Posted by Alyxis on 14/6/2009, 1:37 am, in reply to "Re: help"
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Hello Traivs 
I am not sure what 'advice' i could give to someone who wants to smoke, but can't stop coughing. A lighter cigarette, perhaps? Smoking came easily to me, and I enjoyed it from virtually my first puff. I was raised in a house with 2 parents who smoked, so I guess I was kind of already 'used to' it.
I have no other way to say this: I have not, and will not light up while on oxygen with a normal lighter. Nor would I try it at your urging, so please stop trying. I have no desire to die in a firey ball of rapidly burning oxygen, or burning my airways with fire directly.
I chain smoke constantly, oxygen or not. The only times I stop are at work (for a half hour to an hour at a time, an hour is pushing it), and when I sleep (and I interrupt that to smoke, anyway). My oxygen is supposed to be for my apnea; nothing more. I admit I abuse it a bit, in order to get nicotine into my system quickly with greater comfort. Without it, I would simply struggle a little, but I assure you, I'd still get the nicotine I need into me
*sigh* I am a bit hesitant to admit it, but yes, I am leaving the oxygen on more frequently now. It's rare I take it off in the morning till I have to head to work or go do something in public, and it's often that I have it on right away when I get home at night. I've even considered stashing a tank in the car... but I've not done so yet. *blush*
I have actually considered digging the treatmill back out of the basement and giving it another go, oxygen assisted. I can't last more than a mile at a sedate walk right now. I used to put a mile plus at a brisk jog on it without being too bothered. I am very aware that my smoking is robbing me of my stamina, but as I said, I accepted this as a consequence of enjoying my habit. I have already gone through having a tracheostomy, in part, because of my habit. I'm still smoking, though.
I don't believe I'd be smoking anywhere near as much if I didn't dangle all the time. Though, my dangling is as much a part of my habit as any other aspect; it's not changing any time soon
--Alyxis
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