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General : Afraid of the agony of withdrawal View All Messages
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From: MSN NicknameElevenPinkFlowers  in response to Message 1Sent: 12/8/2005 2:45 PM
Hi Bolivar,
 
to me, "blood clots in your leg" sounds absolutely terrible! I do hope it doesn't hurt... Don't get me wrong but it sound weird to me that someone can face the dangers of blood clotting in his leg and everything that comes with it, and at the same time be so scared of quitting because of "the agony of withdrawal".
 
Even if you are not in pain now, you must be worrying yourself sick. What if that blood clot blocks an artery and the foot dies? What if the blood clot moves with the bloodstream and causes a stroke?
 
If you quit, you have very good chances that your circulation problems get better very quickly. You will have nothing to worry about on that side.
 
What I am trying to tell you is that you are probably having more problems now than during the first days of quitting. Every quit is different. You might have a very smooth quit, you never know. I didn't experience any of the terrible symptoms people sometimes describe. It was not nice but it was by no means as bad as some people make it seem. (Sometimes I am inclined to believe that people who have a vested interest in my smoking spread these rumours...)
 
Have a look at Freedom's Quit smoking tip sheet. It helped me a lot.
 
Just take the plunge. Don't buy a new pack. Save your life by NTAP - it is really that simple.
 
PinkFlowers
Saving her life since 2 March 2005