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Chill days are the best days! :D And the egg hunt sounds like fun! We never used to do those growing up - I'm going to have to organize one for adults, I think. I missed out. Have a fantastic weekend Doreen!

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Some Spring cleaning/organizing, a little bit of work, hanging with Mr. P and then we have Easter dinner with some close friends. Also, I plan to eat all the ears from all the chocolate bunnies I encounter. :o What are your plans?

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Oh geez! I hadn't realized you could have more than four! Wow! All that surgery - that's pretty rough! I can't even imagine.

WOW! You never realize how they all add up while you're smoking! Awesome job Boo!! :yahoo:

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While stuffing my face with tangerine after tangerine, and cursing out my Hell Week, I lurked here. And read. Post after post. Topic after topic. And it kept me sane. And it kept me from putting things in my mouth and setting them on fire. And it showed me that quitting was possible. That life after smoking could be really, really good. And that gave me hope, motivated me and kept me going, hour after hour. And so, about two and a half weeks into my quit, I jumped aboard. And, aside from my initial decision to quit, joining this forum is the best decision I've made. No one can do this for you - you have to want it for yourself - but they can sure make that journey better and so much easier. Quitting doesn't seem so frightening to me anymore. I'm actually enjoying it. Though I have people who support me offline, it's not quite the same. Here, you'll always be supported, and understood and welcomed by a great community of people who really know exactly what you're going through, or have been through or will go through. I haven't been here long, and yet, I feel I'm right where I should be. (And I really, really like you guys. :wub: ) So, you're now stuck with me! I pledge at least a year. I'm here to be supported, and to offer my support wherever it's needed. Let's do this thing! :)

...today at my dentist appointment, I learned that I'm growing NEW teeth instead. FML. (Posting this here, figured it fit as I consider taking care of my teeth part of healthy living, and growing new teeth isn't really directly tied to quitting smoking ;0 ) I went in for a small cavity, and mentioned that my back teeth felt a bit odd now and then lately. Not painful, just...odd. An exam and a few x-rays later, and yes, at the lovely age of 43, more than 20 years after having my upper wisdom teeth removed, my lower wisdom teeth are finally growing in! One's already broken through the gums. I'm teething guys!! :blink: And they're growing in such a way as to need removal sooner rather than later. So, I have some appointments with a specialist coming up and sometime in the next few weeks, dental surgery. I'm glad I don't smoke anymore - I'm sure it will be so much easier to heal from this and I won't have to worry about dry socket as much. Whew. Still not looking forward to this though. Ugh. And it's kind of funny that wisdom teeth are book-ending my smoking "career". I had the first set removed just before I started smoking. And I will have this set removed just after I stopped. Huh. :crazy:

^^^So much this. I didn't realize that my normal, wasn't actually normal. It was "smoker's normal". Real normal (normal, normal LOL) feels so much better. There is actually a real, noticeable difference.

Oh yeah! That. I felt like my head was going to just float away... LOL I found that it was super intense the first week, and since then, it happens a bit now and again, but it's not that noticeable really. The first week, I also got really forgetful, clumsy and....well, there's no other way to say this...stupid! My brain was on holiday. I would be having a conversation with someone, and totally lose my train of thought half way though the sentence. And I would not be able to find it again. I couldn't reason my way out of a paper bag. :lol: Do you still get the lightheaded feeling once in a while, or is it mostly gone by now?

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And that's what it's about in the end. Just you. But, that you're able to see it for what it is and learn from others and pass on the knowledge, it helps all around. It helps you, and gives courage and inspiration to those around you who are ready too, but may not know how exactly to do it. It's why this type of forum works so well. I agree - you need to be ready and your reasons for quitting need to really matter to you as well, I think. If they matter enough, and you want it badly enough, you'll tolerate whatever you have to go through in order to get what you want. If you're half-a$$ing it, well, you'll probably relapse. I've had that before too. I've said I'm quitting, but deep down, I wanted to both quit and smoke and I knew I would fail. This time, I was sure and I had my "why" - my reason for wanting this quit. I use that same idea to get through brutal workouts sometimes - if I have my "why" for getting in shape, I can tolerate any "how". Because it's worth it to me. And I try to frame quitting smoking in the same way. What's my "why"? Why does it matter to me? How much does it matter?

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