David, I'm so glad your problm is sorted out. DH also smoked until he had a heart attack. He smoked the day before the attack, but the following day he'd stopped. He hasn't smoked one or wanted one since.
We both know exactly what you mean by nicotine being harder to come off than narcotics. I also smoked - 20-30 a day from age 16 (when it was the fashionable thing to do with my four inch long cigarette holder with a ring of diamante round it!), and tried several times unsuccessfully to stop. Being a teacher of 14 to 16 year-olds, I could smoke two cigarettes in a ten minute break to get a big enough shot of nicotine to get me through the next hour with some of them. When I knew I was going to retire at age 54, I decided that I wouldn't need the nicotine once I wasn't teaching any more and I had four months of knowing when my retirement date was. The last cigarette I smoked was just before I walked out of the smoking room in the school for the last time. I haven't touched one, and haven't wanted one, since. I'm not one of those smug "I did it, so can you" types, and I don't think anyone who hasn't been addicted to it knows just how hard it is to give up. I think I was very fortunate that my plan worked. Hope all continues to go well. Jean in Poole ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Collyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Back Again > Dear Friends, > What a week it's been!! I had to have a coronary angiogram last Friday and > they found one large blockage of the Anterior Descending Artery - so severe > that they weren't going to let me go anywhere. > > So I spent the weekend in hospital here in Ballarat (thank God I had some > tatting sent in) and then on Monday was transferred down to Melbourne where > I had a stent inserted into the artery. I was sent home the very next day > with a fabulous CD rom of my beating heart!! > > But I am feeling - well, lots of things really - very sore, very tired, > angry, pissed off, very touchy as I try to cut down on smokes and > cholesterol. I'm afraid I ripped through a couple of nurses as I reminded > them that nicotine is far harder to come off than narcotics - and I do know > what I'm talking about - wouldn't ever recommend cold turkey to anyone - > but this is far worse. > > It's good to get back to some lovely fine Chantilly! > Love > David in Ballarat > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
