I guess health does improve after 10 months.

[JB 883]

I remember the initial quit. Come time to smoke, it was like someone was punching my ribs and saying, "Cancer time!"

I felt sleepy all the time for a week or two. I never got much irritated though. I guess it is hard to get mad when you are in a daze. I felt stoned.

There was some depression but it wasn't unbearable.

 

So about 6 weeks after quitting, i was at the doctor and my blood pressure was like 145 over 90.

Even at about three months, my BP was always between 140 - 150 over 80 - 90.

I thought it was suppose to return to normal after two days of not smoking?

But anyways, I didn't have it checked for months, but have been to the doctor for unrelated things a few times in the past couple months.

And, my BP is typically 125 over 80. Yeah i am sure some medical chart says I will drop over dead of a heart attack but in past decades, this pressure was normal or borderline, but definitely better than 140 to 150.

 

It is suppose to take a few days for breathing to return to normal and for smoker's cough to stop. Mine actually stopped pretty much overnight.

When i go to the doctor, they say my lungs sound perfect.

 

Sometimes I would cough up really gross stuff but it wasn't a whole lot. It wasn't like that scene in Poltergeist 2 where he pukes up that demon.

 

Smell and taste returned to normal in probably three or four days. I was obsessed with food for a few weeks but that toned down.

 

Today i often still do think about smoking, often wanting one, but it is not a strong crave.

 

I exercise a lot (physical job) but my diet is sad. Even so, my BP numbers lowered by 20 top and 10 bottom. I haven't done anything else different, just not smoking.

So yeah, I suppose quitting is kind of healthy.

 

 

[NOPEster]

Keep the quit Jet Black. Sounds like it’s doing great things for you. Just read your profile and got a good laugh about how you notice people are asses now. Too funny!

[Giveintowin]

Glad you BP went back to normal. We all have our own timeline. Not everyone’s BP and other things work like the recovery timeline says. 

 

Congrats fir for sticking it through.

[Sirius]

I found the "recovery" to be full of subtleties.  I could breath a bit easier so I might walk a little further.

More exercise could mean deeper sleep.  Mixed in with all this was the usual good days and bad days 

that mask any semblance of progress.

 

Its only when I looked back that I realize, yeah, it does get better.

 

Way to go Jetblack.