So we can all agree that quitting smoking has it's side effects...
Funny one I noticed was gas building up easily....
Well I had to have a MRI done at veterans hospital, who would have known that an MRI Machine would carry sound like a horn lol.
Needless to say I won't be going back there anytime soon Lol.
Hi army guy, yep unfortunately it does affect our digestive system💨💨💨💨💨
Hope your results are good from the scan and I hate the noise they make too😩
You're doing great with your quit, your first week is behind ya now. Be very proud of your achievement🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭👏🏼😊
Aup Army guy, ermmm, sniff sniff, is it safe ?? ha ha ha sorryyyyyyyy 
The build up of gas in your body is very normal at your stage of the quit journey 
but it will subside soon
Army guy, your doing ever so well on your quit journey and I tell you pal, am dead proud of ya and I am loving your mind of thought and having a laugh about it 
See's ya soon, Pete
well proud to say--that is ONE symptom I never had--but had the rest with a vengeance
omg that's too funny--hey nice to see you--always nice to have a face with a name---im lol--can just imagine sound
7 weeks on and I'm still farting
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One means letting offff Teric ha ha ha
Sniff sniff, yes I agreeeeeeee xx
yer a naughty little monky--but how r u??
Aup Madame, I'm very well thank you for asking and how's about you gal, how you doing ??
im laughing at these farters--lol lol I have a headache--wanted to swim but head hurts--what r u up to?
I'm just about to go to nodd land, cos I need some flippin beauty sleep see
Sooooo, I will say nity night Madame and sending ya lots of cuddly comforting huggs to help you xx
oh thank you --I so need them--get real purdy with your beauty sleep ok?? Talk soon--Niters Pete--Ty for everything xxx MmeT
omg that's funny--I don't--am I missing something that's Im going to pay dearly for later in public?
no one can uh do THAT for 7 weeks? lmao
brb--run and vacuum--well not run--cant breathe to do that--hey I kno why you get full of gas--because breathing to much air--ya think??
Hey it's possible, I been going at it now for days..... I thought maybe because my diet changed, but nope it's smoking. I have heart burn, burps, farts, rumbles, my digestive system is in shock, hoping it corrects it's self soon.
I sounded like a Honda civic going down the hallway just a min ago lol. The worst symptom i had was two nights ago laying in bed and burped and I tasted the ciggerett!!!! I quit almost two weeks ago. I about puked.
Anyways these are the unpleasant symptoms of quiting, I wonder if the bloating is the cause of the SOB, haven't started coughing yet.....
I've had terrible heart burn as well, 13 days in 20 mins but it seems too be subsiding. I have not coughed once since I quit.
Oh I don't know if that has any correlation to bloating--the sob that is--God that sucks don't it?? Sometimes I just kinda do it for no reason--I mean I wake up and im fighting for air--and Im really getting to much--I do better shallow breaths thru nose--when it gets to exertion breathing it feels like I cant breath--Just a stupid illusion from forgetting what normal breathing is-well I must say--a honda civic is more irritating than a nice Harley rumble--but guess you don't get a choice on that=Im at 5 mos and still get coughing sometimes-I really think it is going to take some time to get all cleaned up--the only stomach stuff I had was Id get these hunger spells so bad Id have to drop everything I was doing--even if I was in a store where there was no food and get to food--it was a gnawing aching thing--and so scarey--I could not get enuff to eat--Now you would think that would cause the other problem but no---Ive gained 15 lbs on a small frame so not to happy with that--the gnawang is gone--maybe im full of gas---Im having headaches again--but sleeping good--I want to smoke but not the lung crave thing--more like something in my brain--it is all hard to explain --but maybe you get it--Its nice someone from America on here--first one ive met that I know of--These people are the most wonderful people Ive ever met--Id like to move to UK--anyway--write back if you want--Saturday is my worst day so Im on here a lot--MmeT
Hello!!! Well bloating pushes against lungs and causes the sensation of shortness of breath, I read it some where but it all sucks. I been grinding my teeth lately and I need to quit that asap.
Its just miserable. Its not worth smoking.
I like the U.K. I have a friend who lives a hour from Dover, south east of london, his name is Jewsburry, good guy, and knew a few troops from the armed forces there, all good people. I got along better with people from the U.K. than the U.S. We Do tend to be cocky over seas, I'm more humble.
Europe is awesome tho, well I'm always checkin this to talk and to find encouragement, I'm also really sleepy alot as well. Been nappin daily or going to bed by 10 pm nightly.
hi--im sorry I didn't reply sooner--I didn't know you had--either the site is screwed up or my computer is--I didn't get a notice--made dinner and vacuumed--and just got on here and was lookin around and see your post-I go to bed earlier than I used to also since I quit--I sleep so hard sometimes I wake up and wonder where I am--its a different kind of sleep than before--You know I kind of feel this yearning--a lot of the time--it is different than the conscious out and out craving--its just like a empty sort of yearning---First I think im missing something--what is it? then I realize "oh that's right,I bet it cigarettes" It is back in my subconscious more now--not right up in my face--I get sad and have a cry sometimes in the morning--and that is dramatic enuff I know rightaway- im missing my am smoke-I want to start my day like I used too--This is all going to take a while--I can see that--It is layered like an onion--First symptoms are just in your face--but as you peel off layers--you see how deep it goes--and how integrated into your very personality it really is--Sometimes its like";who am I now?" part of my identity is gone--or its like" I cant walk--where are my crutches?" Just this deep loss-I think it is like the 7 stages of grief--are you familiar with them? MmeT
I agree with that, but it's for the better, I wake up and don't even wanna get up when I realize it's a new day, I suspect it's because I quit smoking, as the day goes on it gets easier, and by night time I'm ready to pass out for the rest of the night. My favorite time now, is around 9:30 pm til 11 pm I lay there and just think, I look at the stars thru my window or do what I'm doing now and checking this for new post or just reading. I wake up and it's like blah, gotta do this all over again, I know it will be like this for a while but I'm hoping not for too long. It is a sense of missing Something..... I thought I was goin mad thinking I was crazy until you said that. I also have depersonalization issues at times, like a strange haze or brain fog....... It sucks but I'm hoping it clears. Started since I quit smoking.
yes I get that--Its like my get up and go got up and went--I don't really start comin alive till late in the day--this is my favorite time of day too--I had some of these things somewhat before I quit smoking but with quitting smoking it was like magnified--some things got worse and some got better-I like this time of day because the world is quieter and I can feel that and it is calming to me--I like winter and rainy days for the same reason--Since I quit smoking its like im sort of in a dream--I cant believe IveI been fightin this battle 5 mos--you gotta be half out of it--lol--but on the flipside--I have some new sense of clarity--that I am not even familiar with because Ive been smoking since I was 14--some new sense of self--and in a way im nicer and allow myself to be a little more vunerable--this relates kind of to the a.m crying --cryin over a dam cigarette--I? I kno that's it--but it feels like im just so sad and alone--and there it is again--I am alone because I don't have my crutch--I hope you can follow me--Im on a ramble here trying to describe stuff as fast as it goes thru my mind-are you with me?? Mmet
I so needed a laugh! Thanks so much. I am proud of you quitting!!!! Keep it up.
No I follow you, I'm sorry was reading about my Cincinnati Reds baseball team, I'm a huge huge reds fan.
But no I agree, turned down a date tonight just because I didn't want to go out and be bothered. Like I know that's sad, but I like my alone time at night when I can ball up under covers and kinda relax, I dread the sleeping part but love this part. Mornings suck bad because I have the entire day ahead of me to think about it.
Remember tho we can loath in this or accept these things are evil and are to harm us and ditch them!!!!
Im watching an old Saturday Night Live and Nirvana was just on--I thought maybe you had fallen asleep--I am alone a lot----The more you do the alone thing the less you want to be bothered..I cant imagine turning down a date unless you weren't interested in the person or going somewhere loud and busy--Of course not smoking makes going out less interesting--I rarely drank the last decade--but I wouldn't dare have a drink now or Id smoke--I don't know if I would ever feel safe doing that---they go together in my mind--what part of the country are you in? Im in Northern Plains--windy here now --cat wants food--xxx MmeT
Northern Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, just laying here, have a fire going, dropping to the low 20S tonight. Cold. I turned down the date because I just don't feel up to it tonight. I feel blah. Well it's about that time to crash. Hate this time of night, hopefully I sleep in.
7:53 A.M. didn't sleep in like i wanted to..... Down about it. Here's to a long day.......
Hang in there... it will get better.... It will all be worth it for sure
Well I slept in til 10, I laid back down. I really really really hate smoking so bad, have a busy week this week, CBT therapy for panic disorder, and then getting put on an anti anxiety drug for panic so maybe that will help the SOB some. I'll keep you all posted. One day at a time is what I say.
Yes, keep us posted on your progress, and you are right, just one day at time. You can do this
Will do
Stay strong , it will get better, it's hard, I too like to go to bed at 9.30 and check in . I'm also starting to enjoy my time alone.. Or maybe I'm becoming an unsociable so and so will stick to the first explanation. Yes the tiredness, and could I sleep, now I'm wide awake and cant sleep, o well hey ho... we can do this . Hang in there and hope all goes well with your appointments
Maddy x
I really enjoy it, especially this time of night. I love love love it. Tomorrow I will hate waking up. Just how it goes.
This post really made me laugh 
oh the joys of giving up smoking hey!
Always fun lol.
tell that to my poor fiance who has to suffer through it lol
Lol my thoughts are 28th him. I had a bad crave yesterday. Almost gave in but I remembered why I quit and all that and going thru this hell. Not picking one up.
Starting to feel a bit better now
On 4th day of cold turkey can be all over the place
See you all later
