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Ed Boland Howdy gang! It's been a while... how's everyone been doing here? I've missed you all!
Been pretty busy with life and all over the last couple months myself.
My mother (74), as some of you might remember, who came to live with us earlier in the year due to her health problems, was just diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and will be beginning radiation treatment next week. The colon cancer that they did surgery to remove a couple years ago has spread through her blood into her lung (metastasis) thus making it "stage 4". But she's hanging in there! The doctors are enthusiastic about the treatment, and we are all just trying to stay positive about it all. We've been trying to make sure she's comfortable and not in need of anything, which honestly, between working all my crazy double-shifts and all, trying to go back and forth to all of her dr's appointments and everything has really run me ragged. But this is my mom.. so it's always worth it!
Then... a couple weeks ago the RX8 broke down. I mean really down, as in it needs a new engine down! So I've been without my own car ever since and it has just made everything twice as difficult! I definitely don't have the money for a new engine.. or a new car, so we've just been making due with what we have. Thankfully, I have the GF, and she has her car that she's been more than gracious enough to let me use to get back and forth to work with, and mom to all her appts. It's been crazy though really.. not having my own car has really hit me in the dignity department
Oh.. and guess what guys! I quit SMOKING!! Last Monday November 7th at 1p.m. was my last cigarette! I'm on day 9... During one of my mom's lung doctor appointments, I saw a flyer for a "free quit smoking" class at our local hospital which provides free NRT (nicotine replacement therapy - patches, lozenges, and gum), and saw that it just happened to be on my regular day off, so I decided to take the leap. It's been a struggle, I'm not going to lie... but I'm doing it! The money savings and the health benefits are both something I desperately need nowadays... so wish me luck guys!
Sorry to hear about your mum. Hope all goes well. :)
Sorry to hear about your car. There's nothing worse than not having the means to get around.
Good to hear about you quitting smoking. My wife quit when we met. Since I don't smoke it was easier for her. It's been 13 years for her now. I think she occasionally gets a moment but learned to let it pass by.
My mum's partner quit a long time ago now but he smoked for a long time. He still has his moments to from time to time but he doesn't give in.
Key thing I'd suggest is make sure you break your routine a bit to what you usually did when smoking and you'll be more likely to not pick it up again. Habit is actually the harder thing to break after the addictive side.
Laura Knotek likes this.11-17-2016 09:22 PM
