Ballenxj wrote:
Well Griff, 3 months and counting for giving up smoking. It's all about willpower, and I think you've got it whipped. I quit 20 years ago, and I'm really glad I did. The five way bypass sounds serious. Good to hear from you. :)
The physiological withdrawal is over. The lifetime of habit remains and I'm struggling with that.
Yes, just about as serious as you can get without winding up in the morgue. The VA was dragging their heels on approval and everybody on our end wasn't sure if I'd last. Without the surgery, when it was finally approved, I wouldn't have made it to Thanksgiving and definitely not Christmas. Two thirty mile ambulance rides, three ER visits lasting 6-8 hours each, three more visits by EMTs not resulting in evac and ER, and serious consideration of putting me in the ICU for whatever amount of time it took the VA to approve the travel and surgery is how my summer went.
