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DeepPurple · 01-28-2019, 02:29 PM

I use to be a chain smoker, about 50 cigarettes on an average day. In my 20's, my 30's, my 40's, my 50's I just would tell myself, I love smoking and I'll just die earlier than I would otherwise. Well earlier got here, I'm now 68, I did quit smoking 12 years ago at age 58. I had to use Chantax to quit, it's a great drug. No nicotine like gum or patches, it works on the sensors in the brain that crave nicotine.

When I was young I never went to the doctor, always felt good, except when I was hungover, I also drank about as much as I smoked, they go hand-in-hand. Now, I only drink wine on one night a week, on Friday's I play music. Since I quit smoking I've lost my appetite to drink, or drink as much.

I've got a few problems but I'm actually doing good. Six months after I quit smoking my doctor sent me for a stress EKG and I found out there was a blockage. I had a stent put in my heart May 2007. I have to take a blood thinner pill the rest of my life, no big deal, but you do bleed very easily.

When I moved to this retirement community about 8 years ago, I immediately signed up for the softball league. I played for five years, that's three 14 games seasons a year. I had to give it up after five years, I couldn't run anymore. I went to a pulmonary doctor and he said I had COPD, and I now have 3 different inhalers I use. One's a rescue and the two I take at various times of the day.

Last year my cat-scan showed I had some problems with my lymph-nodes. I went to the hospital and they removed 3 bumps from my left arm pit. Now I have non-hodgkins lymphoma, although I'm not displaying anymore symptoms, it's something they check every six months.

I also have diabetes II, I take a pill for that, but the biggest problem is I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet. They can hurt like hell at times, lately they been hurting a lot, mostly at night when I try to sleep. There is medication, Gabapentin, but it works by creating electrical charges in the brain. Unfortunately I have the side-effect that you can sleep walk. The last couple of times I was walking on the bed and fell off and hit my head, so now I can't even take that medication.

I could go on, but my point is, when you're young, take care of yourself. I go to the gym 3 days a week, I play golf, softball is now out, but if I had done all this stuff when I was younger, I wouldn't have these problems today, as well as I should of never smoked.

01-28-2019, 02:29 PM	#29
DeepPurple I could of gone pro Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Villages, Florida Casino cash: $10005676	I use to be a chain smoker, about 50 cigarettes on an average day. In my 20's, my 30's, my 40's, my 50's I just would tell myself, I love smoking and I'll just die earlier than I would otherwise. Well earlier got here, I'm now 68, I did quit smoking 12 years ago at age 58. I had to use Chantax to quit, it's a great drug. No nicotine like gum or patches, it works on the sensors in the brain that crave nicotine. When I was young I never went to the doctor, always felt good, except when I was hungover, I also drank about as much as I smoked, they go hand-in-hand. Now, I only drink wine on one night a week, on Friday's I play music. Since I quit smoking I've lost my appetite to drink, or drink as much. I've got a few problems but I'm actually doing good. Six months after I quit smoking my doctor sent me for a stress EKG and I found out there was a blockage. I had a stent put in my heart May 2007. I have to take a blood thinner pill the rest of my life, no big deal, but you do bleed very easily. When I moved to this retirement community about 8 years ago, I immediately signed up for the softball league. I played for five years, that's three 14 games seasons a year. I had to give it up after five years, I couldn't run anymore. I went to a pulmonary doctor and he said I had COPD, and I now have 3 different inhalers I use. One's a rescue and the two I take at various times of the day. Last year my cat-scan showed I had some problems with my lymph-nodes. I went to the hospital and they removed 3 bumps from my left arm pit. Now I have non-hodgkins lymphoma, although I'm not displaying anymore symptoms, it's something they check every six months. I also have diabetes II, I take a pill for that, but the biggest problem is I have diabetic neuropathy in my feet. They can hurt like hell at times, lately they been hurting a lot, mostly at night when I try to sleep. There is medication, Gabapentin, but it works by creating electrical charges in the brain. Unfortunately I have the side-effect that you can sleep walk. The last couple of times I was walking on the bed and fell off and hit my head, so now I can't even take that medication. I could go on, but my point is, when you're young, take care of yourself. I go to the gym 3 days a week, I play golf, softball is now out, but if I had done all this stuff when I was younger, I wouldn't have these problems today, as well as I should of never smoked.
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