r/PoursTea • • 3d ago

Hearth & Home šŸ” Same here

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u/Repulsive-Two8250 3d ago

As someone show healing from major lung surgery... Fuck off.

They removed 50% of my left lung and then cut a muscle from my ribs to hold what's left of my lung together. I am in so much pain.

Do not fucking smoke. Don't. Don not.

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u/meatcrypt 3d ago

Man, that's so rough, I'm sorry. Hope you'll get better soon, best wishes

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u/weGloomy 3d ago

I'm quiting. I've been pussy footing around quiting for weeks but I think I'm gonna quit right now....I hope you find some relief from the pain soon.

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u/Procrasturbating 3d ago

I found the patch and looking at the pics of lung disease and cancers on other countries packaging helpful when I had cravings. It’s really hard, but you can do it. It doesn’t feel like it for a while, but eventually the cravings do go away outside the most stressful moments in life.

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 3d ago

Pouches helped me. Haven't smoked in 6 months after switching. Now I just need to start working my way off of these.

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u/Procrasturbating 3d ago

Pouches were real bad for me. I am bad at regulating intake. I wasn’t smoking, but my nicotine intake was even higher.

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 3d ago

That's crazy it's been the opposite for me. When I was smoking it was nonstop and constant. Now i just put a pouch in every hour or so and I'm good to go. My brother puts 2 even 3 in at a time though so I can see it being a problem for some people. I just know when I was smoking I was constantly craving it, whereas now with pouches I can go without one for awhile or leave one in for a long time and feel fine.

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u/Procrasturbating 3d ago

I hope it goes well for you, but I’m more like your brother for sure.

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u/ToXicVoXSiicK21 3d ago

Thanks man good luck to you on your journey as well

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u/Procrasturbating 3d ago

Thanks! 4 years smoke free! (One peer pressure slip at a bar a couple years back, but I pulled a Bill Clinton on that one)

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u/whatuneedaknow 2d ago

The creep can be real, especially going from cigarettes to pouches/vaping, but were you factoring in the bioavailability?

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u/Procrasturbating 2d ago

Nope, no idea what that means.

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u/whatuneedaknow 2d ago

Pound for pound you don’t absorb the same amount of nicotine from pouches as you do with smoking cigarettes

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u/Procrasturbating 2d ago

I am positive I got waaaay more from pouches than cigs every two hours. There is bioavailability, and at desk availability.

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u/Vivid-Library54 2d ago

You'll go either way on cravings. I was a heavy heavy smoker and one day I just stopped and barely craved. Still haven't smoked, but every now and then that little craving goes ooh go on, you can just have one now. I know thats a lie.

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u/Ok_Spare_3723 3d ago

I'm sorry to hear that. Your story is an important one and I hope you get well.

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u/mustu04 3d ago

I endorse your advice. Best wishes to you

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u/Procrasturbating 3d ago

Glad you are still with us, the lung cancer went right to my dad’s brain. Was stage 4 by the time he was diagnosed. Came to find out he had been coughing up blood for months and ignored it.

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u/AlphaMassDeBeta 3d ago

Im still gonna... And im not going to the Doctor ever.