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Giving up smoking and increased blood pressure

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chrisrobinson2 Years Smoke Free
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A recovering alcoholic of 27yrs, following serious operation gave up smoking (17 weeks now) - all good signs except blood pressure significantly up?

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RoisinO1 profile image
RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Free

welcome chrisrobinson and congrats on 17 weeks (can you just confirm your quit date for your milestone badges ;) ). Unfortunately, I have not come across a side effects high blood pressure especially at this stage of your quit, perhaps the first week or so as our circulation gets back to a non smoker. We tend to blame quitting on every aliment we encounter when we quit, perhaps a visit to your doctor for peace of mind on the high blood pressure - keep us updated on your progress :)

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chrisrobinson2 Years Smoke Free in reply to RoisinO1

4th October was the day I was 'rushed' to hospital, and the day I stopped smoking even though I didn't know anything about it for 3 weeks!!

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mushenValued Contributor

Hello and well done on getting this far.

I have to agree with Roisin01, you should get checked out at the doctor. 17 weeks is a major achievement so keep going strong. ☺

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Sheknows12 Years Smoke Free

Well done hunxx

hi chrisrobinson

not sure how long since your stop.but you are doing the right thing 😁

my blood pressure has gone down.its quite low 😒

I get dizzy moments.light headed 😁

you probably should ask doc why 😒

with drink and fags taken away 😈 may just be a side effect of stopping 😁

but keep at it 😁

hopefully one day you /we will feel better 😐

take care mate 😁

keep kicking 😎

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RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Free in reply to

Chris is 17 weeks quit Lizzy....

in reply to RoisinO1

hi RoisinO1

dizzy moment.😒

reading too many post getting mixed up 😁

I'm sleep deprived finally got to sleep 3ish but got woken up with son in shower 😒 (but was still in and out of sleep,no good sleep )

cant remember the last full night sleep 😒

take care 😊

Ps badge did say a week ,❓

Am I going crazy ❓

no need to answer that one 😁

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RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Free in reply to

No worries Hidden do the same myself when trying to catch up on posts (like last night with the 30k post!!).

Hope the sleep improves for you soon.

With regards crazy - we are all a bit! Heres a song you might enjoy!

google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

in reply to RoisinO1

hi RoisinO1

ha ha.😁

haven't heard that in a few years.a very early song 😁 1974-5 .

must have been in what 78 79 in Leeds hall long gone 😁

one of the greats.always will be 😁

take care 😊

keep kicking 😎

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RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Free in reply to

Their early stuff was great - very heavy metal, on listening to it earlier, I can hear that Guns n Roses must have been very influenced and inspired by them..

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