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Old 20th February 2020, 14:01   #11
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Well at least there's no hill walking involved.
True.

I worked out how much money I was spending on tobacco as I rolled my own, with a menthol filter.

The filters I bought in bulk, a box of 20 at a time, Swan extra slim menthol.
About every 6 months I bought them @ £11.27 from Amazon.

Tobacco was 50g Gold Leaf JPS x2 per week, £36.20

Per year Tobacco was £1,882.40p + £22.54= £1904.94p

It is shocking how much money I was setting fire to
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Old 20th February 2020, 19:15   #12
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I stopped smoking 3 years ago and it's the best thing I ever did I feel so much better now and I have saved loads of money. It's amazing how much people spend on fags a year as I used to but it's there choice. I will never ever go back to ciggies again rgds mark
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Really sorry to hear you've had a bump in the road of life and health, I'm sure things straighten out for you again!
Like so many have said, good on you for giving up the ciggies, and I really wish you all the power and strength to keep off them!
I'm having a little bit of a 'mare in the health stakes myself, so I know how you must feel, tablets for life just become a routine I find as I've got myself a set for a different reason, but just think of it as "a tablet a day keeps the doctor away" and they are SO much easier to take!
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Old 21st February 2020, 07:11   #14
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Awesome, you guy's are quite inspirational I quit 5 months ago, just stopped, no vape. my wife quit just two days ago, here's to a better future for all of us.
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Neil - your experience is a fairly close mirror of my own. Back in February 2005 I lit up my pipe (for what turned out to be the last time), put 50p in a ticket machine in a local car park - and promptly had a heart attack (there's no truth in the rumour that this was down to the shock of parting with 50p!). Like you, I had pains in the arm, someone tightening a wide belt across my chest and chronic nausea - and apparently I was greyer than my hair, which is saying a lot.
Within two hours, I'd had a trip to hospital under blues and twos, an assessment, and a stent fitted into my chest (via the femoral artery at the top of my thigh). Luckily, I was not allergic to any of the usual drugs used in these circumstances and was able to leave hospital a week later, have a month off work (no driving either) and then go back to 'normal' - but what was normal?
  • On the day of the heart attack, once I came out of the anaesthetic, I asked my wife to go home and dustbin my pipe, baccy etc.
  • We hid the salt pot away, together with the frying pan
  • We finished what we had in the butter dish, and replaced it with olive oil based margerine
  • We bought a pill box to keep me on track with daily doses of Atenolol, Simvastatin, Aspirin and Ramipril
Now, 15 years later, I've just had my annual review with a specialist Coronary Heart Disease Nurse and at the moment, it's all green lights.
I think what I'm trying to say is that, in many respects, heart problems can be dealt with, can actually extend your life (because you're pushed into a healthier lifestyle) and don't really interfere with the way you go about your business. Five years ago I was diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic - but with the healthier diet I had already adopted, plus a few more adjustments, I have been able to keep this under control without any more pills to rattle around inside me.
My sincere best wishes to you.
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Old 26th February 2020, 20:29   #16
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An update on how things are progressing or not as the case is.

Being on my own most of the time I don't like sitting around doing nothing so I have been doing what I did before.
Out shopping, well I tried to had a funny turn in Lidl's which gave me a scare and had to sit in the boot of my car for about 15 minutes, I had bought a bottle of water so was drinking that, I had forgot to bring my pump spray with me which would have sorted me out.
A very kind lady took my trolley back for me and brought back my token, it's very humbling when some complete stranger does this for you.

So I haven't been out shopping since, instead have done a Tesco Home Delivery for this week/weekend.

On Monday I had the radioactive scan appointment at Torbay Hospital the letter said to a allow a couple of hours and I didn't drive as I thought it was best not to.
Taxis are expensive but a necessity at times which cost me £36 return.
For the return journey the first taxi that turned up was a Toyota Auris Estate, I couldn't get in, there was no room for my knees, so the driver ordered a larger one a Citroen C4 Grand something, can't remember the rest, that was much larger and easier to get into.

Unfortunately they couldn't do the scan as I can't put my left arm above my head (had an accident in 2002) all the nurse had done was shave my chest.
They said, I had to be able to put both arms above my head and keep that position for 20 minutes.

There is another scan available to me but I don't know if they can do that one either.
Now I'm waiting to see what happens next.
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