Dianne:

You can do it!!!!! If you have your mind made up to quit then you will. It sure isnt an easy thing to do especially if you are surrounded by smokers. Its a matter of changing your whole routine.

I was a smoker too and quit last year cold turkey. I figured that its either going to be the cigarettes or me and Im not ready to die yet. I wasnt able to quit immediately when I was first diagnosed in June, but I did quit about a month after. It took me a while to get over the initial shock of having cancer to be able to think clearly about quitting. I will never smoke again, my children do not smoke but all my work friends do.

Have faith, you can do this smile


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile