My patch is on, hubby just left for work, and with him took all lighters, and cigarettes. I only slept about 4 hrs last night. I'll be glad when I stop waking up in pain. I've read that when you are smoking, you don't heal as fast. Maybe that's what's making me hurt still. It's been a little over a month since the surgery, I would have thought the pain would be gone. So that's deffinately something I'll be waiting to see if there's improvement on. I've heard alot of people talk about how food will taste better, and breathing better etc.. I can't wait to experience that for myself. I smoked for 20 years. I can't even remember what it was like to not smoke, or what breathing felt like, or the taste difference.