Cigarette Smokers Please Respond

[billstrong1969]

I know cigarette smoking is bad, but I've been a smoker for years and am 38 yrs old.  I know also that cigarettes are bad when you have HCV.  How many of you guys are smokers and has anyone quit?  Has anyone just continued smoking anyways and still had good results?  How does being on TX and smoking make you feel?  Thanks everyone........

billstrong1969

[Mr Liver]

The statistic is correct. Most people who have treated never needed to.

Mr Liver

[Lady Lauri]

Hey!  "1%-5% will die as a result of an HCV chronic infection. " That true? Than why do we (some 3 times over) go thru all the H*LL to get rid of it?? May sound like a dumb question but I am serious! I'm sure part of that answer is the symptoms/pains of hep.
                                                                                 LL

[katerika]

I love your attitude," get my misery out of the way at one time." I was told by doctor quiting while on Tx. wasn't the best time to quit, but tx and sore mouth, dry mouth sure makes you cut WAY back. Hey if we can kick this virus, we can kick the ciggs! It is so easy to say. One day at a time, one thing at a time. One step at a time. Two steps forward, one backward. Keep placing one foot in front of the other. Whew, I'm getting tired.
Best of luck!

[FloridaMouse]

I'm 47 and was a pack a day smoker for 30 years.  I smoked up until the last  month of my treatment.  I started Chantix 2 months before I finished treatment for Hep C and was smoke free before I did my last shot.  My GI told me not to worry about trying to stop while I was also trying to do tx (stress factor) but I made the decision that I would try to quit at the end of tx so I could get all  my misery out of the way at one time.

I am a true beliver in Chantix.  I was smoke free after taking it for 3 weeks.  I've now been smoke free for almost 7 months.

Mouse
Genotype 1a, Stage 3, Grade 3
Finished 48 wks of tx on 4/13/07
Doing 6 mos Post SVR PCR tomorrow!
(9/20/07)

[Lady Lauri]

LMAO, LMAO.  

[Forseegood]

you must be a real kick at parties! :-)