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Congrats, Grund! We have been waiting for you! Reaching the one year milestone is fantastic...celebrate and KTQ! ?

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Changing my behaviors as to when and where I smoked was key for me!!! Understanding "one day at a time" is what keeps me on this journey.....love this video! ?

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Hi Niecie! Welcome aboard....from a fellow QSMB refugee! ?

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I finally quit for health reasons... Cardio-vascular and Pulmonary! Feb 2017 - I was in the middle of having a stroke while at work, a co-worker saw I wasn't myself and got me to the ER where it was made official, "you had a stroke." I made the hospital staff aware that I was a smoker of over 40+ yrs and would need the patch. They complied and although it was a tough week of dealing with the craves and the triggers, I got through it. My left carotid artery was 70% stenosis (clogged!) so I received a stent. This was 1st time ever in a hospital for me! Sep 2017, I saw a pulmonologist. It was determined that I had early stage COPD/Emphysema. Luckily, I had asked my primary Dr. for chest x-rays the previous 2 years so there was something for pulmonologist to compare against. Was told if you quit smoking now, you should be fine...just have a yearly low-dose ct scan for next 10 yrs. Apr 2018, I was having a cardiac cath procedure on the advice of my cardiologist after an abnormal ecg. It was determined that I would need a bypass operation, at least a triple maybe even a quadruple ! It wound up being a triple (CABGx3). This was due to 3 of my coronary arteries being clogged up...part family history and part due to smoking!! I was so thankful that I had quit smoking the year before.....I think it made all the difference in getting through the surgery and in my recovery. I am now a member of the zipper club....Let me tell you there is nothing like being told you are going to have your sternum sawed through and that you will be on a pump for awhile....while your heart is being man-handled (in my case, woman-handled because the head of cardio-thoracic surgery at the hospital is a woman and she did my op)! Note: She and her team were fantastic! Drs. gave me nickname "RockStar"! I was always relatively "healthy", active and in-shape...never had to use a sick day in aImost 30 years at my last job!! Don't know how i managed that by smoking at least a pack a day for over 40 years and it wasn't until late 2016 that I developed that "cough". It just wouldn't go away, I was in denial and then disaster struck in early 2017 and things started snowballing....ugh!! So far, I have been very lucky and I hope my luck holds as there are a lot more things I would like to accomplish in my life. If my experience helps even just one person to hold onto their quit so they don't have to go through what I have been through, I would consider it the best accomplishment ever!!! ?

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Hi Christa326 and welcome to the QTrain! I am also a QSMB refugee and freaked out a bit when it disappeared until I found my way here. One nope day at a time! ?

Master of Camouflage

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keep everything simple

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