Recommended Tests

 This may have come up before, but i can't find it.

 I have to quit smoking, for good! I have pneumonia something awful right now, never in my life had any lung problems, or those kind of health issues to speak of. I'm just ashamed that I can't do this on my own, and I turn to  be a guini pig for the drug makers outfits. Doc said when we get this thing cleared up, then I can go on chantix.

 I am asking those of you that have tried , successfully or not, your input. I've read so many forums, about this and that, and all the issues people have and don't have as well.

I know Tommie quit before me and I haven't smoked for a year and a half now and don't want to! Like Tommie it ain't easy but  if its necessary you'll quit. If you need some one to talk to give me a call anytime day or night. I have COPD & Asthma with emphysema. Smoking is not an option with me.

Yeah tdawnaz, I remember talking to you about it. I have stopped as well. along with a few other people i got to do it with me...thats how i did it. team effort so to speak.  But tdawn is always right when it comes to that...stopping is very hard indeed. anytime feel free to pm me....   

Never heard of it before. 

Oh ok. Late to try it out. But hey, thats ok. 

I hope whichever road you take  this time is the right road. 

 Thanks for the thoughts people.

 I just got back from the doc, and he said the results are normal, he also said, why do you sound so good right now ? I was sitting in the office for 20 minutes or so  AIR CONDITIONED.   I nearly cleared up 100%. He gave me a shot of cortisone, ( needed it anyway I guess ), and an inhaler. Told me to keep takin the antibiotics anyway.

 Thing is, I have air at the house, which is my office as well, but we only use it when it gets really hot and humid. We like the fresh air.  I'm sitting here putting together a system, and I feel like S#!t ! can't breath for a damn. I guess it doesn't take to much to figure I have to use the air, I just don't want to be dependent on it.

 AAR , thaks for listen to my rants and issues.  I'm goin back next week, then I'll get the chantix, I hate smokin anyway. it's embarrassing to me anymore.

 Thanks sequoia.

 I turned the AC on after my last post, still coolin off lol.  The house is 10 years old, (the people that owned it before only stayed here for two months out of the year ) and when I moved in almost 5 years ago I had the ducts cleaned, and the entire system (other than the ductwork ) was replaced that month w/ a Lennox 90 + efficient.  I had a UV light air cleaner installed because of the wife and youngest boy. I pitched the electronic filter because there junk IMO. Each time there is an arc, it creates a hole in the media.

 I see more cottonwood this year than I have ever in my life, it's surreal, although i don't sneeze or have any cold or allergy symptoms, I guess maybe as the doc said, it all depends on how the winter went. Whatever lol.

 I only have the central air.  I was thinking of getting one of those filters your talking about, but there are so many , and you never know which ones are for real you know?  Which one do you have ?

 Oh yeah, we have a 125' deep well, our water is good, but hey, it's well water, so I had a RO system put in when we moved here as well.

Thx Roco, I have to beat this thing. I feel like a pussy, but hell, smokes have been my friend for so long.

mudmanc4 ;I have central heat but all my AC is window units.1 evaporative & 2 refridgerated.
My HEPA air cleaner is a Sunbeam model 2543 but it is several years old & this model is no longer made.I don't know if they make a newer equivalent.I have hundreds of hours on this one & no sign of failure yet.
I wish I did have well water like you.The well water we have here is good but somewhat high in fluoride.This can cause tooth mottling but no real harmful effect.In the city you have to get a permit to drill a well & it is illegal to hook up to your house water or drink.The city does add well water to the salty lake reservoir water to make it barely meet state standards.
We have had a drought the last 4 years & the reservoir that was a 105 feet depth is now 46 feet.So they are adding more well water.I do drink some of this as it contains a lot of minerals mostly in cooking & coffee.
I don't have a home water filter .I buy mine from a company here that puts up small buildings that are coin operated & you can buy the filtered water for a 25 cents a gallon.Like I said I got a tour from a service tech that was there one time I was getting water.I'm sure the filter system they use would be several thousand dollars to build & costly to operate for a home.It even monitors it's own tank water & if it detects anything wrong with the water like something that should have been filtered out it shuts itself down & calls the service tech.They are cleaned daily & well serviced.You may not even see this type of service if your area has good water.But these are a long way above the self service units you see at Walmart.

2nd post  :lol:Ooops previous post , old english joke ,
back on topic , would I date a smoker ? probably not , Hell who wants to kiss a ashtray ?,  the one thing I used to my advantage on quiting smoking , as often I could not smoke for 8 hours plus (work ) was the strange light headed feeling I got , it wasn't exactly pleasent just a strange spaced out feeling ,  so I grew my thoughts on that, and tried to make full use of that feeling , and yes I shut myself away for a week , spent a lot of time just sleeping , planning future projects and thinking back to before I smoked ,
and finaly accepted I was a addict  to a expencive habit (UK ) , once that reality had finaly set in  things got easier and ,after a lot of other  changes in my life ,and suport from good friends,