AFTER my 65-day quest to become a non-smoker, I'm still on the bulbous side - a year later.At first, I was quite impressed to have enormous boobs. I never thought they'd grow THIS big. Then it struck me, the rest of my body had grown at the same rate.
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I've had a cold for about six weeks and it won't shift.
The amount of gunk I'm coughing up is unbelievable.
Smoking is certainly not helping matters.
Perhaps I've been a bit silly to dismiss trying to give up again.Very silly, in fact.
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IT'S that time of year when people ponder on the future and dream up New Year Resolutions.
My resolution for 2009 is to stop making resolutions! I never stick to them - as this b log proves!
TWO weeks after starting a course of Champix, my mate Janice was still puffing her way through 30 cigarettes aday.
"I woke up feeling a bit sick one morning, but felt fine after a cigarette," she told me.
The inevitable then happened... She got a call
SHE'S a 40-a-day-er and, up until now, she's never thought twice about it.
Suddenly, my friend and fellow puffer, Janice, is going all out to kick the habit. She is not going to bother with patches, inhalers, etc.
Instead, she is going on the tablets.
MY nicotine intake was substantially reduced during my recent holiday to Cornwall and North Devon. This was mainly due to lack of designated smoking areas in and around my hotel. Also, I was busy exploring and taking in the views.
Now I'm back to the
Let's just face it, I will one day be a non-smoker for good - when I'm dead!
In the meantime, I'll have to contend with the fact that I'm a permanently LAPSED non-smoker.
Willpower clearly isn't my forte...
Life can be miserable at times - without cigarettes!
I haven't got a chest infection, it transpires. After a thorough examination, I have been advised the source of my pain is most likely a pulled muscle.
The doctor, who took my temperature and even checked my blood pressure, listened to my chest and declared
ALL the signs are there - runny nose, aching back and fatigue. I've got a chest infection. I'm certain.
It was a bad omen when I spotted my GP as I was queuing up to pay for a Sunday paper and buy 20 Mayfair at the same time.
I gestured for him to
I've got an appointment at the doctor's tomorrow.
Only myself to blame, I know...
MY fellow 'quitter', Heidi, has made it.
Unlike me, she has breezed through the final stage of the SmokeStop course to almost being a non-smoker.
Yes, she's on the final hurdle - the dot-sized nicotine patch that is the last step in an addict's quest
I'M a tad disappointed that the Midweek Herald has not been banned from Zimbabwe.
Although the newspaper is only distributed in East Devon and West Dorset, it does cover the affairs of all those in the patch - including people who have been jailed by