this is going to be so ruff to do..

March 23, 2003

Hello everyone.. Let me catch you all up.. I had to go to the doctor

for super bad acid reflux.. Some doctor have no ballance.. He kept

telling My Hubby that I had food poisening, or ask what street drugs

I was on.. I had been vomiting for over a week,, all stomache

acid..Day and night waking up in the middle of the nite with vomite

all over the bed.. And the PAIN IT was tottally awfull.. anyway an

older doctor came buy and stuck his head in the room and looked at

he, took my vomite pan look in it,ask me about my galbladder I told

him it was removed years ago.. and he said I will be right back

missey.. came back with this white Nasty stuff and said sip this

till it is gone.. Now it wasn't 5 minutes the pain was gone, and I

have not vomited sence, he whipped out his trusty perscribition pad

wrote out 7 perscribitions for me.. and said young lady if you want

to be rid of this pain you got to listen to me now.. No more

Chocolate, no Coffee, unless decafe and menimul at that..NO soda

POP, NO regular Tea..and stop smoking!!! And most of all loose some

weight... I just sat there and said I was trying to get WLS and

waiting for my insurance company to approve it now for me..

He looked at me and said good for you!! Now you do as I say and you

will have the surgery and be fine now, you hear me missey?? I was SO

happy to just be out of pain !! I would of agreed to anything at

that point.. he said I want to see you back here in this clinic in

one week and not smoking either!! SO I figure that Dr.that is doing

my WLS gave me two weeks and this dioc gave me one week after I had

been to see surgery doc.. so I haft to quit wednesday night to be

smoke free thursday... I know I am cuting it to the letter.. But I

have enough cigs to get me to wednesday night..I have counted

them...ROFL I am going to my PCP and get some Zypan stuff to help me

out.. thursday afternoon I am getting in the car headed to Texas.

and not come back till the 30th or so and I am comming back smoke

free.. till then I am having the last supper cendrom with

cigerattes..PUFF PUFF PUFF PUFF PUFF.. But I am wanting this surgery

done and I can not hacve it if I am smoking, my surgern is very

strick on this as one of his conditions.. If I am smoking he will

post pone the surgery.. You know I was told not for sure if it is

true but they can do a blood test to find out if you are a smoker??

or find out if you have been smoking.. Don't know if it is true, But

I am not going to take the chance.. you know what I mean?? just

thought I would share.. if you have a way to quit let me know.. I am

so desprett here, and don't know if going cold turkey is best but I

don't know what else to do..~~ Audrey~~

March 23, 2003

Audrey - What an ordeal you have been through! I've never smoked so don't have

any advice for you there. Keep your eye on the prize for wanting this surgery

and wanting to be healthy. I've had that white soothing cocktail once when I

went into the hospital for chest pain. It does wonders for the reflux. 7

prescriptions? Wow, that's a lot. You take care now. Why not throw those last

cigs away so you don't have another bout of reflux? You can do this, Audrey.

Be positive.

Jeanne in WI

Age 39 - Dr. T. Chua

Open RNY - 5/21/02

5'7 " - 314/215/150-175

djgraves@...

March 23, 2003

what worked for my mom to stop smoking was this......

she smoked 2 packs a day. So....... we took one pack, opened it up put it in

a glass jar on top the tv. That was her daily allotment. When the jar was

empty...... she was done. Helped her to choose when to smoke. Day two, we did

half a pack, and every day following cut it by 1/2. She did just fine, and

realized she had control over that, not the ciggys. she did have some

cravings, but she chose when to give in to them, and when to fight them. in a

week she was smoke free and never went back.

Good luck. It is tough but you have a wonderful incentive program.

Hugs,