Smoking

[Qwerty]

What a cock up , OH had a phone call this morning from doctors surgery , they can’t supply him with the prescription due to is history of depression, he needs s telephone appointment, but couldn’t fit him in till next Wednesday. This would mean he would be seeing smoking nurse on the Friday so how can he know if it’s working by then ? So now they are going to try and ring him late this morning which has stopped us from going out as planned , what a mess , don’t get me wrong I love my NHS but this is not good .I don’t want this medication to mess up the therapy he is having because at the moment that is more important so watch this space

[Enfys]

What a nuisance Qwerty, hope it doesn’t put him off.

[Daisy]

Qwerty - isn't it often the way, though. What should be a really simple job gets more and more complicated because people don't follow the 'system'. I hope it's all sorted out tomorrow.

[Plantaholic]

That is not helping him to give up smoking Qwerty.

[Gemini]

How annoying! Your OH shouldn't have had to chase this up

[Qwerty]

I swear someone wants my OH to carry on smoking.
After his clinic app last Friday the nurse he saw said she would e mail our doctor to provide him with a prescription, and to call for it about Tuesday, he went today and the chemist knew nothing about it, so off to see receptionist at doctors she found the e mail apologised and said it would be ready Friday, bearing in mind he is due to see the smoking nurse a week on Monday , anyway she has sent it now as a priority and she said it would be ready tomorrow pm, I give up well I know a man who should give up pardon the pun 😏

[Daisy]

I still associate the smell of cigarettes with feeling car sick. I didn’t think the smoke made me sick but the connection is there.

[Shemadee]

I must admit I quite like the smell of cigarettes when they are being smoked but definitely don’t like the smell once it goes stale. Stopped seeing so much of one friend as she insisted on meeting at her house and would smoke several cigarettes whilst having coffee. My clothes and hair would stink and eventually it was just too much hassle. Odd that we grew up with cigarette smoke and didn’t notice it at all.

[Qwerty]

Yuk! I smoked in my teens but gave it up when I married. OH went cold turkey when he gave up 22 years ago. DD1 vapes. No one else smokes in our family, but I remember when all my family smoked in the 60s. It was the done thing! We must have stunk.
OH tried hypnosis, patches etc. Nothing worked. The only way was the hard way.

I agreeGM I think it the only way cold turkey but it’s easy for me to say

[Qwerty]

My DS was given this but it didn't work for him , he eventually went on to these e cigs but I think they just as addictive he had to wean himself off them too

Oma he has tried the e cigarettes but they did it work for him , watch this space
sorry I meant didn’t work

[Plantaholic]

My OH usually would enjoy a cigar at Christmas, he had been a smoker and at times smoked a pipe. My DS smokes small cigars, I wish he didn't.

[Daisy]

Shem and Nana - when we were away in the caravan a couple of weeks ago, the man in the van opposite was smoking a pipe. His wife wouldn't let him in the van with it, though!

[Gemini]

My OH, who stopped smoking 10 or 11 years ago, still likes the smell of other people's cigarettes if she smells one when we are out. I think that is quite unusual.
I have never smoked and hate the smell, especially when it gets onto my hair and clothes.

[Grauntie Mag]

Me too Nana.......

[Nana]

Now you come to mention it Shem, I haven't seen anyone smoke a pipe for as long as I can remember. I wonder if it's gone out of fashion?

I stopped smoking in my late 30s...cold turkey. Haven't looked back since. I kept a pkt of cigarettes on my bedside cabinet too. Somehow it helped. I'm the world's worst if anyone lights up near me. Yuk.😉