Need prayers

Well, I'm at a road block. I went to the pulmonolgists and was told he could not clear me now because my lungs are so bad I wouldn't make it through surgery.  I was also diagnosed with asthma which never crossed my mind.  So which I already planned to stop smoking for the surgery I now must do it to stay alive.  I was prescribed lots of meds and in 3 weeks have to go have tests done and a week after that report back to the pulmonologist. So I'm praying with meds and lifestyle changes I will get cleared.  I know the smoking is going to be hard to quit but I want to be around for my kids for as long as possible so please everyone keep me in your prayers.

Good luck!  I just stopped smoking last week (for the second time), and it's hard but not impossible.  This time I had my doctor write a prescription for Wellbutrin and I also used the patches, and it helped.  When I quit last time (which lasted for 3 years) I quit cold turkey, and it's not easy.  I've heard people say that Chantix helps a lot too.  If you haven't already, have your doctor give you something to help.  You can definitely do this!

I'll be saying a prayer!

Thanks. I asked for Chantix but he gave me a coupon for the patches and wanted me to try them first. I think today I'm gonna go get them. I haven't set my quit date in stone but it's gonna be by the time the weekend is up.
I wish you the best with your journey.

I got the CVS-brand patches.  They were on sale for 39.99 for 14 days.  I think the name-brand was 59.99.  The only problem I had with the CVS ones were they didn't stick well after a couple of hours, so I just stuck a huge band-aid on them and it kept it on.

One thing I've noticed in the past couple of days is that if I get hungry, the urge to smoke comes back even if it doesn't bother me at any other time.  I think it's because I used to smoke when I was hungry if I didn't have anything around to eat.  I'm not a big snacker so I had to go get some things to snack on that were semi-healthy.  So it might be a good idea to have some snacks on hand so you're prepared.

I bought the nicoderm patches today they were about 40.00 I had a coupon. That's a good idea thanks.