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Sharon (Shashort) update on an amazing quitter!

TerrieQuit
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Hello

I am going to try my best to EXplain what is going on with our Sharon. Her thumb is not out of trouble yet, they are keeping a close watch on it, so there is still the possibility that she may lose it. They did another surgery this morning because she still had 2 blood clots, they were able to get rid of most of one of them. They have backed off the pain medication and have given her some sort of nerve block (by injection) to help with pain and to dissipate the rest of the one blood clot and get rid of the other one as well. Well, it has taken all of the feelings out of her hand and she is smacking herself in the head. I told her to stop doing that, she doesn't need a concussion on top of everything else! We laughed, I love Sharon's sense of humor, it has come in handy during this mess! Sharon has way more patience than I do. I ask her if the nerve block was helping with the pain and she winced and said she is waiting to see. I can tell when I talk with her that she is really hurting. (Hey, Sharon, I hope I got this stuff straight! I'm sure you'll let me know if I didn't! hahaha!)

Thanks for all the prayers thus far and please let's continue to pray and send positive thoughts for Sharon!

I had to call her back to make sure I had all the facts were straight, that is when I found out about this morning's surgery. It's sorta like playing 20 questions with her. haha! I am truly not complaining as she is walking beside me in my quit mess (as you all are). What a team! 'eh?

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Hello, I am a 59 year old female, name Terrie, still growing up. I have moderate COPD. I am an oxygen patient, currently not in need of the 24/7 or night time oxygen. Thanks to all the great support and education I got here on EX. My original quit date was 07/06/15 on day 519 I relapsed and started over in less than 24 hours. I want to go to the great beyond being a former smoker and I shall! COPD is not choosy! and not pretty! May 1rst, 2017 I am using Dale's suggestion to put off a cigarette each time and I am down from 50 to 20. I am looking forward to my old(7-6-2015)/new quit date 7-6-2017 May 4th, 2017 I started with Marlboro reds. Nicotine is a very assinine addiction. Once addicted I found I would smoke any of it including the little cigar/cigarettes, and it's still true since I threw away my quit and stopped being true to myself. I will smoke ANYTHING with nicotine in it to get the fix. I hate smoking! I am not having a problem stopping it's staying stopped, that I am not doing! I do not buy anything but regular tobacco but if caught without it I will do anything except vape to get the fix. UPDATE POSTED 04/24/2018: Getting ready to set a quit date and begin again :)