Has anyone taken Chanix ???

[HALEY]

Aww thanks Diana, i need all the help i can get.... just getting alittle anxious right now, i hate to go to the doctors.. but i'll be there 1:00 next wed.

[blowry]

Actually I still had a few cigarettes left...I should have thrown them away and didn't...I can tell this is going to be extremely hard for me. I think I am going to pick up the lozenges today...Hopefully they will help...Maybe I should do like you and just set a day...like Friday...

[HALEY]

Well i'm going to the doctors wed. get the patches, then i set the day for Thursday, so i will get up that day, and change the bedsheets so they don't smell like smoke, take a shower, put the patch on and go to work... then we will have Friday off for Good Friday, ( I have Friday off anyways) But Mike will have Friday off. i'll get rid of all the ashtrays and spray my basement down with lysol, wash our jackets etc... get rid of any cigs. we have left.. i'm running water over them first so i'm not tempted.. and start from there....

[HALEY]

brenda, did you ever think about the patch? I liked it before cause it slowly releases nicotine into you, so the cravings aren't so bad...

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Janet

Haley...I would find other things to stock up on and not the candy. You're just asking for a weight gain if it's always there for you to eat. Have plenty of celery and carrot sticks, salt free pretzels, tic tacs, gum and lots of water...it really helps.

Brenda.....I hope you're able to quit. You really won't believe how much better life is and how wonderful the smells are now. Wish I'd never ever started those things, but very thankful that with God's help....I'm done with them.

Best of luck to the both of you!

Ok Janet, i have cerlery, carrots, pretzels, tic tacs, gum, flavored water, on my grocery list any thing else you can think of???

[blowry]

Originally Posted by HALEY

brenda, did you ever think about the patch? I liked it before cause it slowly releases nicotine into you, so the cravings aren't so bad...

Yes I have...I have very sensitive skin and my doctor told me that I would probably break out with a rash from it. My skin will get very red and swollen from a band aid

[Gina]

No Haley I don't know anyone who used it. All I can say is that I quit 28 yrs. ago , cold turkey!! Yep when I put something in my mind whether its losing weight or anything I am a very disciplined woman. Thats just me....


Good luck Haley and Brenda.. You both can do it!!! Just think of all the money you will say.. Geeze when I smoked they were 55 cents a pack. $1.00 in the clubs.. lol

[judy]

Originally Posted by blowry

Yes I have...I have very sensitive skin and my doctor told me that I would probably break out with a rash from it. My skin will get very red and swollen from a band aid

I used the nicotine patch years ago. I was able to use it for about 6 or 7 weeks before the rash came. It really helped, but there are other ways.

Good for you, however you do it!

[HALEY]

I was over my mom's this weekend and she quit cold turkey Friday, i am so proud of her, she said the cravings are there but she gets over them. I'm getting myself all ready for Thursday, went grocery shopping, got some gum, pretzel sticks, dried fruit, carrots, and i have a large water bottle to carry around with me, got my treadmill ready to go, i need to get a small tv for that room so i can watch tv and walk on the treadmill or i can read a book also.. when its nice outside i'll be taking Micah for long walks, that boy loves to be outside... and i'll be so glad when i can push his butt up that one hill without being out of breath!!!

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by blowry

Yes I have...I have very sensitive skin and my doctor told me that I would probably break out with a rash from it. My skin will get very red and swollen from a band aid

I remember my skin breaking out also from the patch, but i moved it around and found out i can put it on my arms with just alittle redness on my skin, then i switched over to the gum after two weeks, i'll probably doing it the same way this time... try the gum. but i remember my jaw hurting cause i was chewing that gum like crazy...

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Gina

No Haley I don't know anyone who used it. All I can say is that I quit 28 yrs. ago , cold turkey!! Yep when I put something in my mind whether its losing weight or anything I am a very disciplined woman. Thats just me....


Good luck Haley and Brenda.. You both can do it!!! Just think of all the money you will say.. Geeze when I smoked they were 55 cents a pack. $1.00 in the clubs.. lol

Around my area depending where you buy them they range from 5.15 to 6.00 per pack.. That's crazy i'm not paying that price anymore!!!!