tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post3029549854250737417..comments2024-02-16T04:34:12.341-08:00Comments on THE VIEW FROM THIS END: LAST WORDS ON THE SUBJECT: PROMISEMoanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04930281883709871326noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-85150193041421137632011-10-30T15:42:55.150-07:002011-10-30T15:42:55.150-07:00How lovely it is to have a doctor you can have com...How lovely it is to have a doctor you can have complete faith in! I envy you.<br /><br />Good to see you're sticking to the plan to give up! There are other things than the gum you know. These days you can get electronic cigarettes which take nicotine cartridges of varying strengths (you're supposed to reduce the dose as you get used to smoking less) which not only give you a little bit of a hit, but fulfill the 'mouth pleasure' part too.<br /><br />Keep at it!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496924033221866102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-36744870834138740482011-10-13T15:53:25.022-07:002011-10-13T15:53:25.022-07:00Bless Dr. D and a BIG congratulations on 14 smoke ...Bless Dr. D and a BIG congratulations on 14 smoke free days!<br /><br />Steroids are an amazing drug, aren't they-- You can feel like superwoman in no time. So glad you are on the mend.<br /><br />xo jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-54826300472842229632011-10-13T13:39:06.769-07:002011-10-13T13:39:06.769-07:00Isn't it wonderful when the right medication k...Isn't it wonderful when the right medication kicks in? Equally so, at least, when you have someone you trust.<br /><br />Congratulations on a fortnight without smoking!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-14713980608871241712011-10-12T07:13:41.140-07:002011-10-12T07:13:41.140-07:00Yay! Yay! Oh, and did I mention... YAY!Yay! Yay! Oh, and did I mention... YAY!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-72349719098932799022011-10-10T13:55:38.709-07:002011-10-10T13:55:38.709-07:00Congratulations on your 14th day! Stay STRONG!Congratulations on your 14th day! Stay STRONG!Suzie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01543015925704261898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-19946014070662514312011-10-10T13:44:35.216-07:002011-10-10T13:44:35.216-07:00Keep taking the tablets and trust Dr.D. Well done ...Keep taking the tablets and trust Dr.D. Well done on giving up smoking. You can not go back and let us all down now.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-57976252451369052212011-10-10T07:53:57.223-07:002011-10-10T07:53:57.223-07:00I'm glad to hear that you're feeling bette...I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better and hope that you keep on improving. You must feel so good about having 14 days behind you. Excellent!Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-76350718079031549822011-10-09T21:27:52.156-07:002011-10-09T21:27:52.156-07:00My kids were prescribed steroids for asthma....I b...My kids were prescribed steroids for asthma....I believe it was Prednisone....that has been years ago, but it made a miraculous recovery for them. Could you be asthmatic?Leave It To Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510401202733633537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-61922138245517971932011-10-09T10:24:57.557-07:002011-10-09T10:24:57.557-07:00I absolutely HATE steroids.
They have pumped my hu...I absolutely HATE steroids.<br />They have pumped my husband up to almost twice his size and he is *buzzing* about all over the place and yet he isn't doing anything.<br />I can't get on with them myself.<br />Hope you will be fine when you come off them.<br />I feel sure this cough is something to do with giving up smoking.<br />Hope you are better soon.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-5198980801200384652011-10-09T08:00:47.259-07:002011-10-09T08:00:47.259-07:0014th smokeless day.....wonderful....give yourself ...14th smokeless day.....wonderful....give yourself a gold star....and feel betterxlibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-83309342033000136962011-10-09T06:35:46.433-07:002011-10-09T06:35:46.433-07:00Oh steroids are the most wonderful fountain of you...Oh steroids are the most wonderful fountain of youth. Too bad they do such damage if you take them too long. I was prescribed a 10 day course for the worst most maddening rash all over my body (reaction to an antibiotic) and I would practically leap out of bed, no aches, no pains, charged around all day with energy I hadn't had for some time.<br /><br />Good for you on quitting smoking. My husband quit almost three years ago except for when he is around other smokers at gatherings. Then he bums cigarette. He misses the hanging out with the smokers at parties and such. Anyway, it takes several years for your lungs to recover. Used to be I could hear him breathing (wheezing) acros the room. Now I can only hear him when all is quiet right next to him.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-50616599566634189612011-10-09T05:41:32.563-07:002011-10-09T05:41:32.563-07:00Steroids have a lovely way of treating the symptom...Steroids have a lovely way of treating the symptoms, but not the reason, which is why you feel so good.<br />My bet is that your lungs just need to 'clean up', and after a few months, they will, miraculously, do just that.<br />Beware the 8 week mark, sometimes, our brain tells us that we have lost a buddy, and we weaken.<br />But be strong.......it wasn't a friend, after all.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-69108136240825469012011-10-09T03:53:28.461-07:002011-10-09T03:53:28.461-07:00Moanie, it sounds as though you have been sufferin...Moanie, it sounds as though you have been suffering from something very similar to what I had earlier this year. The antibiotics did nothing for the cough and an xray showed a shadow on the lung - which turned out to be mucus. Eventually diagnosed as hypersensitivity to a fungus we carry in our lungs (ABPA), first cleared by steroids, now controlled by an inhaler. I stopped smoking too!Brighton Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370054497955792775noreply@blogger.com