....and STILL smoking...

Big, nasty snow most of the week with 9 inches on the ground...


I don't even make an effort to stop smoking; up early in the morning, I light a cigarette within two or three minutes of getting out of bed. Some news-blog wrote to me today and wants to use my "smoking" photo at Flickr to illustrate an article on a February 1, 2008 warning from the FDA that taking Chantix may increase the risk of suicide, and, for some, causes depression. For me, the problem is nausea; I continue to take Chantix but my hope is to only take it long enough to quit smoking, then dump the Rx.

Lauren went through thyroid surgery without complications; she's home, recovering. Doctors at the surgery said the mass they removed looked benign but apparently biopsies will come back later...she has an appointment with her doctor on Monday. I talked with her tonight and she sounded pretty good...

To work tomorrow at 1pm.

STILL SMOKING while I take the no-smoke Rx

The first day of February! I'm still smoking--regrettingly. Gernerally calmer the last few days or a week or more, but today, off from work, smoking all day, I'm antsy, ready to climb the walls. There's some strong relationship to the angst and smoking; the more I smoke the more anxious I become.

Lauren will go in for thyroid surgery February 5th., a small lump on one side of her thyroid--doctors have been watching it--and the opinion now is they will remove one side of her thyroid. My hope is it's not cancerous. I worry.

A trip half-assed planned to visit Matt and Lauren in California in early March has been re-scheduled for early April, a week or so.

I planted some hyacinth bulbs today in pot (3) and one in the glass jar. Expectations of spring fragrance before long.