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NOPE! I need my breath to play with the kids!!

I've been hearing a lot of advertisements in the past week or so to come get your flu shot. You can get the annual vaccine for free where I live; well, not free but paid for through higher taxes. Anyway, it dawned on me today that this will be the first full flu season that I haven't been a smoker.This certainly wasn't a trigger for me to smoke but it was a cause for celebration. With cold & flu season upon us now, if I do get sick I am pretty sure I won't be down and out for as long as I would be when I was smoking. The main thing I will not miss is standing outside, feeling like crap and smoking a cigarette just to feed the addiction. That really should have been the wake-up call for me so many years ago :(

I didn't experience those issues in particular so can't really add anything of value but quit related symptoms seem to be as varied as you can imagine but the good news is, they all seem to resolve themselves sooner or later. Any disruptions to your "normal" routine is temporary whereas the benefits from quitting will be permanent. I had some pretty annoying symptoms as well but most have resolved at this point.

That's a new one to me Pedro. I have never heard of such a symptom experienced due to quitting smoking but, who knows? There are so many weird symptoms that seem to come along for people after quitting but you never really know if they are related or just a coincidence. Fortunately, most quit related symptoms resolve themselves at some point so if it is related, hopefully, it will resolve at some point.

^^^ Really? Huh interesting.

Great job sticks!! OO

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Buckle up - time will tell :)

OK so the BIG series starts 2-nite!! I say L.A. in 6? And, that's based on virtually no knowledge of either team - lol.

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Wow! 4 Years is great. Congratulations Rez!!

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Nice. Bet you're glad you no longer smoke as you reach to top of those mountains :) By the way, is that concert still going on there?

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A double header today with two of our friends achieving their 4 year quit anniversary! That fabulous!! Congratulations to you Sazerac on being 4 years quit. Such an inspiration to others just starting out or the lurkers who have yet to make the jump. Hope you do something special on this day :)

Congrats on yet another annual anniversary ANA :) 4 years quit shows real commitment to achieving and maintaining your original goal!

Congratulations KT for getting to this very significant milestone! 1st month is pretty tough and you have made it through now so celebrate this milestone then carry on to even better things ahead of you!

Oh Boy Jayhawk. 3 months - 1/4 year smoke free is amazing and you only have even better days ahead. Congrats; great work! !

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