today is my second day without indulging in any cigars. Got to be honest though, I think the only reason is that I still feel a little queasey post epi on weds and don’t really feel like one at all at the mo. Trouble is, in a couple of days I will no doubt be feeling more like my old self again, and will no doubt enjoy a blue wkd or 3! When I drink I find it almost impossible not to smoke. Weak I know!! So, I won’t get too carried away just yet. Don’t think I’ve started without you or anything, just haven’t fely like one this past couple of days!
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well I’m officially off the wagon I’m afraid! I hadn’t smoked for well over a week and was really pleased with myself (although to be honest much of it was to do with the fact I felt rough post chemo!!). At the weekend I had a couple of my fav little cigars, but literally just a couple.
Been doin ok since, 'til I found out today that I’m HER2 +. This has totally knocked me for six and I am gutted. Needless to say, rightly or wrongly, I have turned to the dreaded nicotine! I know its not big or clever but I really needed a stress relieving smoke if you know what I mean?
Chemo day tomorrow so I’m not gonna beat myself up about it as I know I’ll prob be off them again for a while after tomorrow. Please don’t think too badly of me!
Hi Kelly I think you are doing just great, to try to stop smoking with all your problems at the moment…the one thing I see here is the fact that you WANT to give it up, so you are halfway there.
I do hope the chemo goes ok tomorrow, drop in tomorrow and let us all know how it went. Love Roz xx
chemo went ok yesterday. although we did have to play a very unfun game of ‘hunt the vein’ for a while! Still, thats epi No4 out the way now, hurrah!!
Only had 2 cigars yesterday and haven’t had one since. I’m soooo desperate not to fall off the wagon again as I want to be a non-smoker long before I have to start Herceptin.
What with the smoking ban looming ever closer, being a smoker is gonna be no fun at all! We’ll prob be housebound as OH smokes and hates going to pubs and not being able to puff away.
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well, following my ‘off the wagon’ incident the other day I am pleased to announce that I am now very much officially back on the wagon!!
My HER2+ diagnosis initially stressed me out so much that I felt I absolutely needed to smoke (weak I know!). Anyway, I’ve calmed down a lot since then (thank goodness!) and have started doing my research into Herceptin. I’ve discovered that as Herceptin can have an affect on your heart it is not really conducive with smoking. So, I am absolutely not going to be smoking again, no way no how. Its about 6 months 'til I start the Herceptin so I figured if I stopped immediately all the nasties should be well out of my system by then. So, I haven’t touched a cigar for 3 days now and I don’t intend to.
Please don’t think I’m being smug or cocky or anything. I don’t imagine I’m going to find it easy by any means. I just can not bear the thought of having herceptin for a while and then having to come off it as my poorly smokers heart can’t handle it. This is just the kick up the a*se I needed I think,
I wish you all well as the day Britain goes smoke free looms ever closer!,
Well done! You sound as if you have got your “fight” back again. Giving up smoking is not easy I know (being a smoker for 30 years) but now an ex smoker now for quite a while.
I wish I had given up years ago. I could be sunning myself on a private island with the money I spent on them. Mind you the money still goes on a bottle of wine or two!
Good luck with trying to stop but don’t be hard on yourself if you fall now and again.