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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Jim, I will be 44 on June 30th. I do not know your age but I can tell you this. The body is an amazing thing and it loves to repair itself. I was way out of breath 4 weeks ago. I was waking at night just to cough. My bronchi hurt all the time. Cutting the grass or walking fast made me breath very heavy. Not any more. I sleep all night, after my cold my bronchi are 100%, I'm not huffing and buffing cutting the grass. I was seriously wondering if my breathing would get better about two weeks ago. I was concerned to the point of thinking of seeing a pulminary Dr. I read up on symptoms of quitting and I had just about all of them. As of 4 weeks I feel great.



I do not know how much 17 stone is but I'm guessing it is not light. I weighed myself last week. I'm 30 lbs over my target weight for my height. I have never weighed this much. Now, with this new found oxygen finding it's way in via my clean lungs it is time for physical activity. I have not started jogging yet but I'm preparing to start walking and walking quickly. I will work my way up to jogging. I feel that good and of the mind to start doing this activity. This comes from a guy who smoked 20 plus a day since I was 14 years old.

My feeling is you are still getting over your chest cold. It was about a week and half for me to get over mine. I'm 100% now. You are at 3 weeks. At 3 weeks 99.9% of the nictotine is out of you body. The rest is mental and coughing up the tar as your cilia grows again inside your bronchi. This regrowing of cilia creates coughing also. So, yes, you are up against a battle but you are winning. Keep saying that in your mind!

I never invisioned myself without cigarettes(fags). Today I wondered why I smoked in the first place.

I'm in my mid 40's and had all the same symtoms.

Was 6' 2 and 275lbs Now 240 and happy and healthy.

That nitetime coughing and trying to catch my breath and feeling like I was smothering was scarey.