9 weeks and a question, please!

[anaamaral]

Hello! 9 weeks tomorrow without smoking, after 40 years of smoking...

It hasn't been as horrible as I imagined, after all, but these last days I've been on vacation in a beautiful spot I go every year (an island in the south of Portugal) and it hit me very hard: I wanted to smoke desperately. But I didn't!

I still can't write (it is as if all my energies are directed into no smoking and my creativity has disappeared...).

A QUESTION, PLEASE: I've been having a lot of throat clearing and in this last week it is as if my throat was itching and I need to cough a lot. Can it be from the Nicorette?

Thank you so much for answering! And for being there!!!!

[KathieO 100 Days Smoke Free]

Could be from Nicolette but more than likely the nicotine is being expelled from your body.

[anaamaral 9 Months Smoke Free in reply to KathieO]

Thank you, KathieO!

[RoisinO1 Administrator 3 Years Smoke Free]

Hey anaamaral - I previously replied to this post shortly after you but must not of went through - the clearing of the throat is normal recovery and repairing symptom as your lungs and cilia(hairs) in the throat re-grow, you may also start coughing up mucus (tar) which can be frightening to see but take it as a good sign your lungs is clearing out. I took a tablespoon of raw honey every morning and night to assist with the clearing out.

With regards the nicorette, what form of it are you using?