Re: [lace-chat] Back Again

2004-10-13 Thread Judy McCarty
David:  So glad to hear you were one of the lucky people who found the
problem in time to do something about it.

I guess they don't call those smokes coffin nails for nothing.  Good luck
with the cutting back; it will be worth all the aggravation in the long run.

I'll bet those bobbins will be flying to counteract all the frustrations you
are facing right now!

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Re: [lace-chat] Back Again

2004-10-13 Thread Jean Nathan
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]
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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

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Re: [lace-chat] Back Again

2004-10-13 Thread W N Lafferty
David's got a stent in
And has to give up smokes
Despite the tatting in is pocket
He's in no mood for jokes

Noelene in Cooma
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Re: [lace-chat] Back Again

2004-10-13 Thread W N Lafferty
Try again

David's got a stent in
And has to give up smokes.
Despite tatting in his pocket
He's in no mood for jokes.

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