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OldBones-Larry
1 16 19

I'm back and still free from the death sticks.

I have been dealng with health issues for a couple of months now. Just after I reported on the results of the TTE, I became very ill.

I'm still not sure exactly what was wrong, but it has passed.

I spent some time in the hospital and then a lot of time in bed here at home.

While dealing with all this, I lost my internet. I just got it re-connected this morning.

Thank you everyone for your concern about my absence. I want to also thank everyone for their congrats about my reaching 900 days.

To all the newbies out there, you CAN do this. There is lots of help with the people on the site. My best advise is to read people's old blogs. Take from them what works for you and stick to your quit.

One step, and then another, will get you to where you want to be.

Larry the Caravan Master

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)