WOOOOHOOO I might get on the list!!!!!

[gothiclovemonkey]

I just got a call saying that if i quit smoking, lose 4 lbs, go to the dentist, and get a pap, "we can get the ball rolling" That is good right???
I am finishing smoking tonight, and in the morning I will no longer smoke! I can do this!! Now that I know it IS possible to get a tx!!
Oh im so excited! I hope it doesnt take long to find out about lviing donors, hope one of them matches and is healthy enough to give!
 

[MooseMom]

Oh yeah...you can do it!  That's really terrific news!

[Chris]

I know 2 of the 4 are easy to accomplish, but no idea about smoking or pap.
 
If cold turkey is hard, hope nicotene patch can help.
 
Good Luck!

[boswife]

heck yea you can do it!!!!!!  its ALL a good thing so get to getten and WHOOHOOOOOOOOOOOo !!    and  for ya keepen at it....  VERY excited for ya !!!!

[willowtreewren]

Motivation, motivation, motivation!

 

You CAN do this!

 

Aleta

[LostWife]

Congrats that rocks!!!!   

[jbeany]

    You can do this - a new kidney is total incentive to kick smoking!

I know 2 of the 4 are easy to accomplish, but no idea about smoking or pap.

Everything but the smoking is easy, Chris - but be glad you'll never know personally!

[gothiclovemonkey]

Rofl chris! depends on ur perspective of the pap! hahaha
I dont do the patches, i just quit! Its not that hard for me, im very blessed, the hardest part if finding something else for my mouth to do

Thank u all im so excited

[Chris]

I'm not going to date myself, but an old show invoolving a police detective always had a charm pop to suck on after quiting  smoking. But then there possibly goes weight control due to sugar intake.
 
Sugar Free gum? Sugar Free Candy will cause other problems if eating to much in one day.

[gothiclovemonkey]

haha i know that show ... didnt they do a remake with ving rhames? but i know that wasnt the original...

do i even want to know what happens when u have too much sugar free stuff in one day? I love the sugar free gum 5... its good stuff. and my orbit bubblemint!  And i tend to suck on jolly ranchers, or sugar frree coffee hard candy. mmm mmm mmm
I used to love sucking on those blow pops, and tootsie pops, but yes, thats a ton of sugar.. so idk. got to keep my mouth busy or i will not be able to do this... ive already managed to bite all my nails off today! lol but ive done very well. I figure I will have a drag off of someones cig when the cravings so strong, just while i get used to it... everyone around me somkes!

[Chris]

Hint: Stock Up on paper stock if you get my meaning.
 
The main ingredients in sugar free are sorbitol and manitol, so think of it as when mothers use to give castor oil to bad kids or White Castle's known name as Sliders, slide them in, slide them out.

[gothiclovemonkey]

 
i had white castle for the first time the other day when i went for the testing!
i made the same joke! I said uh they are called sliders? thats kind of scary are they going to slide right out?

[Chris]

Tough call on what would you rather have......lol
 

[RichardMEL]

GLM that's really positive news for you! I';m so happy!

I really do hope it's as easy as you say to quit smoking (not a habbit I like at all personally).. I have a few friends who want to quit badly but are so hopelessly addicted it's so difficult for them, they've had a few tries and relapsed and it's heartbreaking knowing how seriously they want to quit it.

Anyway yeah no smoking will help you out in so many ways - health and financial - that even without the "lure" of a tx it's a great option!

 

[gothiclovemonkey]

it does make it difficult living with two heavy smokers... chain smokers!
If i find a good alternative to keep my mouth busy, preferably that wont give my diabetes or potty issues lol
i know i can do it!

[jbeany]

Celery sticks?  Put plain water in those Make-your-own Popsicle tubbies?  Just chew on the popsicle stick?  You can buy packs of new lolli sticks as well - check in the cake decorating department.

Or hit the baby department and get a pacifier! 

[gothiclovemonkey]

hahaha i need a pacifier! i love them things lol
I used to make my own popsicles with jello! mmm mm i should do that... althho the dr is already irked about my fluid intake...

[jbeany]

Cinnamon sticks!  You can buy the whole spice.  It looks like a curled up tube, just about cig shape - and it's good for lowering glucose.

[Chris]

But wouldn't the popsicle sticks equal fiber? 

[gothiclovemonkey]

cinnomon, good idea! i might try that...

chris... u dont eat the stick silly! lol yikes... splinters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  which i could eat bananas all the time... hehe

my therapist calls it an oral fixation... my son inherited it too... lucky us. i love gum!  whyyyy cant i smoke? i dont quite understand why? i mean, yes its bad for me... but so much better than some things i could be doing! AND its calming... and im so high strung! Plus they want me to lose more wieght, so quitting while losing weight... that willl be hard. lol

[jbeany]

Because the immunosuppressants seriously increase your risk of cancer.  Exposing yourself daily to huge amounts of carcinogenic smoke will pretty much ensure that you get some form of it.  The second hand smoke you live with will be bad enough - at least you can leave the room!

[rsudock]

Great news about getting on the list!  Now that means you will be waiting on the list for the cadaver kidney right? You mentioned something about finding a living donor, but being on the list usually means you wait for someone's kidney who has passed away. Just wanted to clearify that in case the hospital wasn't clear....I do hope that the kidney comes quickly though!

xo,
R

[gothiclovemonkey]

yes im waiting for a cadiveric kidney, but a few people are going to test, and see if they can give me theirs! Im very blessed to have a few friends who are willing. Unfortuneatly i dont think any of them would qualify.... but still very nice of them to try!!

[cariad]

I just got a call saying that if i quit smoking, lose 4 lbs, go to the dentist, and get a pap, "we can get the ball rolling" That is good right???
I am finishing smoking tonight, and in the morning I will no longer smoke! I can do this!! Now that I know it IS possible to get a tx!!
Oh im so excited! I hope it doesnt take long to find out about lviing donors, hope one of them matches and is healthy enough to give!
 

Simply fab news, GLM.... but lose 4lbs? Surely they're joking, because I laughed when I read that. Have you considered wearing a lighter outfit to the next weigh-in?

Best of luck with your transplant to-do list. Like everyone else, I strongly believe you can do this.

[RichardMEL]

GLM the point about the second hand smoke made by jbeany is a very good one.

It might be a good reason to suggest that maybe those around you quit - heck it will do them as much good(if not better) than you to do so if possible, and since it could have a real effect on you post transplant, not to mention living with smokers would make it that much harder to quit, and stay off them when temptation is literally right in your face - I'd be saying guys - do it for yourself, and for me.

What do you think?