And So It Begins--Part 2: Deep Breaths!
So today was the day my smoking cessation classes started. When all the participants arrived we are given our prescription paperwork to take to the pharmacy and get our Zyban and nicotine patches. Sounds good to me! Well, for some reason unknown to me or anyone else, the doctor who reviews our history and writes the prescriptions has decided apparently that I am not a candidate for the nicotine patch!!! *insert freaking out smiley here*. He only gave me a prescription for Zyban, so I will have to basically go cold turkey if I intend to stop smoking. I cannot express how much I am freaking out right now--I have swayed back and forth between tears, nausea, and near-hysterics. I've tried cold turkey before and it is NOT fun and there is no way I will put myself or my family through that. Perhaps under normal circumstances I could manage it (normal meaning I am stranded alone in an igloo at the North Pole), but not right now while I am under the stress of selling a house, buying a new house, and moving.
My actual quit date isn't for another two weeks because I have to take the Zyban for 14 days before quitting. So I will continue to attend the classes and hope that the clinic I am taking the classes at can find out why the doctor will not give me the patches. Hopefully they can change is mind or the whole thing was an oversight on his part! I am praying the clinic calls me very soon and lets me know what they find out so I can stop freaking out. I also plan to price the patches downtown and see what they will cost me. Right now all our money is going to fixing up our house, but maybe the patches are an expense worth putting on a credit card. If I cannot get the patches I fully intend to scrap (as in QUIT) the classes and try again at a later date.
There, now that I have gotten all that out I feel much better. Now I have to go paint the house.
My actual quit date isn't for another two weeks because I have to take the Zyban for 14 days before quitting. So I will continue to attend the classes and hope that the clinic I am taking the classes at can find out why the doctor will not give me the patches. Hopefully they can change is mind or the whole thing was an oversight on his part! I am praying the clinic calls me very soon and lets me know what they find out so I can stop freaking out. I also plan to price the patches downtown and see what they will cost me. Right now all our money is going to fixing up our house, but maybe the patches are an expense worth putting on a credit card. If I cannot get the patches I fully intend to scrap (as in QUIT) the classes and try again at a later date.
There, now that I have gotten all that out I feel much better. Now I have to go paint the house.
posted by Dianna | 1:56 PM
4 Comments:
This is just one little pebble on the road to quiting, YOU so can do this, my mom is on the patch right now and says she hates it, it makes her feel yuck, she says it's a bit strong. when my dad quit 10 years ago he replaced smoking a cig with eating sunflower seeds, lol yes it is a type of food but you can't gain weight eating seeds lol, I quit cold turkey too and YES it was super hard, I took up chewing gum and suckers (blow pops) to take away the cig cravings. There are so many different things you can try to replace it, I know you said no food, did the class maybe give you some tips on what you can do for a substitude?
You can so do this Dianna! I have great faith in you! :)
Dianna -
The zyban alone can work; it worked for a friend of mine very well, once she started on the twice a day regimen. Within a week, she pretty much just lost the urge to smoke. Wishing you much success with it!
Laurie
Di - I quit with just wellbutrin - and I wans't even trying - the stuff is good at taking the urges away. You can also see about the nicotine inhailer - garys aunt used that to control her urges and it worked great for her. You can do this! And remember - you are saving a fortune on cigarettes - you can afford the patches yourself if you have to pay for them.
goodluck hope it helps you kick the habit.
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