loppylugs 8,427 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 High blood pressure ten years ago? Hmmmm! wasn't that about the time you became admin on NS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 43 minutes ago, Stavertongirl said: I certainly will do trogg. It is a case of having to give up I am afraid due to a health condition. I have a vape pipe but don’t like them, just not the same so I am afraid it is cold turkey for me. It really is the best way. I had my last ciggie April 18 2008, about half an hour prior to what went on the hospital notes as a catastrophic myocardial infarction. It was the kick up my complacent backside I needed. Stick with it. your taste buds do improve, and at some point there comes the realisation that there is a life beyond cigarettes. Good luck 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Strange how one remembers the date of their first heart attack. Mine was December 2nd 1999. I was told at the time that I had to stop smoking - I hadn't smoked for very many years and it turned out that the high nicotine levels in my bloodstream were entirely the result of passive smoking. To explain the situation: I had spent the majority of that day at a meeting where there was a huge amount of smoking taking place. This was sufficient to raise my blood nicotine levels to the equivalent of smoking 10 - 15 cigarettes a day. Since then, I have been VERY careful where I socialise but, one heart attack does leave you susceptible to further ones which is why I'm loaded up with all sorts of medication every day. It doesn't prevent another MI occurring though (I had another in 2016). 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Stavertongirl said: Got chewy things in fridge at least I can eat more for time being as my thyroid is overactive and am still waiting for medication to be sorted out so don’t have to worry about putting weight on at moment My Thyroid is inactive , reading 9 instead of 0.4 to 4. Wasn't diagnosed until well after the heart attack, so the inability to function properly (at work or on the bike) was put down to the effects of the heart condition. Now manage 20+ miles on the bike every other day.Trust me, in no time at all you'll look back on it as the best thing that could have happened! 3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, jonab said: This was sufficient to raise my blood nicotine levels to the equivalent of smoking 10 - 15 cigarettes a day. That is a sobering thought - something to think about when you see parents smoking in the play areas! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 32 minutes ago, loppylugs said: High blood pressure ten years ago? Hmmmm! wasn't that about the time you became admin on NS? In fact it was a few years before I even discovered Nottstalgia ! According to the stats, I first registered here in July 2010, but I was told about blood pressure in 2008. Maybe I knew what was coming..... 3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 I have never smoked. Never even tried it. Looks and smells disgusting, not to mention the cost! As regards my thyroid, I'm now officially euthroid. It's not illegal and I like it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Euthriod, that sounds naughty and exciting, so I am not going to look up what it means as it might destroy my imagination.LOL 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 My husband made a promise to my son he would quit smoking when he became a dad. That is now 15 years ago and he hasn't looked back..But isn't there a non smoking law in public places in UK. Here before the law was passed it was a continual fog. Now it's a pleasure to go anywhere especially eating in a smoke free zone. Last week when I went to the hospital instead of the usual nurses , patients and visitors crowding round the entrance all smoking their heads of it was clear. Not one person smoking outside the reason .? They have put a big sign for non smoking zone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 This evening taking my daughter to work at one point a person was walking from a side road into the road we were on. We looked at each other and laughed. It was such a strange sight. At first we thought it was a woman as the trousers were well above the ankles and the amount of bags being carried didn't make sense. He turned round and we realized it was a man. A bit later my daughter rang me reminding me of him. A friend of hers bumped into him and asked her if she knew of anywhere safe were he could sleep as he didn't want to kip down anywhere and be arrested or harmed. Apparently he has been walking through France and is travelling to goodness knows where. He has been directed to the church as they sometimes take in strangers. There are quite a few B&Bs but don't suppose he wants to spend. Told my daughter to advise not to give him private accommodation just in case but if he is a traveler as he says I wish him luck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 3 hours ago, trogg said: Euthriod, that sounds naughty and exciting, so I am not going to look up what it means as it might destroy my imagination.LOL It means I don't fall asleep all the time, Trogg. That's about as naughty and exciting as it gets! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Jill I have sleep apnoea that is also not very exciting, but I do use it to my advantage, if I haven't done something I promised to do its my excuse , I fell asleep. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 You'd have gone down well at the Manning with that, Trogg...especially in maths lessons! They were so boring, I'd defy anyone to stay awake! I hope Mrs Trogg is more understanding? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 She is very understanding , she says I am not completely useless but for what use I am I might as well be. I thought she was complimenting me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 5 hours ago, nonnaB said: This evening taking my daughter to work at one point a person was walking from a side road into the road we were on. We looked at each other and laughed. It was such a strange sight. At first we thought it was a woman as the trousers were well above the ankles and the amount of bags being carried didn't make sense. He turned round and we realized it was a man. A bit later my daughter rang me reminding me of him. A friend of hers bumped into him and asked her if she knew of anywhere safe were he could sleep as he didn't want to kip down anywhere and be arrested or harmed. Apparently he has been walking through France and is travelling to goodness knows where. He has been directed to the church as they sometimes take in strangers. There are quite a few B&Bs but don't suppose he wants to spend. Told my daughter to advise not to give him private accommodation just in case but if he is a traveler as he says I wish him luck. I've often wondered what it might be like just to put a few possessions in a bag and start walking. This pales into insignificance compared to those who walk through whole countries, or continents, but I did similar when I as younger, though that was more about hitch hiking. You certainly see much more on foot than from any vehicle. When I was hitch hiking through England and France around 1967 with my mate John, we made a point of always asking where it was safe to bed down. Somewhere secure, but also where we wouldn't be seen as a nuisance. Once we were invited to sleep in a Rugby Club which had been left with its front door Yale lock left locked open. We had the use of practice mats etc., to sleep on, and even milk tea and sugar from a fridge, and showers. Sadly, the bar was securely locked. On another occasion, we ended up in a Beach Front shelter in Dover which had shutter doors on the front. All of the local homeless, 'Winos' and others.. make and female, seemed to be in there. They didn't question our presence and just seemed to accept it, though we were pretty wary. When the Police knocked and entered.. they knew everyone in there except us, and we were the only ones questioned about our identity, origin and destination. We had a good sleep and were on our way next morning. One Winter night I was hitching back from seeing the lovely Holly in High Wycombe and had hitched into London and as far as the very beginning of the M1. I think it's all different now, but back then I was stood at the side of a slip road, in gradually increasing sleet. I was freezing in sight of rows of nice looking houses and was wondering what they'd say if I knocked and asked for water.. but it was late. Eventually, in the early hours a chap stopped in a small wagon and took me as far as a Services somewhere around Northampton. He carried on his way and I fell asleep with a coffee at a table in the services, before making the last leg home. My Dad was walking down the street as I approached home and enquired in a concerned voice. 'Where have you been?' 'London' Said I. We weren't on great terms back then.. and I had no idea that he spent much of his time worried sick about me and my antics. Now I have two daughters and can fully understand how he must have felt. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Apparentley he was English. Maybe we will find out today if he found somewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 After several weeks of refusing to go out working, my dogs have decided this morning that the time is now right to start again. Why now I have no idea, as far as I can make out it is just as muddy underfoot now as it was when they first refused to go and I can't think of any other reason for their previous reluctance. Anyway, all bodes well for stocking up my cellar as they get paid in wine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hope they dont drive as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 No, not yet - the owner of the vineyard collects them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Day 2 of giving up. Yesterday wasn’t too bad (although I did have 2 later on, 1 after tea and 1 later). Kept myself busy this morning, whilst wondering why you don’t wake up in nite wanting your nicotine fix. My sister is bringing me bits for my vaping thingy so I can use that instead of buying any more ciggies, although I don’t really like it but suppose it is the lesser of two evils. Remember reading an article once that giving up smoking is about the same as giving up heroin seemed a bit of an exaggeration at the time, not so sure now. Keeping in mind that it (hopefully) will get easier next week. Must get more munchies when I go to Asda this evening. Not quite climbing the walls yet, perhaps tomorrow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Keep going SG with the stopping smoking and congratulations on becoming an Advanced Nottstalgian, soon you might tell us your first name? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,014 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 SG don't berate yourself you are doing well, as for smoking in the middle of the night I sleep at the wrong times and regularly wake up and smoke several in the night, which is silly really. Keep it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 I was a smoker from being around 14 till around 45. By that age I was quite a heavy smoker. I tried many times over the years to stop smoking and failed many more times, always leaving me a bit more down hearted. Someone once said to me 'Never give up giving up'. Sound advice, Immediately giving me hope. One day it worked, I have never forgotten those words and I pass them on to anyone who decides to stop smoking. 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 What sort of "work" do they do? It would be nice to see dogs working the vineyards here, instead of the farmers keeping them for guard dogs . Or even truffles . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Took me about four attempts, what spurred me on was a couple of hours TV show around 1974, hosted by a lung surgeon, I think it was on the BEEB. Caused quite a commotion back then, the tobacco companies shouted foul!! Tobacco products went unsold by over 75% the following morning. Annual sales dropped by around 50% that year. Seemed to work better than anything for many people!! Out of the fellers I used to ride to work with, only one went back to smoking, last I heard, he'd passed on over 20 years back with lung cancer. Me??? Still tobacco free after 44 years. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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