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[mich 34]

glad to hear it - glad to quit with you today!

[jakeryan2410]

For me, my Blood pressure dropped 20 points from the top number.
and 16 points from the bottom number.

Nothing has changed in the past 3 weeks, except nicotine is removed from my system. And I have been stressed out lately from the quit. obviously.

SO I'm curious to see where it is in another month. . VERY interesting. If you noticed something similar lets hear it. The more good news the better.
Day 10 for me. Slept great last night. Feel like I'm on the upswing again.

THe good days are lasting longer, the bad ones are shorter, and less intense. Feels good!

[greg1292]

Thanks for sharing I too had BP issues and now wake up full of energy without
nic. Nice to be quit with you 'Sno' 'Sno' 'Sno'

[jakeryan2410]

haha. yeah i'm not sure if quitting chew is boner inducing. i suppose it can be. My overall health has improved dramatically. I'm Nic free 9 days, and chew free 17. I'm 100% sure the dropping the massive amounts of nic 17 days ago has alot to do with it . I think there are like 100mg of nic in a can of chew. I went from a huge amount of it, to about 15mg a day. Wore the patch for days 1-8 during the day.

Now I am back to where my health should be, it REALLY shows you how bad this shit is for your body. blood pressure was high for no reason other than nicotine.

I'm sure at some point i'l put on a few pounds as I'm eating more. I will keep as active as possible to offset it, and when my mind and body settle down i'll drop the weight. yeah the metrics before and after are something i encourage everyone to do before they quit so they can see what an impact this shit was having on yrou life.

i was in denial about it until today

[MortarmanMike]

That's great Jake!
I should have done that before I quit -gotten some actual physical metrics as a before and after. This may be too much information but is probably related: I've been sporting serious morning wood everyday since Day 4. I don't have the foggiest idea what my blood pressure is now but to me that a serious quality of life improvement.

Nice to be quit with you today man!

[Wt57]

Greatnews jake! I also significantly dropped my BP! It was slowly killing me!

[Bigdave]

Good news Jake..my bp also went down. Keep on keepin on.

[jakeryan2410]

thx everyone i'm realy suprised to have this positive of a change on my body in this short of time frame. If only the mental aspects of quitting would improve that fast.

The body first, then the mind. It all needs time. I'm very positive today and never fealt stronger.

[TSNUS]

WTG jakeryan! Proud to be quit with you today.

[Bean]

So I had blood pressure issues.  It was 149 over 95 and my doctor was considering discussing bp medicine.  I knew the nicotine and caffeine was worsening this.

I cut back significantly on cofee, and I also quit nicotine.  August 12th I stopped Chewing.  I went a week with the patch and gum, actuallly about 6 days. then I stopped that shit too.

I'm nic free for 9 days, and chew free for 17 days.

I went in today for a monthly bp checkup, because if it didn't change they were going to put me on medicine.

My blood pressure was 108 over 64, and my pulse was 62.  Exactly 1 month ago I was at 149 over 95 with a poulse of 79.

I was a 2.5 to 3 can a day chewer.  What a Great piece of news. I'm told my health is perfect, and stopping nicotine GREATLY reduced my blood pressure, my doctor was astounded, and told me to keep up what i'm doing.

I'm a cranky whining cunt at times, but i'm 9 days nic free and i'm using this board as my tool to get it done, so I wanted to say I'm happy about this, and thanks to you all!

outstanding news brother!

Keep on keeping on!

I had a similar experience...BP is now normal too. But the best number on your post is Day 9. Great start, brother!!! Stay strong.

[Grizzly25]

So I had blood pressure issues. It was 149 over 95 and my doctor was considering discussing bp medicine. I knew the nicotine and caffeine was worsening this.

I cut back significantly on cofee, and I also quit nicotine. August 12th I stopped Chewing. I went a week with the patch and gum, actuallly about 6 days. then I stopped that shit too.

I'm nic free for 9 days, and chew free for 17 days.

I went in today for a monthly bp checkup, because if it didn't change they were going to put me on medicine.

My blood pressure was 108 over 64, and my pulse was 62. Exactly 1 month ago I was at 149 over 95 with a poulse of 79.

I was a 2.5 to 3 can a day chewer. What a Great piece of news. I'm told my health is perfect, and stopping nicotine GREATLY reduced my blood pressure, my doctor was astounded, and told me to keep up what i'm doing.

I'm a cranky whining cunt at times, but i'm 9 days nic free and i'm using this board as my tool to get it done, so I wanted to say I'm happy about this, and thanks to you all!

outstanding news brother!

Keep on keeping on!

[jakeryan2410]

So I had blood pressure issues. It was 149 over 95 and my doctor was considering discussing bp medicine. I knew the nicotine and caffeine was worsening this.

I cut back significantly on cofee, and I also quit nicotine. August 12th I stopped Chewing. I went a week with the patch and gum, actuallly about 6 days. then I stopped that shit too.

I'm nic free for 9 days, and chew free for 17 days.

I went in today for a monthly bp checkup, because if it didn't change they were going to put me on medicine.

My blood pressure was 108 over 64, and my pulse was 62. Exactly 1 month ago I was at 149 over 95 with a poulse of 79.

I was a 2.5 to 3 can a day chewer. What a Great piece of news. I'm told my health is perfect, and stopping nicotine GREATLY reduced my blood pressure, my doctor was astounded, and told me to keep up what i'm doing.

I'm a cranky whining cunt at times, but i'm 9 days nic free and i'm using this board as my tool to get it done, so I wanted to say I'm happy about this, and thanks to you all!

[Morgan1]

It's funny how things work...I had the opposite experience come along with my quit. Everyday I am in the bathroom before 8 a.m. Like clockwork. Even my 5 year old daughter asked me "Daddy why do you go potty every morning?".


HAHAHA

[Bean]

HA!!! Being "backed-up" was one of the biggest side-effects for me. Coffee and dip was my moring routine. Now, it is coffee and exercise (walking). But what really got me through the tough time was Citrucel (orange flavor if there's a choice).

It mixes easily in water, tastes great (if you like Tang...reminds me of being a kid), and really gets you going. After I drank a glass of that the night before, I could get into a 3 pt stance the next morning and fire a turd 10 yards...like one of those NFL automatic football-throwing machines. (Never actually tried to do that, but I felt like I could have).

Miralax (or something aggressive-sounding like that) was also recommended to me by the pharmacist at a CVS. I never tried it. Citrucel did the trick.

Oh, and after a few weeks without nicotine, you'll be back to normal.

Best part of your email is that it sounds like you're doing this right. Stay strong and stay quit!

[kana]

I'm on day 14 and I still have trouble falling asleep at night at times.  Been taking a melatonin half hour before bed and it does help mentally to feel rested.  Another issue is without my morning chew I'm not as regular as I used to be.   'flush'  

Keep on feeling better and honor your word to stay quit by posting roll every day.  You can do it!

tsnus..are you exercising? that has really helped my sleep. I wake up (post of course) have coffee (1 cup) visit the throne, and then exercise before eating.. by the end of the day I'll sleep easy... sorry to repeat myself.. runs in the family.. quit with you...