All I
wanted to know was how long did I have to live? Scanxiety went warp speed as “nodular density” became “spiculated
nodule”.
For a
lot of reasons, I had chosen to keep all this medical news and worries about
lung cancer to myself. I was losing it as the Grim Reaper sat next to me while
we surfed the Internet for answers, clutching my penny for the ferryman.
The flaw
in my planned deception was our adult daughter who was living at home. I needed
a ruse for any unusual emotional behavior like freaking out, crying, getting
depressed or pacing the house all night.
Then I
remembered Chantix and their TV commercials featuring allegedly everyday people
with the most ominous product warnings since the atomic bomb.
.jpg "Important Safety Information: Some people have had changes in behavior, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping Chantix")
Ironically
I even had a starter kit and three month supply laying around from a year ago
when I almost started but a rash of news stories about heart attacks, and
people dying from Chantix caused me to say. “fugetaboutit”. But now, well – as
the Reaper pointed out I thought I was dying anyway, why not?
Sooooo I
launched a new layer to my ruse sharing with my daughter that in case she
noticed me acting ‘bat shit crazy’ that it was OK, I was starting Chantix to
quit smoking as a New Year’s resolution.
We actually
shared a well needed laugh as she reminded me of my more memorable ‘hall
of fame wiggy moments’ during some of my previous unsuccessful attempts to quit
over the years.
However
I never got wiggy. In fact Chantix worked so well that in the first week where
you are supposed to continue to smoke while the drug rewires your brain or
something, I could not finish a pack of cigarettes. I had absolutely no desire to
smoke. … I enjoyed smoking for decades and here in less than a week I was
unable to smoke. --- Strange but true!
Nor did
I use the suggested dosage or take for the suggested time, as I found it
difficult to sleep taking Chantix twice a day. I still have no desire to smoke
but truth be told I do enjoy walking slowly by smokers J
I doubt the above is the kind of real Chantix story you will ever see on a TV commercial but I, for one, will raise a personal toast to Chantix this New Year's Eve and a year without smoking.
related: quitting smoking is not going to cure lung cancer
related: quitting smoking is not going to cure lung cancer
Patrick Leer
Caregivingly Yours, MS Caregiver @ http://caregivinglyyours.blogspot.com/
My Lung Cancer Odyssey @ http://lung-cancer-survivor.blogspot.com/
health
lung cancer
harrisburg
pennsylvania
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