Many, many of you brothers on this site have encouraged me to go see my doctor. I took that step yesterday and was scared as hell. But, I got a good, clean bill of health and it may have been the best doctor's visit I have ever been through.
I explained I was 24 days into my quit - cold turkey. I also explained that the "fog" was brutal and I couldn't focus. The anxiety! Oh, shit. That part was just killing me.
Just seeing the doctor - telling him the brutal truth was tough, but has been the best thing I have done since my quit.
Thanks to all the brothers who encouraged me to go see the doc. It helped greatly.
Hey Jayhawk, nice work man.
I posted this in the August thread, but I want to put it here too just to make sure you see it.
Just a word of warning: about 20 years ago I "stopped" chewing due to some health issues I was having. I went to the doc, got a clean bill of health - what a relief - and then allowed the addiction to convince me that I could keep chewing because, well, "no harm done yet! Maybe I'm one of those people who doesn't get cancer, and I can chew as much as I want!" Soon I was full-on chewing again. 20 years later, here I am on day 153.
What an idiot I was. Dont let that happen to you, bro. Stay quit with your good health.
