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Stick with it Bob, you had it done once. BTDT, quitting is hard work. You are doing it for yourself, don't let yourself down.
Miscellaneous rambling about the 5 year reminder that you are using as an incentive... My father-in-law (FIL) and I were hard core smokers, it was a 'hobby' we shared together. FIL used to joke that when he dies he will need a carton of cigarettes, a box of matches and an ashtray in his coffin. He tried to quit several times, but living with him for 20-30 days after cessation, people started buying him cigarettes. FIL's doctor did periodically have a lung x-ray done and he looked fine.
Everyone tends to look at smoking as a light switch event, you are smoking along just fine and when things go wrong you are dead. One fine fall day I was down at his house helping him paint his 3 story Victorian. He could get up and down the ladders better than I could, he was in really good shape for his age. The next morning my mother-in-law (MIL) called to say that FIL was driving her nuts, he was laying in bed and refused to get up and wouldn't talk to her. We placed a 911 for MIL. Massive stroke, took out the entire left side of his body. He couldn't talk, walk, comprehend or control other body functions. In a miracle, after only a couple of weeks some cognition had returned along with some speech. Then he had a second stroke and it took away all the gains. We did our best to make his last 8 years as rewarding as we could for him. He regained a lot of cognition but never regained speech or the ability to walk. We had to have anti-depression meds and anti-anger meds given to him for the first three years before he started to come to grips with his condition.
His stroke was caused by a totally blocked Carotid artery, solely the result of smoking. He was never able to leave a long term care facility for more than the day trips we took him on. He had to have his food ground up because the stroke impaired his swallowing and led to many bouts aspirated pneumonia. He had a lot of frustration because he couldn't talk and couldn't use a spelling board. He needed help to get dressed. Missing one entire side made his wheelchair want to only go in circles. In another cruel twist, after the stroke stopped him from smoking, he became quite healthy. Call a long term care facility and see what it will cost your surviving family to maintain you. It was a horrific financial burden to go along with the horrific emotional burden.
Bob, look at your 5 year note, but reflect on the quality of what those five years could be like.
Miscellaneous rambling about the 5 year reminder that you are using as an incentive... My father-in-law (FIL) and I were hard core smokers, it was a 'hobby' we shared together. FIL used to joke that when he dies he will need a carton of cigarettes, a box of matches and an ashtray in his coffin. He tried to quit several times, but living with him for 20-30 days after cessation, people started buying him cigarettes. FIL's doctor did periodically have a lung x-ray done and he looked fine.
Everyone tends to look at smoking as a light switch event, you are smoking along just fine and when things go wrong you are dead. One fine fall day I was down at his house helping him paint his 3 story Victorian. He could get up and down the ladders better than I could, he was in really good shape for his age. The next morning my mother-in-law (MIL) called to say that FIL was driving her nuts, he was laying in bed and refused to get up and wouldn't talk to her. We placed a 911 for MIL. Massive stroke, took out the entire left side of his body. He couldn't talk, walk, comprehend or control other body functions. In a miracle, after only a couple of weeks some cognition had returned along with some speech. Then he had a second stroke and it took away all the gains. We did our best to make his last 8 years as rewarding as we could for him. He regained a lot of cognition but never regained speech or the ability to walk. We had to have anti-depression meds and anti-anger meds given to him for the first three years before he started to come to grips with his condition.
His stroke was caused by a totally blocked Carotid artery, solely the result of smoking. He was never able to leave a long term care facility for more than the day trips we took him on. He had to have his food ground up because the stroke impaired his swallowing and led to many bouts aspirated pneumonia. He had a lot of frustration because he couldn't talk and couldn't use a spelling board. He needed help to get dressed. Missing one entire side made his wheelchair want to only go in circles. In another cruel twist, after the stroke stopped him from smoking, he became quite healthy. Call a long term care facility and see what it will cost your surviving family to maintain you. It was a horrific financial burden to go along with the horrific emotional burden.
Bob, look at your 5 year note, but reflect on the quality of what those five years could be like.
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