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flickin out the cherry - for good

  • Feb. 28th, 2008 at 7:02 PM
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Flu sucks. I'm a terrible sick person and luckily I don't get sick all that often. It was just Oct. that I had that awful flu that turned into some crazy bacterial infection that knocked me out for weeks, so when I started getting sick this week I decided to get lots of sleep, fluids, etc. Take care of myself. I don't really remember Tuesday. I remember checking my temperature - 103! - chugging down ice cold V8. Wednesday wasn't much better - made it to class for just a few hours to do the lab. Made it to Safeway to restock on juices. Drank over a liter of juice and am still dehydrated.

I've got to back to work tomorrow but standing for ten minutes still makes me feel woozy in the head. How I'm going to make it through a 10 hour shift? I surely don't know. :(

Haven't been up to checking LJ, email or much of anything. Finally today got enough energy to dig out some Netflix, so that's been cool. But the one good news is I've been too sick to smoke for 3 days. I'd quit for over three years by the time I eased back in (one smoke here, drink and smoke there, yadda yadda) and I didn't even really notice when I actually started smoking again. But le evil disease decided for me - if 3 days pretty much gets all the physical withdrawal out and I was too sick to notice, starting again now is like throwing away a get of jail free card. So, everyone, wish me luck! Hopefully this will be the second time - and it'll stick.

Comments

[info]jennaxrose wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 05:22 am (UTC)
I hope you feel better soon. Being sick sucks.
[info]lizzelda wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 07:12 am (UTC)
Awww, thanks! I'm pretty darn tired of being sick so the good thoughts really help! :)
[info]damnskippytoo wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 03:07 pm (UTC)
Being sick sucks but it is a great opportunity to quit the evil weed. I smoked for 20 years and quit over 6 years ago. But I remember when I'd get the flu and not smoke for a few days and look at it as an opportunity to quit. Unfortunately for me, those times never stuck. I hope it does for you!! :)
[info]lizzelda wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 08:29 pm (UTC)
Yay - someone who feels my pain! :) 6 yrs? You = my hero!

I'm just annoyed that I've started again. After 3 years! Why did I think it was safe to try being a social/drinking smoker?!?!?! Luckily I'm nowhere near the pack/day habit I used to have, but still. Damn! I smoked for over 10 years before I made the decision to quit, and I did it cold turkey. It was awful! I felt ill and terrible and it took months before I could hang out with friends because they all smoked and I didn't anymore. But I knew that I had to stick with it then because I wasn't sure how many more failed attempts I could take. So I gotta stick with it now. Thanks for the good luck wishes - I'll be rereading them a lot over the next few weeks!

*hugs you muchly*
[info]mkwhite wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 05:27 pm (UTC)
Wow! Dude, I'm really sorry you're so sick, but that's just awesome! I really hope you feel better soon, and congratulations on quitting.
[info]lizzelda wrote:
Feb. 29th, 2008 08:33 pm (UTC)
Hee hee! The minute I posted this, I knew you would be so psyched! Of course, I'm psychic, because you've never let me know how disgusting you think the smoking is ... :)

It's good, though. I feel good about it. I just needed an impetus, but even last week I was trying to pick a day to quit just because I was feeling yucky. So, maybe being this ill is fate!

I tried to go to work today. I made it 10 minutes before they sent me home. God, I hate, hate HATE the flu. So, while I totally want to hear about Mexico and le vacation and catch up, I think post-germ-spewage might be nice. Whatcha think? April sometime?
[info]belle_1220 wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2008 12:09 am (UTC)
Feel better and good luck with the smoking thing!
[info]lizzelda wrote:
Mar. 1st, 2008 06:40 am (UTC)
Thank you! *hugs*