Today is the beginning of the third month i have refrained from jumping back onto the smoking bandwagon, and a few weeks since I allowed a friend to smoke, in the flat, and didn't jump him in an attempt to pry his cigarette from his dead and mortifying grasping hands.
I feel i have made progress.
Previous periodic attempts at stopping (not including those induced by the assistance of flu), somewhat failed when the slightest whiff would galvanise me into a frenzy, and scurrying for the nearest shop. Now, nothing! Things are so good (or bad) my local newsagents taken on the roll of my own personal pusher. Telling me (jokingly before anyone gets upset) how wonderful the cancer sticks are, and are you sure you don't need a pack?
The increasing greyness started to give me slight pause for concern, as it refused to go away. But now that seems to have crashed into a plateau, and the itch for a full body transplant or at least donating myself for full body skin graft experimentation has passed.
Even more progress.
The other thing, which has not only hit a plateau but started a full retreat, was the need to constantly stuff my face during every waking moment; and the odd dream which, if i've correctly remembered, also included stuffing.
Progress.
Taking a look at my previous little table... oh, have months to go before the next momentous gp visit check.
| Time | The theory | The actual | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 – 9 months | Coughing and wheezing declines. | Shall wait and see. | initially no - 6 mths to go |
| 1 year | Risk of heart attack reduces by half compared to that of a smoker. | As above. | tbc |
| 10 years | Risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker. | As before. | tbc |
| 15 years | Risk of coronary heart disease is the same as a non-smoker. | Aren't I dead or uploaded yet! | tbc |
Even aol/carphone warehouse have come up trumps, reduced my monthly subscription (obviously to retain a good customer) and sent a lovely shiny new router from which i promptly removed the wireless aerial and disabled the wireless connection. Sorry but living on a main road with cars/lorries/coaches driving or parking less that 9ft away for hours on end, current wireless security just doesn't hack it.
And in the interest of keeping data flow going, here's a bit about me...
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