smitty
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12 Jul 2018
16 Jul 2018
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Hello susanm, we all have our reason for quitting, I too was facing majpr surgery and my doctor insisted that I quit, back in December of last year I developed flesh eating bacteria in my left leg, 4 years prior I had a joint replacement in my left knee and needed major surgery to save my leg, the knee joint that I got was taken out and for the next 16 weeks I was in the hospital on intervenious antibiotics to get the infection under control, my leg was saved but it left some awful scars,three month I went with no knee, as my surgery approached I made a decision that I had to quit smoking, I have been part of smoker helpline of a long time, but still manage to go back to smoking, this time when I quit I knew that I couldn't do it on my own, so I went to my family doctor and he put me in touch with a quit coach, she provided for me every thing that I needed to have a successful quit, they provided for me patches and spray to help me though the tough times, am now going on 3 months smoke free, and I still have my leg, by my first month, one day I realized it had been 2 weeks since I last used the patch or spray, I said all of that to say this, go to your doctor, patches, especially the first step are extremely expensiveyour quit coach can provide the patches and spray free of charge, that is awesome that you set a date to quit, now plan your quit, what are you going to do to remain smokefree once your quit date is apon you? Think about it, don't jump into it blindly, plan your quit, all the best
Last modified on 16 Jul 2018 15:53 by smitty