ONE WEEK SMOKE FREE!!!! YEA ME!!!...
I made it one whole week with a cigarette. WOW….I never thought I could do this. Not to mention HONESTLY I didn’t wan to quit. Now I am already seeing the benefits. Usually my resting pulse was 120, and while exercising it would go up to 140+
Now my resting pulse is around 103 and when I exercise it goes only to 120 unless I work myself a bit harder and make it go up to 140.
I had a chest x-ray and nothing abnormal showed up in or around my lungs. The did see the sternual wires that were put there when I had open heart surgery at age of 5 years old, not to mention the cardiac silhouette was a little “weird.” Most likely again because of old surgical scar tissue. I had open heart surgery to correct two holes in my heart.
All and all I’m feeling VERY proud of myself. The one bad thing is my coughing is worse and will be for up to six month…or more.
Thank you to those that sent words of encouragement, they have meant the world to me!!!
Bless you ALL!!!
HUGS,
Lisa
Now my resting pulse is around 103 and when I exercise it goes only to 120 unless I work myself a bit harder and make it go up to 140.
I had a chest x-ray and nothing abnormal showed up in or around my lungs. The did see the sternual wires that were put there when I had open heart surgery at age of 5 years old, not to mention the cardiac silhouette was a little “weird.” Most likely again because of old surgical scar tissue. I had open heart surgery to correct two holes in my heart.
All and all I’m feeling VERY proud of myself. The one bad thing is my coughing is worse and will be for up to six month…or more.
Thank you to those that sent words of encouragement, they have meant the world to me!!!
Bless you ALL!!!
HUGS,
Lisa