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[Cherinny]

78 days!!!! Yeah!!!!! Ok I am still counting by days. But it sounds much better. Guy I work with he is an ex-smoker also said your still counting by days. Heck yeah. ok 11 weeks. Still sounds great!!!! I just had a friend die of bladder cancer a week ago. She smoked till her final days. I see that and it makes me more determined to stay away from cigarettes.


Smoking: Smoking is the greatest risk factor for bladder cancer. Smokers get bladder cancer twice as often as people who don't smoke. Certain chemicals in tobacco smoke are absorbed from the lungs into the blood. From the blood, they are filtered by the kidneys and collect in the urine. These chemicals in the urine damage the cells that line the inside of the bladder and increase the risk of cancer.


Soon as I read this and saw what my friend went though. I am determined to stay away from cigarettes. She had a very painful death. She is now free of disease and is no longer in pain. I will never forget her and her death taught me something. I want to live and grow old with my husband. I want to see grandchildren and still be able to keep up with them.

 

[Marvin & Sennie]

I hear ya, my BFF passed away from lung cancer 3 years ago and it's been the same for me. For me I will be smoke free for 4 weeks on Tuesday. It shocks everyone who knows me because I smoked for 35 years trying EVERYTHING to quit. I am unlike most on this forum, I don't plan to continue vaping, this to me is transitional; She would have liked that.

78 days!!!! Yeah!!!!! Ok I am still counting by days. But it sounds much better. Guy I work with he is an ex-smoker also said your still counting by days. Heck yeah. ok 11 weeks. Still sounds great!!!! I just had a friend die of bladder cancer a week ago. She smoked till her final days. I see that and it makes me more determined to stay away from cigarettes.


Smoking: Smoking is the greatest risk factor for bladder cancer. Smokers get bladder cancer twice as often as people who don't smoke. Certain chemicals in tobacco smoke are absorbed from the lungs into the blood. From the blood, they are filtered by the kidneys and collect in the urine. These chemicals in the urine damage the cells that line the inside of the bladder and increase the risk of cancer.


Soon as I read this and saw what my friend went though. I am determined to stay away from cigarettes. She had a very painful death. She is now free of disease and is no longer in pain. I will never forget her and her death taught me something. I want to live and grow old with my husband. I want to see grandchildren and still be able to keep up with them.

 

[Cherinny]

I plan to quit vaping also. I just got a lower nicotine today. I want to be totally free.

 

[gcvt]

Congratulations on your 78 days! I'm sorry to hear about your friend

 

[Marvin & Sennie]

Me too!!! I want no addictions to control me and this 1 has for most of my life and I want it done!!

I plan to quit vaping also. I just got a lower nicotine today. I want to be totally free.

 

[Cherinny]

Thank you gcvt. She was fighting for a year. I went to visit a few weeks ago and her sister who has been taking care of her was talking about calling hospice in. We found out on Thanksgiving that she had passed away. Her passing has made me even more determined to be totally off of even the e-cig. I saw what radiation and chemo did to her. When she came out to the kitchen she was still smoking away. I got home and smelled like cigarettes I wanted to run right into the shower and wash all my clothes it smelled so bad. I also see my father-in-law wasting away smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. He has yellow fingers where he holds his cigarettes. YUCK!!!! I don't want to end up like that.

 

[Cherinny]

Me too!!! I want no addictions to control me and this 1 has for most of my life and I want it done!!

I do too. I just want to be free of all of it. I still can't believe I smelled that bad....LOL

 

[CommaHolly]

interesting,,,,,,my FIL who smoked for years, got bladder cancer several years ago,,,,,

then committed suicide so he wouldn't have to deal with it.

 

[Buggs5347]

Good for you and all the others who have quit cigs. You are so not alone in your plans to quit vaping, as well. I share the goal. There are many of us with the same goals. Some have been successful and moved on. I started at 24 mg nic and over time am now at 6 mg and working in 3 mg nic.

18 years ago, I quit cold turkey and stayed off cigs for 8 years. Then, one day I started back up - told myself I'd only smoke 2 weeks while we were finishing a stressful project - famous last words. 10 years later, here I am finally off cigs again and working down the nic. At least this time, if I ever think I want a cig, I can go back to vaping 0 nic, if the need is that strong.

 

[Marvin & Sennie]

that is 1 of the saddest things I've ever heard!!! I am so sorry for your family's loss!!

interesting,,,,,,my FIL who smoked for years, got bladder cancer several years ago,,,,,

then committed suicide so he wouldn't have to deal with it.

 

[Marvin & Sennie]

That is my hope, I wish they'd come out with these things years ago!!

Good for you and all the others who have quit cigs. You are so not alone in your plans to quit vaping, as well. I share the goal. There are many of us with the same goals. Some have been successful and moved on. I started at 24 mg nic and over time am now at 6 mg and working in 3 mg nic.

18 years ago, I quit cold turkey and stayed off cigs for 8 years. Then, one day I started back up - told myself I'd only smoke 2 weeks while we were finishing a stressful project - famous last words. 10 years later, here I am finally off cigs again and working down the nic. At least this time, if I ever think I want a cig, I can go back to vaping 0 nic, if the need is that strong.