Feeling a bit rough again

[melsamoo]

Friday and Saturday I was having a painful chest which felt sticky. I've been coughing up nasties and now have a sore throat. Felt like I couldn't catch my breath. I took some pain killers and went to the gym which I felt better after. I know I'm still in early days and have no desire to light up but I do wish the process of healing lungs wasn't so harsh it felt like I had 20 of the sticks on a night out. Just having a bit of a rant really 😫

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free]

It's my body playing karma. It's paying me back for what i put it through lol

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free]

Hey melsamoo , good to hear from you, at over 3 months, it could be that you may have picked up a chest infection so would head to your doctor just to get checked and get antibiotics if needed - let us know how you get on...

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free in reply to RoisinO1]

Yeah maybe I'll get an appointment and let you know

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free in reply to melsamoo]

How are you feeling now melsamoo ?

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free]

Hi I'm feeling absolutely fine I went to the doctor's this morning and he said that he believes the chest pain and tightness was to do with healing after smoking for 20 years. The fact that the pain came and went suggested this also. The sore throat was through coughing up gunk from my chest and they are sounding almost clear so still a bit to come away. I never had a temperature with the chest pains and no other infection symptoms. He said that some people have been known to have chest pain up to and some times more than a year and is very normal. Blood pressure is spot on. Just gotta go through the motions.

[casinolife 1 Year Smoke Free in reply to melsamoo]

18 days in, did the same thing. DOC says lungs actually go into shock, thought he was kiddo but he wasn't

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free in reply to casinolife]

Well done keep going! I've had it on and off since I stopped that one was particularly awful but I'm through it now. I've actually only realised yesterday how large my lungs actually are and how I restricted them on my 25-30 a day habbit. I was like hang on I'm still bringing in air almost passed out with the amount of oxygen I got I do feel a lot healthier now well most days now anyway

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free in reply to melsamoo]

Thats good to read melsamoo now that I think back, yeah I too was coughing up tar for at least 6 months if not more and also had the chest tightness, it is a good sign that our bodies are clearing out, repairing and healing which is remarkable, I took a spoonful of honey every morning and night before bed to help clear out the lungs - if you can get it, raw organic honey works wonders for it...

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free in reply to RoisinO1]

I already take raw local honey 😊 love the stuff. Im hoping that i dont get another like it as was awful but i do feel so much better

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free in reply to melsamoo]

Yeah, it is horrible and scary, I always think back to this and it fairly sharply keeps me on my toes that I will never go through that again!

[melsamoo 1 Year Smoke Free in reply to RoisinO1]

No me neither. Im never going through all that again. Any case i can't otherwise ill undo all my weight training ive worked too hard to mess it up.