, WHO RUNS A GIVE UP SMOKING PROGRAM.

MY WIFE WENT ON THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BASICALLY THE NURSE CHECKS YOUR BREATHING, EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS I THINK. IF YOU AGREE TO GO ONTO THIS
PROGRAM THEY GIVE YOU THE PATCHES FREE. TO START WITH THEY GAVE MY WIFE
TWO MONTHS SUPPLY STRAIGHT AWAY. THEY WERE FIFTEEN POUND A PACKET THEN.

IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THIS IN SCOTLAND.

simpbow · 06-02-2008, 21:58

Keep it up Fiona

the time i gave up i suffered for about 6 months but i wasn't wearing any patches, after getting that far damn sure i wasn't gonna go through that hell again, tip though, i couldn't go out to any pubs that really done my head in, might be different now that the pubs are no smoking.

EMSGuy · 07-02-2008, 04:38

Good job Fi - keep it up!!!

fionaB · 07-02-2008, 08:01

aw thanx everyone
Woody., there is a smoking cessation nurse in our surgery, cant get an appointment until the 15th Feb. There is also a smoking cessation clinic at my work( i work for the NHS) but its only on Thursdays from 4.30 until 5.30 which is absolutely no good to me. as i finish my work at 2.30

I will perservere however and the patches will come off soon anyway.
Fi

Ali · 07-02-2008, 20:40

Good work Fi, a big pat on the back for you. It's not easy, so well done for keeping going!

04-02-2008, 19:48	#1 (permalink)
fionaB Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,422	smoking update well........... 1 week tomorrow and we are still smoke free. there have been some touch and go moments like nearly being wiped out on the motorway while coming home from Dundee yesterday........ even my non smoking passenger said that she could have done with a ciggie! Still on the 24 hour patches although had to stop wearing them thru the night.. the dreams were getting WAY outta hand, am missing the evening ciggies more than anything but all in all it has not been as hard as i thought it would be, will give it another week on the patchesthen will try it without them. Alan still on the medium strength ones, has tried a day without them and got really grumpy. so when do we become "non-smokers"? lol Fi __________________ Canon All The Way http://www.fionabrimsphotography.co.uk

04-02-2008, 20:22	#2 (permalink)
slipstream Quite Chatty Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 65	Re: smoking update I tried the patches and felt worse than smoking 20 in one go so gave them up. I have a few holidays coming up so will try the willpower again, done it before but lapsed into me old ways. Im on a diet at the moment so when I have reached my target weight and back from holiday I will do this. Well done, I know how hard it is. If you dont smoke/never smoked then you wont understand.

04-02-2008, 21:08	#3 (permalink)
Chris H Been here a while Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 351	Re: smoking update Fiona Your already a NON smoker, and you won't be a smoker again unless you give in. Now that you have the first week coming up I'd say you've done the hard bit. The first week is the week you start to break the habit, but from now on it get's easier. Saturday just gone was 4 years to the date for me, and although I'm now a podge I wouldn't for one second think about starting again. One week in and you have stopped smelling of ciggies ( sorry it's blunt but it's true ) Now your food each day will start to taste better, you may not notice it just yet but believe me it has already. The Grumpiness is still only there because subcontously ( sorry can't spell ) your fighting an addiction that the medical peeps admit is stronger than herion. Best of all your AN EX SMOKER Keep it up __________________

04-02-2008, 22:22	#4 (permalink)
stupot Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset Posts: 1,316	Re: smoking update Well done Fi keep taking every day as i comes, 1 month and 4 days for me and the patches are a god send. Dont do what i did last week and just stopped taking the patches, i exploded at a work college's childish behavour last wednesday!! so patches back on and sanity restored On a lower dose patch now and still no cravings. Never forget you long term goal and just think of those lens you can buy with all that money your saving

04-02-2008, 23:25	#5 (permalink)
fionaB Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,422	Re: smoking update well the patches just went up by a fiver! so im not actually saving that much money........ dont intend staying on them more than a week or so just to give me a chance to deal with the physical habits and not the nicotine withdrawal! hanging in there..... but bloody well determined not to give in! Thanx for all the support everyone, both Alan and I really appreciate it Fi

05-02-2008, 00:01	#6 (permalink)
ray Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,017	Re: smoking update I packed up instantly 6yrs ago it was easy, i had a heart attack scared the hell out of me no heart attack and i would still be smoking its very very hard to pack up...Ray

05-02-2008, 00:57	#7 (permalink)
Dabhand16 Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dunstable Bedfordshire UK Posts: 8,907	Re: smoking update Well done Fi - keep it up

06-02-2008, 20:48	#10 (permalink)
beej New here Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 20	Re: smoking update Fi, Nicotinell £7/pack in Boots today. Seems cheap to me, I think they were £10 in Morrisons.

06-02-2008, 21:36	#11 (permalink)
WOODY PLEASE NOTE I TYPE USING CAPITALS DUE TO A DISABILTY THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ORPINGTON KENT Posts: 1,161	Re: smoking update FIONA, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE THIS AT YOUR GP'S SURGERY BUT AT OURS THEY HAVE A DISTRICT NURSE, WHO RUNS A GIVE UP SMOKING PROGRAM. MY WIFE WENT ON THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BASICALLY THE NURSE CHECKS YOUR BREATHING, EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS I THINK. IF YOU AGREE TO GO ONTO THIS PROGRAM THEY GIVE YOU THE PATCHES FREE. TO START WITH THEY GAVE MY WIFE TWO MONTHS SUPPLY STRAIGHT AWAY. THEY WERE FIFTEEN POUND A PACKET THEN. IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THIS IN SCOTLAND.

06-02-2008, 21:58	#12 (permalink)
simpbow Feet under the table Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 2,457	Re: smoking update Keep it up Fionathe time i gave up i suffered for about 6 months but i wasn't wearing any patches, after getting that far damn sure i wasn't gonna go through that hell again, tip though, i couldn't go out to any pubs that really done my head in, might be different now that the pubs are no smoking.

07-02-2008, 04:38	#13 (permalink)
EMSGuy Quite Chatty Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southeast Missouri - The Ozarks Posts: 72	Re: smoking update Good job Fi - keep it up!!!

07-02-2008, 08:01	#14 (permalink)
fionaB Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 5,422	Re: smoking update aw thanx everyone Woody., there is a smoking cessation nurse in our surgery, cant get an appointment until the 15th Feb. There is also a smoking cessation clinic at my work( i work for the NHS) but its only on Thursdays from 4.30 until 5.30 which is absolutely no good to me. as i finish my work at 2.30 I will perservere however and the patches will come off soon anyway. Fi

07-02-2008, 20:40	#15 (permalink)
Ali Forum Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mid Sussex Posts: 977	Re: smoking update Good work Fi, a big pat on the back for you. It's not easy, so well done for keeping going!

07-02-2008, 21:07	#16 (permalink)
Angela Pixalo Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wimbledon Posts: 5,809	Re: smoking update