Quotes and Thoughts for the Day

[BuckAlorp]

I agree on the big Pham talk there WB. I stopped all my meds 18 months ago except the daily aspirin and I deal with by eating healthier foods, been feeling much better. at one point I took 22 pills a day for various things, I think some were to battle the side effects that others caused. Now that is ridiculous. they put me on some serious psychological drugs for Narcolepsy and after reading the damages these can cause I said hell with it I am done, I need to find a better way. I stopped taking any pain pills many years ago when my son recovered from being a junkie, didn't want to tempt him by having them on hand.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

We won't see the sun until Tuesday/Wednesday

That's no good. I hope it shows up earlier than expected.

 

[BuckAlorp]

Re: the quitting. I've tried Zyban, gum and mouth spray

, hypnosis, cold turkey (did someone mention "personality change" and "combative"?

) and e-cigs. And failed spectacularly each time. The Zyban worked best, but it was hellish difficult and I gave in after 2 weeks. I have zero will power which doesn't help... I've read quite a bit about the side effects of Chantix and decided to try that one. It's a gamble, but hey, nothing else worked? I'll ask DH to keep an eye on me and if he notices anything alarming to let me know. I have to, got to do this.

@BuckAlorp your love is doing great with the weight loss!

@Sumi I let her know how proud of her I am for how well she is doing.

 

[COChix]

Good morning all, another cold and a adrizzling day here in Colorado. Looks like our weather pattern will hold as is. No snow this am, but it is chilly here.

I did a quick candling on al 42 eggs, hard to know for sure how I am doing. Definitely have some air sacs bigger than others. Some I can clearly see the embryo, moving even, and some I can't make out the embryo. Some look unfertile to me as they have no veining at all. Our EE eggs are hard to see into as I am using a flashlight for my candler. I will do again tonight in the dark and hope to be able to tell a little better.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I agree on the big Pham talk there WB. I stopped all my meds 18 months ago except the daily aspirin and I deal with by eating healthier foods, been feeling much better. at one point I took 22 pills a day for various things, I think some were to battle the side effects that others caused. Now that is ridiculous. they put me on some serious psychological drugs for Narcolepsy and after reading the damages these can cause I said hell with it I am done, I need to find a better way. I stopped taking any pain pills many years ago when my son recovered from being a junkie, didn't want to tempt him by having them on hand.

Sounds like you and your family are accomplishing all sorts of great things

keep up the good work!

 

[BuckAlorp]

I was just looking over the 1st post with the real names on it and WB we seem to be the only male presence posting on this thread. We should feel lucky to be accompanied by a great group of gals, everyone has been wonderful so far; well, I know I do.

 

[BuckAlorp]

I just noticed I mad 100 posts. Whoo-hoo!

 

[N F C]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate all of you.

The feeling's mutual, Bill

x2

x3 (or is it 4, I just want in on some of this appreciation being passed out)

Don't mean to take WB's glory for the day, but just wanted to briefly share my proud moment. Today is 3 weeks of being a non-smoker, this has been hard for me, formerly a close to 2 pack a day smoker who has been smoking for 36 years. It has been easier this time, still getting the nicotine via vaping, but slowly lowering that amount as well. Very soon will have that kicked as well. I have tried t quit many times, could never even get past 2 or 3 days before I gave in for various reasons. I feel this time there may be an ultimate victory.

That's a big kudos for you Ken! I've gone back & forth for a long time. I know how hard it can be. Wishing you all the success with it!

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I just noticed I mad 100 posts. Whoo-hoo!

100 and counting

 

[N F C]

Well done! I know how hard that is! Gosh, Iv'e tried a few times myself and got to 2 weeks once before I stupidly started again

I need to quit before I go to Ireland, but I'm putting it off

A member on BackYardHerds.com told me she quit using Chantix and it worked wonderful for her, so I'm making a half-hearted attempt here to find a doctor that will prescribe it. Our local ones says it's dangerous

And smoking isn't?

Don't be too hard on yourself sumi. I quit once for about 18 years and stupidly started again. Too much to deal with: divorce, early retirement, selling a house, moving to a strange city, my dad dying, and all that happened in one year. That's what got me back into it again, I was shaken and it seemed to be the one thing to hold me together (or something to hold on to).

Some day I'll quit again. Ken's right, the biggest hurdle is mental.