LiquidSky
02-10-10, 16:39
Just thought I'd mention this, and really only smokers with HA will know where I'm coming from.
I've spent months, maybe years, worrying I've got all the illnesses under the sun, I've scared myself stupid with Dr Google's diagnosis (he even told me I was pregnant once, which is pretty amazing, as I'm a guy).
I've been put on countless drugs, had the most ridiculous side effects, had x-rays, CT scans, MRIs MRAs, blood tests, ECGs, I've been scared stiff of every single new drug that I've been prescribed and sat there staring at the bottle or packet for a few days before trying one, usually cutting it into quarters and taking a quarter of the dose at first to see how it affects me, then inventing symptoms inside me and getting scared of them and so the cycle continues. But one thing through all this, that I didn't even worry about in any way, was the fact I smoke, now you try googling smoking, and it can reportedly pretty much cause any illness under the sun, yet, I smoke, why the heck was I not worried about that, enough to stop? If I read on a prescription drug, may cause irregular heart beats, I wouldn't take them, yet I still smoke.
This realisation, led me back to the GPs to ask advice on quitting smoking, with quite a surreal outcome for me. The GP, would not prescribe any form of nicotine replacement therapy for me, as he didn't feel I was ready to quit, and I was sat there trying desperately to convince him I am ready and that it's not good for me, to which he replied that another 8 months or a year of smoking isn't going to harm you any more than you already have. Needless to say, I walked out of there, half laughing, half dreamy and half in disbelief.
So, to cut a long story long, I am going to attempt cold turkey on these stupid little sticks within the next two weeks and see how I go.
Wish me luck on this :)
I've spent months, maybe years, worrying I've got all the illnesses under the sun, I've scared myself stupid with Dr Google's diagnosis (he even told me I was pregnant once, which is pretty amazing, as I'm a guy).
I've been put on countless drugs, had the most ridiculous side effects, had x-rays, CT scans, MRIs MRAs, blood tests, ECGs, I've been scared stiff of every single new drug that I've been prescribed and sat there staring at the bottle or packet for a few days before trying one, usually cutting it into quarters and taking a quarter of the dose at first to see how it affects me, then inventing symptoms inside me and getting scared of them and so the cycle continues. But one thing through all this, that I didn't even worry about in any way, was the fact I smoke, now you try googling smoking, and it can reportedly pretty much cause any illness under the sun, yet, I smoke, why the heck was I not worried about that, enough to stop? If I read on a prescription drug, may cause irregular heart beats, I wouldn't take them, yet I still smoke.
This realisation, led me back to the GPs to ask advice on quitting smoking, with quite a surreal outcome for me. The GP, would not prescribe any form of nicotine replacement therapy for me, as he didn't feel I was ready to quit, and I was sat there trying desperately to convince him I am ready and that it's not good for me, to which he replied that another 8 months or a year of smoking isn't going to harm you any more than you already have. Needless to say, I walked out of there, half laughing, half dreamy and half in disbelief.
So, to cut a long story long, I am going to attempt cold turkey on these stupid little sticks within the next two weeks and see how I go.
Wish me luck on this :)