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3Ring Binder
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11-19-2009 14:36
i know someone i wish would quit. it's icky to smell, but worse... it's so unhealthy. i worry. ok, my lecture is done now.
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-19-2009 14:39
i know someone i wish would quit. it's icky to smell, but worse... it's so unhealthy. i worry. ok, my lecture is done now. ![]() Pep (Ah, so you'd like me to start smoking, would you?) _____________________
Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 14:41
i know someone i wish would quit. it's icky to smell, but worse... it's so unhealthy. i worry. ok, my lecture is done now. ![]() 3...I had tried numerous times over the years and failed. When my doctor finally prescribed Chantix, that did the trick. And I agree, it is a nasty, smelly habit. My kids are forever grateful ![]() And Pep - LOL on the above...If I ever get the occasion to come your way, I am going to look you up and personally put my arms around your neck ![]() ![]() _____________________
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Allegria Kanto
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11-19-2009 15:03
Well, the good news is, Kylie, the cravings eventually fade away. I quit 10+ years ago, now I never think about it.
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3Ring Binder
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11-19-2009 15:03
And if they don't quit, they might die a lingering painful death by cancer. Pep (Ah, so you'd like me to start smoking, would you?) no, please do not start smoking. also, i have told you 100 times if i told you once, i do not wish you death by cancer. sheesh. |
Pserendipity Daniels
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11-19-2009 15:08
no, please do not start smoking. also, i have told you 100 times if i told you once, i do not wish you death by cancer. sheesh. Pep (A little like your normal existence, then.) _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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11-19-2009 15:11
3...I had tried numerous times over the years and failed. When my doctor finally prescribed Chantix, that did the trick. And I agree, it is a nasty, smelly habit. My kids are forever grateful ![]() And Pep - LOL on the above...If I ever get the occasion to come your way, I am going to look you up and personally put my arms around your neck ![]() ![]() Pep (That was ten years ago, and when I go home now, the house has white ceilings, not cream ones.) _____________________
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Maureen Boccaccio
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11-19-2009 15:12
95,000 ![]() Woot! Congrats, Tex. ![]() |
Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 15:23
Well, the good news is, Kylie, the cravings eventually fade away. I quit 10+ years ago, now I never think about it. Ooooo...good to know, thanks, I thought I would have to deal with them for the rest of my life ![]() _____________________
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 15:26
My mother quit at 68, right after she found out she had to have a cancerous piece of her lung cut out. Pep (That was ten years ago, and when I go home now, the house has white ceilings, not cream ones.) Good for her....yes, another drawback to smoking, the nicotine throughout. My youngest is thankful his backpack doesn't smell anymore ![]() ![]() _____________________
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LittleMe Jewell
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11-19-2009 15:27
She asked, I answered . . . Pep ( . . . and you quoted me, which should get you a rap on the knuckles from the Non-Existent Clique's enforcers.) ![]() _____________________
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LittleMe Jewell
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11-19-2009 15:31
The holidays are upon us...good will to all. ![]() Today is the Great American SmokeOut...anybody trying to kick the habit? ![]() _____________________
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-Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell |
LittleMe Jewell
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11-19-2009 15:35
3...I had tried numerous times over the years and failed. When my doctor finally prescribed Chantix, that did the trick. And I agree, it is a nasty, smelly habit. My kids are forever grateful ![]() _____________________
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-Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell |
Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 15:48
My 2-year anniversary was 2 weeks ago -- Nov 5, 2007 was my quit date. ![]() Good for you ![]() _____________________
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 15:50
Vanity Shot:
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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
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11-19-2009 15:57
Vanity Shot: ![]() oops...sorry on the size Wow!! Gorgeous, Kylie!!! ![]() _____________________
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 15:59
Thank you Scylla....okay, Pep, let's hear the criticism
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Scylla Rhiadra
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11-19-2009 16:02
Thank you Scylla....okay, Pep, let's hear the criticism ![]() Oh, just . . . don't . . . go . . . there. Take it from someone who did . . . ![]() _____________________
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 16:03
Oh, just . . . don't . . . go . . . there. Take it from someone who did . . . ![]() LOL...just thought I would give Pep something to do ![]() _____________________
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Rafe Phoenix
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11-19-2009 16:06
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Updated 12/16/09 Taunter Singing "The Rose" A Capella
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Kylie Jaxxon
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11-19-2009 16:10
VN ty, Rafe ![]() _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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11-19-2009 16:15
Hyperbolising again, but yes, you have told me that you would prefer my death to be more painful and drawn out. Pep (A little like your normal existence, then.) no no no not more drawn out. sheesh |
3Ring Binder
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11-19-2009 16:55
Kylie, gorgeous!
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Whimsycallie Pegler
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11-19-2009 16:56
All this bickering in the forums has made me take a look at myself and my own behavior. There have been many times I have thought that people were being too sensitive on a subject and made light of their feelings. So when this topic hit me hard and my first reaction was to complain about it being on the forums, I had to take a hard look at myself. What I found was that I have some unresolved and personal feelings about cancer and what it does to people. The topic, although it still stings, has made me come to terms with a few feelings. If you could care less what I feel please feel free to skip the rest of this post. If you don’t want to hear about my personal experience with cancer you can skip it too.
My father died almost four years ago of lung cancer. We found out 9 months before he died that we were going to be taking this odd journey of a family dealing with cancer: from brain surgery, to chemo, to slowly letting his body and soul go through what had become inevitable. He was not a saint and having cancer did not turn him into one. It showed the weakest and it showed best parts of our family. In many ways it made us naked. I will be forever proud of my father’s dignity and bravery through this time. My mother was the proverbial pillar of strength in helping him stay at home the way he wanted to be. I can only hope I will have as much courage and love as my mother showed if I ever need it. I will be forever thankful for the man who stood at my side and encouraged me to be the best me. Who took my hand week after week and helped me to make the most of those last few months. We took joy in the little things during those months: that brain surgery took away the nausea that dad was feeling and he was able to enjoy food for awhile; that he made it out fishing one last time, even if he sat in the car; that we captured a picture of a beautiful sunset over Potter’s Marsh that year and we were able to print for him; that the music tape we made at Christmas of some of his old favorite songs including some beautiful Hawaiian music helped ease his sleep in those last painful days. I take comfort in a few of the things my father said during this journey. When he was first diagnosed and I was crying my heart out, he worried about comforting me. “If this is it, I have had a good run.” Towards the end a hospice nurse was there checking on he and my mother. She asked my dad on a level of 1-10 how much pain do you have. When my father answered 10, my mother felt awful that she hadn’t given him the medication he needed, but then my father continued, “But I don’t worry about that. This other guy over here is taking care of that.” In those last days he spoke often of other people being with him. I would like to think it was angels and ancestors that were there to guide him on his way. Now if you all want to keep arguing and bickering and throwing cancer around go ahead. If you want to make light of this post go ahead. I am coming to peace with my feelings. I still believe you shouldn’t take these forums too seriously. I just thought I would share my own perspective and at the end of each day I would like to be able to say, “If this is it, I had a good run.” |
Rafe Phoenix
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11-19-2009 17:31
All this bickering in the forums has made me take a look at myself and my own behavior. There have been many times I have thought that people were being too sensitive on a subject and made light of their feelings. When I was 15 my uncle died of throat cancer. It was a slow painful death. Three and a half years later I thought that I had come to terms with what I had witnessed. In '92; right after he took over The Tonight Show, Jay Leno made a few cracks about death in one of his stand up bits. I sat there totally appalled that someone could make light of someone's suffering. My uncle's death swam back over me. I went through a time when I was very sensitive to other people's actions. Not what they were doing to me but how they might be hurting others. Today I can not imagine being that sensitive to anyone else's opinions or actions. They are who they are and there is nothing anyone can do to change that. Four years is not long enough to heal the wound that you were dealt with your father's death. Believe it or not being hurt by what people are saying here about cancer is helping you heal. It hurts like hell but its part of the process for some of us. HUGS and best wishes. _____________________
Updated 12/16/09 Taunter Singing "The Rose" A Capella
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