Greetings :)

[Jenny]

My name is Jenny and I am a 46 year old wife and mother of 2 girls.  I've been quit for 1 year & 10 Months.  Most of my family smoked when I was growing up but I was the last holdout when it came to quitting.  I didn't think I could because I always heard how hard it is. I have a stent, I've had a Pulmonary Embolism, and yearly bouts with pneumonia.  I also have lupus so smoking on top of that was twice as insane.  I finally decided enough was enough and with the help of chantix I quit. There were some days that were difficult, but not impossible.  Attitude is everything.  If you are thinking about quitting or are newly quit I encourage you to forget about everything anyone has told you regarding how hard it is.  If it were really that hard, I would not have done it.   I'm here now to pay it forward.  I want to help others as I was helped to quit this nasty addiction and live my life with the freedom of not having to smoke every 20 minutes in order to feel good.

 

Welcome to the board.  I hope you stay a while.

[MarylandQuitter]

Awesome post from an awesome person.  Inner strength is not something that you lack, my friend. :)

[andrew66]

it is so very easy to forget as time goes by why we all came to the best desition in our lives ( to STOP smoking ), as each month passes our  reasons we decided to stop grow fainter, smaller and more and more distant.

we have to remember why we chose to be where we are today , me personally was because of seeing friends and family  getting cancer and fading away out of my life and me thinking that not going to be me .

if we keep our reasons we stopped smoking very close to ourselves, on a daily basis, just as strong as the day we decided to stop then we will have a better chance of keeping our quit and at the same time making it just as strong as the day before.

[Doreensfree]

Hi and welcome Jenny,glad you are here......

You have a great quit going....

Doreen x

[El Bandito]

Jenny. I had not read that before. 

 

Stunning.

 

An amazing endorsement for starting afresh. 

 

Thank you for sharing. If its OK with you, I will stay awhile.

[action]

I did not know some of these things about you. Remarkable.

[Markus]

Yea what Ross said! Do you find that smoking has improved the symptoms or frequency and severity of the lupus? 

 

Glad to see you. All this time I thought you lived in the ocean...wow! :)

[Jenny]

Yea what Ross said! Do you find that smoking has improved the symptoms or frequency and severity of the lupus? 

 

Glad to see you. All this time I thought you lived in the ocean...wow! :)

I feel safer as a fish! 

 

I have not had pneumonia since I quit.  :)  I stopped wheezing also.  I've not had any major flare ups since I quit and I am certain not smoking is at least partly responsible.

[Frezflops]

:)

[SueBeDoo]

Jesus you've been through the ringer ya poor pet but great to see your health improving since quitting,

That lupus is a nasty buggar, great to learn ya ;)

[Pippa]

Hey Jenny - thanks for sharing- and also so glad you are feeling better - the reasons for quitting smoking just keep on bombing :-)

[Tink]

so lovely to see you jenny you were looking a little blue around the gills ;)

[baffled]

Hey Jenny.   I never knew all that.   Glad you're here.  Hey, do you guys get shirts that say "staff" on the back.  That would be cool!

[sherry]

Hi Jenni, thank you for sharing this with us...

 

...and yes thank you, I think I will "sit a spell" :)

[REZ]

Hi Jenny, glad you got promoted! 

[babs609]

Jenny rocks!

[Betsy]

Hi Jenny! So glad to see you! :)

[Holski]

Man, Dor, I had no idea!

You are a trooper!!

(((Jenny)))

Sooo glad to see your smiling face!!

:D

[Devil Doll]

Hi Jenny! :D

[Petra]

Hey Jenny.   I never knew all that.   Glad you're here.  Hey, do you guys get shirts that say "staff" on the back.  That would be cool!

LOL :)

[Petra]

Jenny - a most lovely fish and an even more gorgeous real person!!!  :)  Love you! :)

[Lynn]

"you have come a long way- baby"  Great job Jenny.  Sounds like you have made so many positive changes.  When I smoked, I got pneumonia yearly also.  It was horrible.  I have not got it since either.  Life is so much better as a non-smoker.