I started smoking eons ago, way back in my earliest of teens. And I’ll be 65 in a little over four months from today; I still smoke. I had a stroke in November 2018, I blogged about it. Smoking was considered the number one reason for my stroke, stress was the secondary. It left me with high blood pressure and the need for daily medication. I still smoke…. Smoking doesn’t taste good, like it use to. Smoking sucks.
Every three months I would have a medical appointment, checking my blood pressure and for my medication’s refills. My doctor and I cheered when the top number finally leveled in the 140’s and the bottom number finally went below 100. Normal blood pressure is typically 120/80, by the way. When mine dropped to roughly 130/95, I was able to have appointments every six months, yay me! My latest appointment was two days ago. Imagine my shock to hear my blood pressure was 120/75. I was in happy shock, let me tell you!
Exercising has slipped due to fairly minor injuries to my legs and arms from overly rambunctious dogs. My three year old German Shepherd female is on the small side but makes up for her size in strength. Even with an “Easy” command, that girl can – and does! – drag me. My year and a half old male German Shepherd is almost as big as an Irish Wolfhound – the largest dog breed – and while he is a gentle giant, he’s still puppy clumsy and broke two of my toes when he jumped on them accidentally. Joplin is the female and tends to injure my arms and hands from her strong leash pulling, while clumsy Cooper injures my feet and shin area from sheer clumsiness and honestly, his big head!
All of that lead up is basically the back story. I started Wellbutrin today. Don’t know why I chose this date, but I picked October 10, 2022 to be my last day of smoking. I’ve added the mobile WP app to update daily, versus my normal at my pc updates. So, here starts my smoking cessation journey, and I’m so outtie….