I just got back from the neurosurgeon. Apparently I have to get four of my vertebrae fused, but I have to quit smoking first before they'll do the surgery. I've tried 4-5 times in the past 20yrs, and I keep coming back to smoking. I've used chantex, or however you say it, the patch, but the adhesive gives me a rash, and here I am smoking 2 packs a day. I also have to get my left shoulder replaced, but the VA is going to do that, and they don't give a rat's ads if I smoke or NOT.
Anyways, do any of you have a sure fire way ,for someone with no will power, to quit smoking?
How to quit smoking
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Years ago, I have no idea if it is available today, I used nicotine gum. It provided a fix, tired my jaws and made smoking a cigarette taste like shit. It worked for me, took a long time but still took the want to quit.
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I would look into disc replacement before even considering a fusion...
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I guess I never tried the gum, at leadt as far as I can remember. I may have to give it a try. I have about 5 weeks until the surgery, so I'll have to hit it hard, lol
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I would look into disc replacement before even considering a fusion...
The problem is I have rheumatoid arthritis, so it's more than just missing discs. One of the vertebrate has shifted forward a little more than 1/4".
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I just got back from the neurosurgeon. Apparently I have to get four of my vertebrae fused, but I have to quit smoking first before they'll do the surgery. I've tried 4-5 times in the past 20yrs, and I keep coming back to smoking. I've used chantex, or however you say it, the patch, but the adhesive gives me a rash, and here I am smoking 2 packs a day. I also have to get my left shoulder replaced, but the VA is going to do that, and they don't give a rat's ads if I smoke or NOT.
Anyways, do any of you have a sure fire way ,for someone with no will power, to quit smoking?Either you want to quit or not. I quit cold turkey after my first triple bypass in 1996. Sixteen years and a day to the second, the average at the time was 14 years. How much more time do you want to spend with your family? I also had two fused (bone to bone) in 2005 3-4 and 4-5 lower I was good for about 3 years
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That's the hard part, I don't want to quit, I enjoy it. I'm a boring person and that's my only vice. If I had it my way, I'd be smoking during the surgery, I hear it goes well with oxygen, lol
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That's the hard part, I don't want to quit, I enjoy it. I'm a boring person and that's my only vice. If I had it my way, I'd be smoking during the surgery, I hear it goes well with oxygen, lol
Well you just explained your problem. You can't quit if you don't want to. I used Chantix and haven't had a smoke for 8 months now. But I wanted to quit. Started at 35 cents a pack and they went over $6.00. Immediately had over $200 in spendable cash. You might as well forget it if you don't want to do it.
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I used e-cig's to quit. Worked for me
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Well you just explained your problem. You can't quit if you don't want to. I used Chantix and haven't had a smoke for 8 months now. But I wanted to quit. Started at 35 cents a pack and they went over $6.00. Immediately had over $200 in spendable cash. You might as well forget it if you don't want to do it.
Well, thanks for the positive reply. You're right, what the he'll was I thinking
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I used e-cig's to quit. Worked for me
Visit a local shop around you and ask questions. Usually they are a lot of help.I hadn't thought about those. Do they take away the desire for a smoke?
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You can still get nicotine which is your biggest craving, it also gives you the smoking effect since in essence you are smoking however your smoking food grade liquids not tobacco.
It takes a little bit to get used to them, but once you do you'll not want a cigarette again as they'll taste horrible. -
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One last thing. I am not talking about the over priced useless e-cigs on your local gas stations counter top. I am talking go to an e-cig store and get some thing good and have them recommend what may help you.
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You can still get nicotine which is your biggest craving, it also gives you the smoking effect since in essence you are smoking however your smoking food grade liquids not tobacco.
It takes a little bit to get used to them, but once you do you'll not want a cigarette again as they'll taste horrible.Cool, I'll give them a shot. Thanks alot!!!
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Cool, I'll give them a shot. Thanks alot!!!
The problem for your surgery is the nicotine! You're just delivering it in a different manner. You have to get past this I can't quit thing. I used that excuse for 50 years.
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Now that was helpful. I've had both of my wrists fused because the RA has eaten away the bones, I've also have had all of my toe joints removed, the joint where the toes attach to the foot, for the same reason. And that's pretty much the reason why my back needs to be fused. The Dr said that they will use rods and screws I know I HAVE to quit smoking, and the article you referenced, helped me understand the reasons why better. Thank you.
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The problem for your surgery is the nicotine! You're just delivering it in a different manner. You have to get past this I can't quit thing. I used that excuse for 50 years.
I thought the reason was the carbon dioxide that was the issue. It takes the place of the oxygen in the blood. Your saying it's the nicotine? That could be a problem. But if that was the case, wouldn't the patch be just ad bad?
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Go to the link I put on a previous post.
It's the nicotine!!!!