Hi Friends,
Long time no write. I guess I don't really have too much in the way of excuses, as I"ve been pretty relaxed lately.
Well, the last month has been eventful, but in a nice easygoing way. I've spent a weekend in Qld with Mum last weekend, which apart from having left my wallet on the plane at the Sunshine Coast airport was fantastic. I barely left Mum's house, apart from to go for a walk around the lake on Saturay, and a quick walk down the beach on Sunday, before flying home around lunch time.
Apart from that, the world has been fairly quiet. I've celebrated my friend Lishy's birthday, in addition to bearing witness t,o and helping my friends Kim and Zoe celebrate their wedding. I've walked to North Sydney to have lunch with Sarah, and walked to Newtown with Casey, to catch up with KC and her gentleman friend Jules for lunch. The visit to Newtown paid double dividends as I randomly caught up with my friends Celia and Jo, both of whom I'd effectively lost contact with, so now we're planning a dinner catch up which should be fun.
Well, on the quitting front, I've quite gladly maintained my sweet quitness of both cigarettes and alcohol. I have to admit though, I'm very much looking forward to February 15 next year so that I can enjoy a few glasses of wine with my friends and Family. It was such a shame to see Kim and Zoe marry and not be able to share in the toast of their wedding.....although I did hold the glass of champagne and raise it too my lips, so that I looked the part........
Unfortunately I also received a little bit of bad news, in finding out that my mother has emphysema. I guess this is life reminding me that it's a good thing that I've quit smoking, but it's hard to look at the positives in my world when the woman who brought me into is suffering the negative repercussions of not having quit smoking. Giving hope is the information I've been reading on google about the promising research that has been done with human multipotent lung stem cells that were injected into mice and appeared to grow new cells and tissue. This is Howie crossing his fingers that this translates into something usable in human lung disease sufferes... X.
A lot of people have asked me if I'm feeling better for quitting both drinking and smoking, and the honest answer is.........not noticably. I think that I am healthier (as is demonstrated by the extra kilograms I have put on since quitting smoking/drinking), but because it has become the norm for me, I just feel normal. I am, however, thankful that I haven't had a hangover in exactly 8 months.....especially as the last hangover that I did have on the 13th February, made me feel like I wanted to crawl into a cold dark hole for a year! I'm also glad that I went to the doctor for a post-quitting checkup and he tells me that everything appears normal with my respiratory system, so cheers to that.
Ok Friends, thanks for reading and I hope that this post finds you all well and happy. Enjoy your time with your Families and support them in a healthy lifestyle :)
Howie..
Long time no write. I guess I don't really have too much in the way of excuses, as I"ve been pretty relaxed lately.
Well, the last month has been eventful, but in a nice easygoing way. I've spent a weekend in Qld with Mum last weekend, which apart from having left my wallet on the plane at the Sunshine Coast airport was fantastic. I barely left Mum's house, apart from to go for a walk around the lake on Saturay, and a quick walk down the beach on Sunday, before flying home around lunch time.
Apart from that, the world has been fairly quiet. I've celebrated my friend Lishy's birthday, in addition to bearing witness t,o and helping my friends Kim and Zoe celebrate their wedding. I've walked to North Sydney to have lunch with Sarah, and walked to Newtown with Casey, to catch up with KC and her gentleman friend Jules for lunch. The visit to Newtown paid double dividends as I randomly caught up with my friends Celia and Jo, both of whom I'd effectively lost contact with, so now we're planning a dinner catch up which should be fun.
Well, on the quitting front, I've quite gladly maintained my sweet quitness of both cigarettes and alcohol. I have to admit though, I'm very much looking forward to February 15 next year so that I can enjoy a few glasses of wine with my friends and Family. It was such a shame to see Kim and Zoe marry and not be able to share in the toast of their wedding.....although I did hold the glass of champagne and raise it too my lips, so that I looked the part........
Unfortunately I also received a little bit of bad news, in finding out that my mother has emphysema. I guess this is life reminding me that it's a good thing that I've quit smoking, but it's hard to look at the positives in my world when the woman who brought me into is suffering the negative repercussions of not having quit smoking. Giving hope is the information I've been reading on google about the promising research that has been done with human multipotent lung stem cells that were injected into mice and appeared to grow new cells and tissue. This is Howie crossing his fingers that this translates into something usable in human lung disease sufferes... X.
A lot of people have asked me if I'm feeling better for quitting both drinking and smoking, and the honest answer is.........not noticably. I think that I am healthier (as is demonstrated by the extra kilograms I have put on since quitting smoking/drinking), but because it has become the norm for me, I just feel normal. I am, however, thankful that I haven't had a hangover in exactly 8 months.....especially as the last hangover that I did have on the 13th February, made me feel like I wanted to crawl into a cold dark hole for a year! I'm also glad that I went to the doctor for a post-quitting checkup and he tells me that everything appears normal with my respiratory system, so cheers to that.
Ok Friends, thanks for reading and I hope that this post finds you all well and happy. Enjoy your time with your Families and support them in a healthy lifestyle :)
Howie..
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