#19649 02-14-2006 04:33 PM | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 | Thanks everyone. This is day 14 and still living as a non-practicing smoker. I can't help but think of lenny's post and the aftermath of his quitting. Freaky, scary stuff. My appointment is tomorrow. Eileen, smokes here are about $9.70 a pack. I already up almost $150!
Fingers crossed for me tomorrow. I have already learned so much from reading posts on these forums that I feel much better off than I was before, regardless of what tomorrow brings. | | |
#19650 02-15-2006 07:21 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Yikes, That's $3540.50 a year for a one pack a day smoker. That will buy a nice vacation. Keep up the good work.
Fingers and toes are all crossed for tomorrow.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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#19651 02-21-2006 07:10 AM | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 4 | Update. I went to the ENT guy last week and he didn't seem concerned. He cut a chunk out of my cheek and I have to go back Thursday to review the results. I now have this hole in the side of my mouth, a hole about the size of a molar. Anyway, he said that 90% it's nothing serious. That made me feel so much better but now I find the closer I get to the appt the more nervous I become. That's it. Oh, and this is day 21 not smoking. | | |
#19652 02-21-2006 04:21 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 | Melinda, three weeks not smoking is FANTASTIC! You must be over the worst part now. I am very, very proud of you. Knowing what I know now, I want to stop and lecture every person I see light up. Of course I don't, but when someone is smart and brave enough to quit, as you are, I am really, really happy for you! Good going!! | | |
#19653 02-21-2006 08:47 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 306 | Sweet Melinda, CONGRATULATIONS!! 21 days without tar and nicotine is truly outstanding. I commend you!! You've got the physical part handled. Now to get past all the social and habitual rituals... That was hard for me. So many reminders of smoking. I had been without smokes for ten years when I had occasion to eat a piece of coconut cream pie - a desert I hadn't been near for 20 years (my wife is allergic). The first delightful bite INSTANTLY made me want a smoke. I couldn't believe it! Funny how that association/memory stuck with me all those years.
My hat is off in admiration of you quitting. Well done indeed! Be strong. Tom
SCC BOT, mets to neck, T4.
From 3/03: 10wks daily multi-drug chemo,
Then daily chemo with twice daily IMRT for 12 weeks - week on, week off. No surgery. New lung primary 12/07. Searching out tx options.
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