4 Wisdom teeth pulled, can't smoke...Help!

[dogodisney]

I quite 5 weeks ago. It's still pretty hard. I think all the physical cravings are gone but the mental part is harder!

There are 2 or 3 threads on here that I've been posting on ......do a search on this board for "quit smoking" or some variation and you'll find them. It's so helpful to have others to commiserate with!

Congratulations! You are right, the mental part is the hardest but it will get easier. The cravings will get farther and fewer between and when they happen they will pass very quickly.

May all of you be successful EX smokers.

 

[Disneydreamer5]

Good morning to all my support disers.
It is day 5 of being smoke free. Yesterday was very hard as tensions were very high around the house with DH and I both trying to fight this demon.
I am working today so that makes it a little easier cause the only time I normally smoke at work is lunchtime so that will be one more thing I have to get through. I already have enjoyed plenty of coffee without a smoke, relaxed after dinner without a smoke, drove to work, you guest it without a smoke and the list keeps growing.
I wish those of you that are still trying to quit are able too, I congradulate those of you who have, I am sorry to those of you who had love one's not quit and left you. I too have my children who are always asking us to stop, all I can tell you is that we don't smoke to hurt anyone, it is an addiction and its a very hard one to fight. Please know your love ones loved you and didn't want to leave you. Its just so hard to stop. Unless you have smoked you can't understand how hard it really is. Even now I stopped out of fear of the pain of a dry socket, not for my kids or my health. I did however choose to use this as a starting point to stop and not go back when the chances of getting dry sockets are gone.
I can see that this is going to be something I think about all the time and fight not to do all the time. I doubt the want ever really goes away completely.

Thank you all for you help and encouragement. It is so nice to come on here and read what everyone has to say and I look forward to reading it everyday now and I am feeling so proud of myself.
You are all right, with everyday it gets alittle easier and although I don't feel better from not smoking yet, as I have a sore throat from having the teeth pulled as they said I would and my gums are still sore, but I know my body is healing itself as I write these words.
GO ME, I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Laurabearz]

 

[Nie0214]

Aside from improving your health.. just think of the money you'll save!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Be strong!! You CAN do it!!

I too am an ex-smoker. Dh and I quite together back in Feb 1996 as a belated wedding gift to each other. I had been smoking on & off since I was 11. Dh started in his teens. He's a welder and could smoke a lot all day at work w/ the guys. I couldn't smoke at my job so gradually weaned down to lunch and after dinner, maybe 5 per day down from 1 pack.
Back then the patch was by Rx only and our ins. wouldn't pay for it. Our dentist gave it to dh when he said he had been wanting to quit due to his bad cough from smoking and stained teeth. It was over $125 for a box of patches then. We figured it's still cheaper than buying a lifetime of cigs so we got them. I quit cold turkey and let dh have the patches since we thought he would crave so bad at work.

One day he realized he had forgotten to put a new patch on. He was almost done work that day when he noticed so he said to himself, "If I could go all day w/o the patch, then I could do it again tomorrow." So after just 11 days on the patch, he stopped the patches. Yay! Go baby!
I was so proud of him. He had been up to almost 2 packs per day and kicked it in the butt (lol!) in less than 2 weeks.

We both started chewing lots of gum for a while but eventually didn't need that either. We also drank a lot more coffee but cut back after a while to our old amount. Dh still won't drink a beer cuz he's afraid it will make him smoke again. He doesn't mind though.

We gave the leftover patches to my dad who we all desparately wanted to see him quit too. He smoked probably 3 packs/day and had the worst cough I ever heard after smoking almost his whole life.

Finally in 2004 (age 62) he had such a bad cold and just couldn't breathe to the point it scared him and he couldn't smoke and decided if there was ever a time to quit, here it is. He did the patch for soooo long and really held out and stayed strong. When my mom first called to say he quit I actually cried. I never thought I'd see the day. She had quit a couple times before, after having breast cancer, but both times my dad would not quit with her so she'd end up going back.
This time was different. They both did it together!

They repainted their house and figured out what they had been spending all those years on cigs. It was the same amount that 2 Caribbean cruises cost.
So they decided since they don't smoke, they'll go on 2 cruises per year to treat themselves.
My dad now has COPD (chronic bronchitis) so he's dealing with the long term effects of smoking. They both sooooo wish that they had quit earlier and he admits that looking back it was easier than he ever thought it would be. He had been so afraid to even try to quit; afraid to fail.

You have to really want to quit, that's true. You have to want to do it for yourself, not for anyone else but your kids will thank you. and their lungs will too.
They will say, "My mom is soo strong!" and maybe even cry happy tears like I did with my dad.
Just remember: If you can be smoke free for just one day, you know you can do it 1 more day. Before you know it, it's a month. and so on.

Hang it there!!!!! You can do it!!!!

 

[Mickeyherewecome123]

Congratulations!!!!!!! I am a smoker and I pray for the willpower to quit sometime in the near future. My 5 year old twins have been hounding me to quit. And I should quit for so many reason.
You are doing a great job!! Keep up the good work!

fran

 

[Disneydreamer5]

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I was actually sitting here at my desk crying thinking of how happy not smoking is making my children. They have been begging me for so long and I could just never do it.
Fran, please try to do it for your kids. I don't want to preach to anyone else cause I know how hard it is but we can do it together and support one another. Our kids are all worth it, aren't they?
Come on, I know you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PatsMom]

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I was actually sitting here at my desk crying thinking of how happy not smoking is making my children. They have been begging me for so long and I could just never do it.
Fran, please try to do it for your kids. I don't want to preach to anyone else cause I know how hard it is but we can do it together and support one another. Our kids are all worth it, aren't they?
Come on, I know you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad to hear you've made it this far! I'm sure your kids are so very happy about you and DH quitting! I know my DD was one of my big reasons for quitting - I want to be here to see her children.

 

[Bob P]

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I was actually sitting here at my desk crying thinking of how happy not smoking is making my children. They have been begging me for so long and I could just never do it.
Fran, please try to do it for your kids. I don't want to preach to anyone else cause I know how hard it is but we can do it together and support one another. Our kids are all worth it, aren't they?
Come on, I know you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is great! Keep it up!!!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. I was actually sitting here at my desk crying thinking of how happy not smoking is making my children. They have been begging me for so long and I could just never do it.
Fran, please try to do it for your kids. I don't want to preach to anyone else cause I know how hard it is but we can do it together and support one another. Our kids are all worth it, aren't they?
Come on, I know you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Esp. nowadays kids in school learn so much about the harmful effects and then to have to come home and see someone they love and need hurting themself is hard. Maybe not yet for the pp whose twins are only 5 but my ds's are 12 and 8.5 and they know we used to smoke and they're still so glad we don't anymore.


btw, I too had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled at once. I still smoked and got a dry socket and boy did that hurt.... I hope all is going well there.

Stay strong!!! One day you will look back on what you're feeling right now and it will be a distant memory.
Remember, you've already done 5 days. If you can do that, you can do 5 more right? Of course you are strong, sheesh, you had 5 kids!! That's stronger than me. I wimped out after just 2!
Hope your dh is doing well quitting too.

 

[deedeetoo]

I am so happy to hear that you are still not smoking. That is so great.

Keep it up. You can do it.

 

[krise]

AWE you can do it! This April will be 2yrs smoke free. I have to say I got 2 of my wisdom teeth pulled I was still smoking. Worse pay ever. Maybe worse then giving birth ha.

 

[cruisnfamily]

Thank you all for you help and encouragement. It is so nice to come on here and read what everyone has to say and I look forward to reading it everyday now and I am feeling so proud of myself.

Click on my quit smoking banner in my signature and get one of your own. It makes me so excited and happy every time I see it on one of my posts.

By the way, I had posted on the other thread about the nighttime waking. I was waking up perfectly alert several times per night after quitting. But I was able to quickly fall back to sleep. Well, exactly 4 weeks later, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back to sleep for over 2 hours. Since that night(it was a week ago) I'm not waking up in the middle of the night anymore. Well, just the normal occassional wake up but not the very alert side effect of quitting smoking waking up. So, bottom line, if any of you notice the waking up side effect, just wanted to let you know it lasted exactly 4 weeks for me.

 

[cruisnfamily]

I thought this stuff was really interesting:

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
* In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
* In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
* In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
* In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
* In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
* In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
* In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
* In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
* In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

 

[Laurabearz]

* In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.

In just a few weeks that's me!!!


My tip for the day...

Take several deep breaths when you start feening... it really helps

 

[Disneydreamer5]

Good morning everyone.
Today is a rough one. Not sure really why but the crave is a lot stronger then the past few days have been.
I have to work so that is a good thing as I can't smoke there anyway but just wondering is there is anything that I can do to ease the mental need?
I mean dur, ofcourse I don't need one, who needs to have their blood pressure raised and their heart rate slowed and their lungs clouded with smoke?
Ok I feel alittle better now. I am thinking I will have saved around $85 a week with DH and I not smoking and we could never afford a delux resort at Disney before but with putting this money away for the next say 6 months how much will we have saved and where can we stay. Remember though, there are 7 of us so we need 2 rooms. New focus! Thanks everyone for your support.
I am so proud of me and the kids are so happy. My son is asking me everyday, how you feeling mom? Still haven't smoked? Your pretty calm conpared to the last few times you stopped. Thats a good sign, don't ya think? Yes my son, I think it is!
p.s. I tried to add my not smoking banner on my profile and as you can see it didn't work. where do I put the code? I always add things and then I forget how I did it?

 

[Disneydreamer5]

Just wanted to see if my banner would work.

 

[dogodisney]

Good morning everyone.
Today is a rough one. Not sure really why but the crave is a lot stronger then the past few days have been.
I have to work so that is a good thing as I can't smoke there anyway but just wondering is there is anything that I can do to ease the mental need?
I mean dur, ofcourse I don't need one, who needs to have their blood pressure raised and their heart rate slowed and their lungs clouded with smoke?
Ok I feel alittle better now. I am thinking I will have saved around $85 a week with DH and I not smoking and we could never afford a delux resort at Disney before but with putting this money away for the next say 6 months how much will we have saved and where can we stay. Remember though, there are 7 of us so we need 2 rooms. New focus! Thanks everyone for your support.
I am so proud of me and the kids are so happy. My son is asking me everyday, how you feeling mom? Still haven't smoked? Your pretty calm conpared to the last few times you stopped. Thats a good sign, don't ya think? Yes my son, I think it is!
p.s. I tried to add my not smoking banner on my profile and as you can see it didn't work. where do I put the code? I always add things and then I forget how I did it?

Keep up the good work! The first time I tried to quit, day 10 was the killer for me. I thought I was going to explode. When I decided to quit this time I got a prescription for Wellbutrin (Zyban). It really helped me get over the mental addiction.

As far as your ticker, I think you may have used the wrong code. Did you use the BB code? That is the one you need for tickers. To check your banner you can do a preview before you save it. If the picture shows up in the preview window than you did it correctly. If you see just words than it was added incorrectly.

 

[Disneydreamer5]

I think I got it now!

 

[pepperderr]

I have never even tried smoking. I thank God I never got into that habit, especially since my DS has asthma and allergies. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I am proud of you for quitting. I don't know how hard it is since I am not in that situation. I still wanted to cheer you on! WTG!
I have been hooked on soda for quite a while now. The only times I have ever stopped soda and chocolate was when I was pregnant. You have inspired me to give it up again. If you are resisting that cravings to smoke, why shouldn't I fight the cravings that make me want chocolate and soda? It is funny how to me it was important enough to give up caffine when i was pregnant each time but when it is just for ME, I don't do it.

My grandfather died of cancer and he smoked. My aunt died of lung cancer and she never smoked. She was only in her 40s when she had it. My gram never smoked but she owned a bar and resturant with my grandfather and there was lots of second hand smoke every day. The doctors told her she has smokers lungs even thogh she never smoked.

You can do it! You might want to try some subliminal CD's too. They have them for quitting smoking (and weight loss and all kinds of stuff). I don't know if you have ever heard of that but they play music or ocean waves or something like that but underneath the wave sound is someone saying stuff that makes you stop the bad habit. It is not like hypnoisis where you have to pay attention and it makes you fall asleep. With subliminal CD's you just play them in the background while you do other thing. You can play them while you drive or eat or sleep or watch tv or whatever. I think they say it takes about 30 hours of hearing it to see a difference but not necessarily. Anyway, that is just a thought. You can buy them online. Just google subliminal CD's. They are anywhere from 10 dollars for a cheep one to 30 or 40 for a better one. I have used the weight loss and the stop procrastination and the self confidence ones. Let me tell you they WORK. Once you start to see a change, you don't have to listen to it quite as much but you still should listen to it once in a while to keep up the changes. I know when I listen for a few days I see a difference and when I stop I can see me going back to old habits too. I need to go order another weight loss one. That CD is the only thing (other than pregnancy) that has ever made it easy to walk by a chocolate bar and neve give it a second thought. You just change without even realizing it because it reprograms your thinking.

Keep up the good work. You can do it!

PEPPERDERR