Well I guess I'm not dying yet

Last Monday I had a complete physical done, part fo which was an Xray of my chest. The Dr found something on my lungs. So I had to wait until yesterday, to have a CT scan to see what was up with me.

I only told a few close people here because I didn't want pitty or people being nice to me just because of it. But I just got a phone call saying that they did find scaring on my lungs, but it was from when I was a little kid and had pneumonia.

And I have a "high sturnum". So that was why the Xray looked so bad. But the CTscan shows I'm not dying, but I do need to quit smoking soon.

Anyway, since I'm here every day and I've been a part of this place for quite a while, I figured I owed you all at least a heads up on what was going on with me.

-Allen / gore

Your lucky Gore...

My friend\co-worker got sick last November,

Jan they gave him 6mos to live 9 with chemo...

He is doing an alternative Intravenous vitamin C therapy....."what can it do...kill me" he says

5 months in...he looks better then he ever did....

Maybe it is the kick in the pants you need to quit....

MLF

I also agree, QUIT!

It's not all that hard. I quit on haloween last year. I'm a little over 6 months quit.

The first two weeks are hell... but find something else to do when you want to smoke.

The best way I found to do it was using the patch and exercise. If you're out of shape and want to smoke... exercise will having you breathing so hard you won't want the smoke!

I still get cravings for smokes. However, at work I'll go for a brisk walk around the block and at home I'll jog/run 2 miles. Takes the cravings right away.

The only time I want them now is when I'm drinking. So, I cut back the alcohol to almost none.

Glad to hear you're doing alright, you bastard ;-)
Take care of yourself!

I've been trying to.... I also realised I've been working out a lot when I haven't smoked. A lot of weight lifting and crunches. I'd go jogging but my ankle, knee, and ribs prevent that, so I walk.

I quit smoking in August last year... first three weeks were absolutely horrible... 9 months later, I still have cravings from time to time, but it gets better every day. I think I'm "making up" for it by drinking more, though :D

Lol Neg you're funny.

I'm drinking a tall boy Mountain Dew AMP right now. I was excited as hell to see it. And the place I went to has Hennessy XO :)

One thing I have noticed:

My Dr switched me from Vicodin ES to Norco. Now, they are the same things (Acetaminophen + Hydrocodone) ewxcept Norco has 10 MGs of Hydrocodone, where Vicodin ES has 7.5 with a lot less Tylenol in it (Better for my liver) but I noticed I haven't been smoking as much since starting it a few weeks ago.

I've been working out a lot and playing a lot of bass. The other day I woke up and started playing Anesthesia.... Dumb idea, my arms needed ice half way through lol.

NP: Alice Cooper - Schools out ;)

I stopped many times before I finally quit. I had been smoking for over 20 years. It got so bad that I was coughing up new life-forms and it became hard to breathe. I could never get enough air, especially in the mornings or late at night. I would even wake up at night and couldn't breathe period! At that point I realized I was running out of air-sacs and the life clock was ticking. It was hard to quit and like most everyone has indicated, the first few weeks are tough. I won't prescribe any special stop smoking procedure that's magic, because it didn't come without a lot of effort and withdrawls. Switching to smokeless tobacco made it even worse, I ended up doing both.

Although my lungs are clear now after 13 years, I have permanently lost some lung capacity. So seriously you will need to quit before the damage is sustained.

cheers

Yea it isn't easy. My Dr said he would perscribe something to help me out though. Hopefully that works.

Howdy.

Gore it's good to hear that things are all clear. And the quit smoking thing was pretty difficult for me, with all the stress and lack of sleep, i did quit for a while, but i slipped back when travis came early, i was really stressed to the max.
Now i've pretty much quit again, but it's really really hard as the urge to nip outside and have a quick smoke is always there..

Anyhow good luck, just find something to do when you get the urges ;)

kris.!

Gore, im glad your not dead and Im glad you realize you need to quit smoking. Now I could lecture you but your a big boy you dont need it lol. Just go see an indie movie called Thank You For Smoking.

I don't know enough about it (I can do a bit of research if you like), but acupuncture may be able to help you quit smoking.

Glad to hear you are alright ..... :)

Go to the gym, do some cardio and play with dunmbells and barbells ... and you will be alright .... ;)

Cheers

Glad to hear the good news ol' gorey boy, I rather like having you alive around here.

So every time you get a craving, just kick a kitten.

Good to hear, big guy. I quit smoking awhile back but had to restart when both my boys came home with "F's", multiple "F's". I know "excuses, excuses.

I'm going to finish this pack and then that's it. It's a simple question of mind over matter. I don't mind, so it doesn't matter.

Gotta run.

peace

Thanks Korp :)

Wow you have kids??? Man you'd be a cool Dad. "Dad, take me to the Misfits" "OK Son"... Wow. Lol.

Thanks again to everyone for the support, and the ideas on how to quit. I think I'm going to go the excersize route. I need it anyway. I've been working out dailey for the past week or so and I have noticed a change. Not onyl are my pants falling off and I need a belt, but my arms look good!

Thats kick ass news gore. I am sure you cranked up some punk and thrashed in some happy jig. But dude. Put that ****ing cigarette down man. Enjoy one once in a while but it's just a damn cigarette. Think if it like a linux problem. You are setting there man and you can't get some source to compile because of some setting in a file and you don't give up man you keep on looking for that ****er becuase you are not letting it beat you. :D

I just finished watching something on TV for the travel channel all about Dublin. I think most people here know my blood lines, German, Irish, Scottish, but smoething I justs aw made me want to fly to the other home:

they have this dude at the Guinness building who, when you come up to him, gives you a free pint!!

I need to go home. (Germany and Ireland and Scottland) Germany has the Warsteiner plant where you get free beer just for coming too.

OMG it's back on and they are in another pub! BBL!


EDIT:

OK I'm back, she ended the tour of Dublin and now she's in france so I walked away.


EDIT#2:

Lol yea I was playing some hard bass lines. I woke up the other day already sore from working out and thought, like na idiot, hey I'll play Anesthesia, I just woke up and haven't stretched, what a good idea!.... Half way trhough I needed ice.

And I was playing Doors and Janis Joplin too.

Remember, just because it's not a cigar(ette) does not mean you don't have to quit it. If it burns & is inhalable, you should probably stop those too. ;)

I don't smoke anything else....

My plane lands at Heathrow on September 25. I'll drink a pint for you gore. Speaking of free stuff, you can travel through Scotland and hit all the small single malt scotch distillaries in the lowlands and get free scotch. Then head up to the highlands and hit each one over a couple of days and taste (for free) all the goodness of Scotland. And remember. "If it's not made in Scotland, it's crap."

Gore - best of luck in quitting man. I have not smoked a day in my life, but both of my parents and my father-in-law have and still do - and I know it's tough to quit when two war vets try to quit and go back to it! Me - I'm trying to quit caffeine and Sharpie markers.

You have already proven to have the testicular fortitude to own up and make a change, now - it's just the follow-through.

To help you - a quote:

"I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work."
--Thomas Edison

Thanks lol.

And that quote is a good one, He grew up in the same neighborhood I did :)

Port Huron's only star lol. They have a big sign here. It says "Boyhood home of Thomas Edison" on it when you enter where I grew up which is down the road from where I am now :)

Gore do you realize how much money you will save when you quit? you can spend it on other things like Vicodin ;) lol im joking! but seriously you will save alot of money not to mention your health.

Yes I know :)

I've been toying with different brands right now. I smoke Marlboro Reds in a box. But I've been switching to lights, then feeling like my testicles fell off, so I switched to Camel Wides which work good. I'm not smoking every 50 minutes or so now.

After reading this, I've got to say I'm pretty glad I didn't ever start. Two tries my whole life and those were before I was 12 years old. I think the biggest anti-smoking campaign I ever was subjected to was flying trans-atlantic flights from Paris/London to New York on Saudia Airlines. My dad, being an accountant for the airlines, would get tickets anywhere they flew for a stupidly low price (like 90% off) with the only stipulation being standby. Let me tell you how bad it is to sit on a plane for upwards of 13 hours and every arab on-board is lighting up the pipes, cigarettes, you name it.

...

It really truly sucks. We'd buy a pair of clothes to wear on and had another pair of clothes plastic-wrapped so that when we'd land, we'd go change and literally throw the other clothes away. It'd be 3 days later and we're still smelling like @$$...

For those who've quit or are trying to quit, hats off to you. Your body and everyone around you will thank you. I'm definitely glad that Florida has the law of "no smoking" in every public place outside of bonafide bars.