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Still Smoking?

hermitmike
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I have to ask this,,after getting out and about a little now,I have seen an spoke with several folks who had bypass (s) and they are smoking as normal, I asked WHY? They sware they feel better smoking than non-smoking,said they got back on their feet quicker. Now I am 56 yrs.old and like you folks,I DIDN"T enjoy having this surgery,but do any of you still smoke? Give me your thoughts on this matter please.
Mike

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nanamo

HELL NO i do not smoke come oct i will be 10 years smoke free.............. having that heart attack and bypass sugery cured me from wnating a cigarrette i want to live do they not know that smoking leads to cornary artery disease in women do they not know they have been given another chance and to light up again well thats just hard for me to understand my meds cost me enough i dont need to add teh cost of those things too



god bless
surviving heart disease one day at a time
nanamo

blkrino

I quit two packs aday many years ago. I loved to smoke but this suggestion to you is about the easiest yet.

NO NO NO NO

DO NOT go back to smoking

Its a good thing I don't get too worked up about this subject.

Fight it
Reinhard

bookman58

Just let your cardiologist find out that your are smoking after surgery and watch them hit the roof. It's just not worth it, plus, as others have mentioned who can afford it? You can do it. You have to quit.

Dgrant

Of course they're going to think they feel better because they are ADDICTED! Letting go of that addiction will probably be hard, but NECESSARY!! Any drug addict probably "feels" better while they're on their drug. Coming off is not easy, I would imagine.

Yes, quit smoking. Eat right. Exercise. All necessities of life.

Dana

nanamo

i'm addicted to living now not a cigarette .................
i am still in awwwwwwww that peopel go back to smoking after having bypass............ really shocked sorry but i went thru hell we all did and for me to light up a ciagartte to me is a death wish NO THANK YOU



god bless
surviving heart disease one day at a time
nana mo

survive

Hi,

I did smoke until the day I was told I needed bypass surgery. THEY ARE ON DENIAL!!!, there is no way you will feel better by having less oxygen on your lungs., tell your friends that they need to go to a smoking quiting class before is too late. Your arteries will definitely dryout resulting in blockage.
Hope this helps.

TripleCher

I never did smoke but live with two smokers. They go outside now.

TORELLOS

i smoked40 strong ciggies every day-now i smoke 10 fresh air type-i.e. very-very weak-but feel stupid at times as i should stop but dont want to do so=-some evenings i go to bed at 6pm to read to stop myself having a smoke-pretty sad !

celeritas

If I could just have one little extra special privilege in life; one itty-bitty thing just for me, something I wouldn't have to pay (the consequences) for, it would definitely be smoking. Please, let me light-up that stogie, take a deep drag and exhale in that long, slow, god-that-was-so-good smokie kinda way. Hear my voice, for I am ... hack hack. Okay, so that wasn't so cool.

Honestly, the only reason I'm not a smoker anymore is because of how utterly stupid it would be now. I'm willing to die if I must. I'm just not willing to die stupid.

StevieD67

Anybody who tries to find a positive reason for smoking is only kidding themselves. Dgrant hit the nail squarely on the head: Addicts will say/do anything to justify continuing the addiction.

I smoked right up to the day of the surgery (which was an emergency surgery, btw). About five months leading up to it, I really really really wanted to quit, but did not have the fortitude or patience..........I was in fear, because I was SO used to having the habit, and yet was not enjoying it anymore.

They say that when you quit, you always remember that "best" cigarette, and I have experienced that; but every time I have a craving now, I just continue thinking about it, and I eventually come to the point where I remember how much I DID NOT enjoy it at the end, and its all a bunch of lies to tell myself otherwise.

I found a really cool website to read.......people who are trying to quit smoking go there, and it is also a good website to go to for those who have already quit. It's called "whyquit.com". I first heard of it when I was reading Lisa Marie Presley's blog after Michael Jckson died. She said she reads that website for about an hour a day and that it helped her to finally quit. I find it pretty, helpful, myself. Anybody who needs that little extra encouragement/reenforcement, check it out!!

Ef0168

Some people never learn. I quit 2 1/2 years ago when they told me I needed the bypass. I loved to smoke and still miss it, but I won't go through that surgery again so I'll do what I need to do. Don't go back to smoking.
ED

yazz

Well.....We are all individuals on this earth....It looks like you have a fair few replies......I gave up when i had a heart attack last Sep 08 i have still not had a ciggarette in that time.....With they pains in my chest i would not like to put a load of smoke down in my lungs......Also it was mentioned IF your consultant finds out your back smoking he CAN refuse medication and care......and ask you to look for another consutant.......As i said it's your body ........ But for me as a individual i will never smoke again......You know what the correct choice is deep down!..T/C Yazz

Tracey7

I smoked 60 a day until March 20th and had my bypass on March 21st - I haven't smoked since. Everyone that knows me would have bet their lives on the fact I could never, ever give up - I used to eat them - I smoked in the car, bed, bath, office (even though it was no smoking), airport toilets, you name it .... so, if I can stop after a bypass, anyone can.
I have to say though, I have now told myself that as I have given up the worst thing for me - smoking - I am entitled to treat myself in other ways, so have to say my diet is still very bad - I tend to binge now on chocolate!!!

GlennD

Hi Hermitmike and Support Group

I had triple by-pass surgery 5 weeks ago and used to smoke bout 15-20 smokes a day. Age now 45 and started smoking at bout 32 - crazy, crazy, crazy. So far really don't have any urge to start again. I've replaced the smokes with a glass of whiskey in the evening (as my night-cap smoke) and with glasses of water in the day. As my cardiologist said "Glenn, you can smoke, can't stop you but then chances see you next year for the same op - if you lucky". Really don't want to go through that again if I can help it.

We also have warnings on the packets here in SA. One of them reads "WARNING, SMOKING CAUSES HEART DISEASE". They NOT talking rubbish.

As Dgrant also says bout eating right and exercise. Cound't agree more. There's also another as the booklet mentioned that the hospital gave me "LEARN TO LAUGH MORE".

Kind Regards
GlennD

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