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Some Days ya just need to hear a pointless Head-Banger tune😆

Nope! Not Today ... There's enough smoke already thanks to the wild fires burning in Northern Ontario 😞 This is what we're breathing yesterday & today 😷 When you look outside,it looks apocalyptic!

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Nice one @notsmokinjo 👍

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Nope! NEVER AGAIN

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Nope!

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NOPE for me today!

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@Cbdave; the last time I had a CT Scan with that tracer stuff I had a terrible alergic reaction to it, which is weird as I've had it before and no reaction. As well, I'm not alergic to anthing else I've ever come in contact with but that one time I got a horrible itchy rash that lasted for awhile. I was told later there's something they can give you if you are alergic to that stuff so if I ever have to have it again, I'll have to go the route.

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I can understand how you got drawn into thinking using the pouch would be the answer to quitting. That's the way they market those nicotine pouches here in Canada anyway. They show a fit, active young man who's telling everyone he's tried to quit many times before and now that he's using the pouches he's finally quit!! Ah ....NO! He's just switched nicotine delivery methods and possibly upped the amount of nicotine he's putting into his body every day. The marketing of this things is so deceiving 😡 You're doing the right thing in getting rid of nicotine from your body & brain altogether. We're here to support you in your battle for freedom!!

The most stressful thing about the PET Scan today was finding the parking garage and the proper entrace door at the hospital that was one I'd never been to. The scan itself was no big deal other than the fact it took about an hour & a half. For those who have never had a Pet Scan, the scan itself is pretty much the same as a standard CT Scan with tracer, doesn't take more than 10-15 mins or so. It's the prep work for the PET Scan that takes a full hour or so before you go into the scanner. When I first got there they took me to a small cubicle and sat me down in a cushy recliner; like one you might have in your living room. It has a side table on either side and you lay your arm out on that table for them to insert an IV into your arm. The IV drips a small bag of FDG (Fluorodeoxyglucose), which is a safe, mildly radioactive form of glucose (sugar) into your vein. That only took about 5-10 mins. After that they tell you they're going to close the curtain and leave you there for 1 hour and you need to lay back in the recliner and don't move at all for the hour, not even your arms or legs or any body part. Your not allowed to take anything in there with you. No tablet, phone or even a book to read. You just have to remain completely still for 1 hour. This is to allow the stuff they shot into you time to move into ever cell withing your body. Apparently any movement impacts that process negatively. I had never sat completely still for an hour of course and let me tell you - it's really hard to do! 1 hour seems like several in that situation. After the hour is over they take you into a room where the scanner is and run you in & out of the scanner a few times and then, you're done and free to leave. The idea of the FDG mixture they put into your body is that cancetrous cells absorb sucrose (sugar) like crazy and the radioactive stuff in the mixture will make any cancerous areas light up on the scans they take. So that's that - done now. Now I simply wait to get the results of the scan back sometime later next week to see if any nodules in my lungs lit up on my scan. To @Cbdave This tracer stuff is different from the tracer stuff they sometimes give you for a regular CT Scan. I've had that stuff too and yes, it makes you suddenly feel warm, like you peed yourself (😄). This stuff they gave me for the PET Scan didn't do that.

Good for you @Sportsfan66! I've seen a nicotine pouch product advertised here in Canada recently. It's called Zonnic. You may have been using a different product as you;re in the USA. Wishing you all the best in beating your need for a nicotine fix. Stick around here for support as well as all the great info about getting clean. Nope for me today & always!

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