Quit Smoking Day 3 - Shopping

We're up relatively early today (well Phil more so than me), and after a little breakfast we head out to Telford to do some shopping.

We have a good look around, and pick up the Da Vinci code for Phil's Mum and also a new vase to put our bamboo in since it's outgrown its current receptacle. So even though we didn't come back with mounds of merchandise it was sufficient to keep me busy and not think too much about ciggies, which is good.

Phil's dad then cooks a lovely Sunday dinner and we're just about to leave when Phil gets struck down with a terrible bout of indigestion and doesn't particularly want to sit in a car for a couple of hours just yet. So we go for a brief walk to see if that helps (which it doesn't) and finally resort to filling him up with fizzy pop, making him jump up and down several times, and then seeing if he can burp to try and relieve some of the excess gas which is making him feel so ill.

It sort of works, and despite not being 100% himself we head off back home, making a quick stop at Ikea in Birmingham to check out their lounge and dining room furniture and to get some catalogues as well.

I guess we get home at around 5.30 and Phil goes to bed and watches the Grand Prix in the comfort of a king size duvet, whilst I do very little indeed apart from watch TV and try to ignore the fact that I really really want a cigarette. I'm brave though, the raisins kick in and I'm good.... I'm guessing the domino's helped on that front as well however. It is however becoming increasingly hard to ignore the urge to stuff a stick in my gob. I hope I've got enough will power to ignore the cravings.

Its now been 48 hours+ since I stopped smoking:
Nicotine is eliminated from my body.

What this means
As well as being highly addictive, nicotine has a number of unpleasant side-effects on the body. It can act as an emetic (cause vomiting) and it can produce stomach upsets. It raises blood pressure, and increases the likelihood of hypothermia and seizures. Get rid of the nicotine and you will get rid of these symptoms. Ability to taste and smell is greatly improved.

Posted by Abi on the September 25, 2005 9:47 PM