There's this small (??) downside for some people when they quit smoking. M.D.s don't want to address it, in fact they and many ex-smokers deny the connection exists, but it does.
According to many ex-smokers, smoking is the only thing that prevents their acquiring horrendous mouth ulcers. When they stop smoking, they continuously have at least one, sometimes many, ulcers and these are often half inch in diameter or better. Those of us who have this particular problem have proven that the connection is there. We take up smoking again and the ulcers stop. We stop smoking again and the ulcers start.
"What's a few mouth ulcers compared to lung cancer", you ask? Well, 6 months of constant pain, ulcers that lasted a month or more, never ever being without at least two of these horrid things, often being unable to speak or eat or sleep through the night ... brought me to the point of considering suicide. I was no longer able to function at my job or enjoy living at all. Amazing thing to me is that with multiple smokers experience this, nobody in the medical community is willing to face it and actually get reliable help for us! None of the medications work for me. Believe me, I've tried them all. The closest to helpful I've found is Debacterol. It's expensive and hard to get, but it sometimes (!!) clears up an ulcer in 3-4 days, rather than 2 weeks - month.
I'd love to quit and stay quit. I try to only smoke half a cigarette 5-6 times a day. It is not easy, you're right about that. But the craving is easier to deal with than the ulcers. Am I frightened that I am commiting slow suicide or playing russian roulette with my health? Yeah. But, given that there is just no help at all out there for this problem.... well.
Any helpful suggestions you may have would be appreciated. And thanks in advance for not being judgemental.
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There's this small (??) downside for some people when they quit smoking. M.D.s don't want to address it, in fact they and many ex-smokers deny the connection exists, but it does.
According to many ex-smokers, smoking is the only thing that prevents their acquiring horrendous mouth ulcers. When they stop smoking, they continuously have at least one, sometimes many, ulcers and these are often half inch in diameter or better. Those of us who have this particular problem have proven that the connection is there. We take up smoking again and the ulcers stop. We stop smoking again and the ulcers start.
"What's a few mouth ulcers compared to lung cancer", you ask? Well, 6 months of constant pain, ulcers that lasted a month or more, never ever being without at least two of these horrid things, often being unable to speak or eat or sleep through the night ... brought me to the point of considering suicide. I was no longer able to function at my job or enjoy living at all. Amazing thing to me is that with multiple smokers experience this, nobody in the medical community is willing to face it and actually get reliable help for us! None of the medications work for me. Believe me, I've tried them all. The closest to helpful I've found is Debacterol. It's expensive and hard to get, but it sometimes (!!) clears up an ulcer in 3-4 days, rather than 2 weeks - month.
I'd love to quit and stay quit. I try to only smoke half a cigarette 5-6 times a day. It is not easy, you're right about that. But the craving is easier to deal with than the ulcers. Am I frightened that I am commiting slow suicide or playing russian roulette with my health? Yeah. But, given that there is just no help at all out there for this problem.... well.
Any helpful suggestions you may have would be appreciated. And thanks in advance for not being judgemental.
July 27, 2010 - 6:38amThis Comment
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