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View Poll Results: Do You Smoke? | |
I'm Type 1 and I smoke
|    | 10 | 11.24% | |
I'm Type 1 and I don't smoke
|    | 64 | 71.91% | |
I'm Type 2 and I smoke
|    | 1 | 1.12% | |
I'm Type 2 and I don't smoke
|    | 14 | 15.73% |
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01-04-2007, 02:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,759
| | | Do you Smoke?
I don't, but I'm curious about this. As diabetics we're told not to, but do we anyway?
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
01-04-2007, 02:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Baltimore, USA
Posts: 187
| | | I used to when I was in my 20's. Bad idea. |
01-04-2007, 03:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,608
| | | I dont smoke, Never even tried it, never will
__________________ Stu 
Type 1 Since - 24/7/2006 HbA1c
13/10/2006 - 7.2%  | 15/12/2006 - 6.0%  | 29/06/2007 - 7.1% | 02/11/2007 - 7.8% | 29/02/2008 - 6.5%  | 07/08/2008 - 6.8
Insulin - Levemir and NovoRapid | Meter - LifeScan OneTouch Ultra smart  Pasta is a gift that just keeps giving... |
01-04-2007, 03:04 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kapiti, New Zealand
Posts: 797
| | I've always hated smoking, but for some stupid reason, I started anyway. 13 years later I'm still struggling to give up
I gave up a couple of times last year, once for a week or so and once for over a month. I wish it didn't keep calling out to me... when I give up I find my mind completely taken over by the thoughts of having 'just one' until eventually it drives me so mad I have one. The beginning of the end *sigh*.
BUT... I'll do it again! I'm determined to be smoke-free.
__________________ .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., Em Taking on diabetes one meal at a time. It wins the odd battle but I'm winning the war.
Addicted to my Lantus, Novorapid and medicinal chocolate *cough* .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., |
01-04-2007, 03:17 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North UK
Posts: 479
| | | I used to, gave up for the good of my health and 12 years later was diagnosed T2, I am so glad I had given up tho, apart from the health aspects I saved a medium sized fortune which I promptly blew by purchasing a house and getting married!
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"Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955 |
01-04-2007, 03:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Baltimore, USA
Posts: 187
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Originally Posted by Emm  I've always hated smoking, but for some stupid reason, I started anyway. 13 years later I'm still struggling to give up
I gave up a couple of times last year, once for a week or so and once for over a month. I wish it didn't keep calling out to me... when I give up I find my mind completely taken over by the thoughts of having 'just one' until eventually it drives me so mad I have one. The beginning of the end *sigh*.
BUT... I'll do it again! I'm determined to be smoke-free. | It's very, very hard to quit for anymore and even more so for diabetics. I found the nicotine patch made things easier for me. |
01-04-2007, 03:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,732
| | | I have never smoked in my life and really can't stand to be around those that do. My cousin passed due to lung cancer which he got from second hand smoke. Scary!!
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~Sandi~
Pumping for almost 6 years
MM Purple 722 with Humalog
Symlin
Just because I've been on df for a whole day doesn't mean I'm ADDICTED... my chair is just COMFY... |
01-04-2007, 03:33 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,878
| | | I've never smoked, but both of my parents were smokers - and they've both died from cancer. From all the second hand smoke that I inhaled as a child, I wonder....
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Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
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01-04-2007, 04:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, دبيّ
Posts: 3,071
| | | Don't smoke. Drink and do a lot of other stupid stuff though. |
01-04-2007, 04:08 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lower Templestowe, Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,950
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Originally Posted by DeusXM Don't smoke. Drink and do a lot of other stupid stuff though. | No comment...
No, Smoking is YUCK!! And I loathe non-prescription drugs... my favourite soapbox topic...
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For the eyes are signs of the soul within
Of the heart that is real, and true
- A.B. "Banjo" Paterson |
01-04-2007, 04:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,027
| | | I don't smoke. I tried it in my late teens and didn't like it. So I guess I could say I smoked for two weeks. hehehehe.
My father smoked for 20 years (started at 14) He quit over 40 years ago and still got lung cancer. He has survived, but not without first losing part of a lung and chemotherapy.
I do drink occassionally and my Dad doesn't. LOL. Like Deus, I have other bad habits. |
01-04-2007, 04:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland
Posts: 733
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Emm I've always hated smoking, but for some stupid reason, I started anyway. 13 years later I'm still struggling to give up
I gave up a couple of times last year, once for a week or so and once for over a month. I wish it didn't keep calling out to me... when I give up I find my mind completely taken over by the thoughts of having 'just one' until eventually it drives me so mad I have one. The beginning of the end *sigh*.
BUT... I'll do it again! I'm determined to be smoke-free. | Way to go Emm. I gave them up many times down the years and stayed off for a year once and 6 months another time. Eventually I gave them up about 18 years ago and since I've been off them I've never felt better. Luckily in this country smoking in bars and restaurants and any public building or transport is no longer allowed. If you have children in your house you cannot smoke. That of course is only a recent Govt. decision, but one which I fully back. When you do succeed Emm you will notice after about 3 to 6 months how much better you will feel. I wsh you success in your next attempt. You won't regret it.
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I want to die young at a ripe old age
When you throw dirt, you lose ground. |
01-04-2007, 04:31 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,142
| | I don't smoke. Don't like the smell of cigarettes, or the way people smell when they smoke them.
My mom & sister smoke, unfortunately. My dad used to, but quit after his father passed away from lung Cancer.
Unfortunately, my dad also passed away from a brain aneurysm.
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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"We ALL have our own opinions & beliefs...But I'd appreciate folks a he** of a lot more if they didn't belittle one another when they disagreed!!!"
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Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
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01-04-2007, 05:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,217
| | | Never have regularly. Tried, was one of those annoying "get drunk, steal a cig, smoke it" guys back in the day.
Every once in a blue moon when i feel depressed i feel like having one tho, I dunno why.
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Now I remember why I hate the internet.....
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01-04-2007, 05:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: new zealand
Posts: 254
| | | I must hang my head, I did smoke for a short period... but stopped when I read an article about what it is doing to the body...
__________________ money can't buy you friends, but you get a better class of enemy" - spike milligan
diagnosed april 1993, age 10
was on MDI until april 2005, when started on cozmo pump (purple).
i'm a nurse and the medical profession scares me sometimes  |
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