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  • About Me

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    KarenLR

    Female, 64, Married
    Crescent City, CA, USA
    Member since February 26

    • About Me

      Retired, married, make cards, scrapbooking, grandchildren, geneology

      Retired, married, make cards, scrapbooking, grandchildren, geneology

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  • Journal

    • Smoke Free

      Mood April 6, 2009 3:39am

         Hello all:    I am thinking I might actually make it. March 31,2009  at 10 PM  I lit and had 2 very small puffs …

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  • Goals

    258 days smoke free. Last update Apr 6, 09
  • Support Groups

    • Close Smoking Addiction & Recovery

      I want to stop smoking . WHen something upsets or excites me I seem to want to smoke more. I have anxiety disorder and high blood pressure . I have gone for 43 days without just this last week .

      Treatments

      Cold Turkey Working / Worked
      thats what I am doing right now but still have to have a couple puffs a couple times a day. I have gone trhough 3 cigerettes in the las 7 days.
      Hard Candy Working / Worked
      seems to help ease the cravings but only if I have something in my mouth all the time
      Willpower Working / Worked
      I did it on my own for over 1 month but here I am again
    • Close Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)

      hit suddenly in the middle of the night. Heart was racing and pounding so hard I could feel it, I couldnt relax and make it stop. Scared mevery much.. Went to hospital . Heart rate was 175 per minute. Seem to be doing ok now but thinking I am scaring myself into anxiety attacks over it whoch triggers a repid heart beat.

      Treatments

      Diltiazem Working / Worked
      at least I think it is. I have been on it along with asprin daily since Feb 19th 2009.
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