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I fear that I must warn you that it doesn't look good for diabetic smokers. For type 1 diabetics, the most dangerous factors seem to be that smoking causes your actual glucose levels to rise, and that smoking increases damage to your blood vessels, and make it much more likely for you to develop neuropathy and/or retinopathy. http://www.state.in.us/isdh/programs/diabetes/nosmoke.htm http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/easdec/prevention/smoking_and_diabetes.

your gonna need all the support you can get from your family - sounds like smoking or sneaking a smoke might upset them. besides food and kissing so much better w/o them. before i quit for good, i stopped and started 3x, quiting that last time,each time i smoked fewer than previous, the last attempt was the hardest. i swear they kept increasing the nicotine content.

i smoked with my first babies although i did not completely quick i did cut back. my 3 boys were all born healthy my eldest weighing 9pound 6oz my second weighing 8pound 3oz and my 3rd weighed 8pound 15oz. i am pregnant now with my 4th but not smoking this time because i had already given up when i got pregnant. Do the best you can its going to be hard but even cutting back has got to be better than doing nothing at all.

The smell of smoke is something I recognize. I started to get it in the middle of a delusion and it has taken on some special meaning in my mind since. I still get the odd whiff and for a split second I am linked back to that mind-space. When I get that I long to get back there and complete the "experience" but I never can.... I just get a whiff.

Thanks for great comments and links! It's just something I really don't understand (after reading forums and articles). It seems you guys (in the US) almost automatic translates a "skipped beat" or "extrasystole" or "palp" with PVC. Norwegian doctors consider almost every palpitation as what we call SVES (Supraventricular extrasystole) a joint term for PACs and PJCs.

Thanks everyone for your support. Your words are gracious and kind Wizard. I have to tell you, I don't feel so strongh all the time. But it's when I start to collapse from everything that God reminds me He is ever present with me. Yesterday,my husband and I got in the car to go to town and I felt the whole deal caving in on me,I turned on the radioand the song playing was "Stand Still and Let God Move". The tears began to roll and I was sure God would see me through yet another storm.

I need to have surgery to fix my deviated septum and turbinate reduction. However I've been delaying on my own due to the fact that I still haven't quit smoking (again). Does having surgery while having quit heavy smoking for a month make it alot safer? How long do you have to quit for, before the safety level stops increasing rapidly? I've heard 1 month, and I've also heard 6 months...but I've also heard that it can actually make it MORE dangerous if you've just recently quit...

I am concerned for the baby but all of the literature that I can find about it says it only poses a real threat to the baby (fusiness, restlessness, colic) if you smoke a pack or more a day. Obviously, there still has to be some danger? Does anyone know any information about this? I realize it is none of my business and I am not trying to meddle, I am just curious.

i could send them this way to see what they think of this as well?? im done with your smoking talk. we all know the dangers and we all know to stay away . so to each his own, i just hope the babies all turn out healthy.

I was upset that he didn't tell me, but he thought NOT telling me would be better cause I guess he figured I would never find out being he has enough control not to smoke around me in the house. He didn't want to upset me by telling me he went back to smoking, but I told him that by lying to me and saying he quit is more upsetting than hearing he is still smoking. His parents both had cancer - mouth/ throat and both due to smoking. His father died from it and thank God his mother was cured.

Should pregnant women fly? Is it unsafe to dye your hair? Things like that. I know you ladies have lots of facts, please let me know!

Oxygen will spontaneously ignite when coming into contact with oil or vaseline. While everyone is familiar with the "no smoking" rule, not all know about the "no petroleum product rule". This is what is called a hypergolic reaction. No flame or heat is necessary.

Maybe 4 or so months ago, I found out that my boyfriend had smoked heroin, maybe 5 or so times. It sounds like there was a month to a month and a half in between each time. He was the one to tell me about it, but I don't think would have if it weren't for the fact that a friend otherwise would have outed him. We talked about it for a long time, and I made him promise not to use it again and to let me know if he ever felt tempted (amongst other things).

I'm in a condo, we are not allowed to use a generator because it requires storing fuel, which is not allowed. So, it's bottled water for me. In fact, come June 1st, I'm going out and stocking up my supply for the beginning of hurricane season. And batteries and canned food that you have to eat cold with a can opener to open it and MRE's, etc., etc.

No. Smoked salmon is still cooked. If fact, salmon and a lot of other fishes are perfectly safe during your pregnancy! I was reading an article in American Baby that actually said if you have like 6 oz of seafood a week (cooked of course) that it is actually extrememly good for both you and baby!

I was just put on BuSpar 10mg twice a day and I was wondering if I am still able to smoke marijuana at parties. I know it's a bad habit, but would there be any really dangerous effects? Also, my pharmacist and doctor said I would still be able to drink alcohol - is this really true?

I have been practising Bikram yoga for 2 years and never dreamed that if I was to become pregnant, it would be dangerous for the baby. I went to my doc today and she explained to me the dangers of excessive heat and birth defects. I had NEVER heard of this until now. Believe me, I will not walk back into that room until the birth of this child, but could the damage already be done!?! I can not get a straight answer anywhere and now I'm very worried.

Also if possible please advise is these symptoms precursor to something dangerous to liver or to body Thanks for your detailed advise.

Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 12, 2011 What Kind of Medical Study Would Have Grandma Believe that Her Daily Multivitamin is Dangerous? by Robert G. Smith, PhD (OMNS, Oct 12, 2011) A newly released study suggests that multivitamin and nutrient supplements can increase the mortality rate in older women [1]. However, there are several concerns about the study's methods and significance.

I go a little farther than I have just described, but I doubt anyone would do all the silly things I do to avoid smelling like smoke. I'm glad you posted this question, April. I wasn't aware of the third hand smoke fact. Take care...

well done on cutting down on the smoking. I can give you facts and information about smoking during pregnancy but don't panic reading them, you're not too late to stop damage from being caused.. It is dangerous, and can increase risk of miscarriage, birth defects, stillbirth, low birth weight, cot death, placental abruption and problems with child in later life. However if you quit soon you could avoid many of those things dramatically. One or two a day are still harmful..

I found studies done several years ago that mention that low dosages of cannabis may help alleviate the pain of neuropathy (the high you get also possibly deadens sensations of pain), but nothing mentioning any kind of benefit or danger relating to blood sugar levels. So I would wonder if your smoking has anything to do with your recently better blood sugar control. Could it be more due to just the fact that you are older and your hormones are starting to stabilize?

A little over a month ago, I requested a prescription for Chantix to quit smoking. Even though I'd heard lots of negative things about the side effects, I thought it was worth trying. After 4 weeks of taking it, I did notice that my mood was being affected, so I decided to stop taking it. About 4 days after I stopped, I developed an all over body shaking and jerking all over my body, making it impossible to stay asleep.

I am 36 and a bit worried about pregnancy because I have no kid for now but with my husband we are seriously considering the fact that we shouldn't waste any more time. But the fact is that we both smoke and apparently, smoking is not the best way to be pregnant (http://pregnancy.doctissimo.com/pregnancy-health/pregnancy-cigarettes-and-alcohol/tobacco-pregnancy-a-high-risk-combination.html) :( Do you have any advice to help me quit smoking (while my husband is a smoker!

I share this to help you see that the present situation you're in is, in fact, very dangerous. The future doesn't have to be, however.

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Smoking and breastfeeding -- aside from the substances that go into your bloodstream from the cigs, ciggy smoke itself is very dangerous to the baby. So is smoking residue. The chances for sudden infant death go up when a baby is around smokers, even if the smoker never smokes around the baby. In other words, you could smoke outside and then come in and nurse, and still put your baby at risk. Google "smoking and breastfeeding" and you'll probably get an eyeful.

It is an unfortunate fact that smoking can keep your weight down. Which is worse his smoking, or his suffering from diabetes? Hard question to answer. My husband quit smoking some years ago, gained about 40 pounds, and developed diabetes II, along with some of its degenerative side effects. One of his medications, to which he had a bad reaction, put him in the hospital with a burst appendix. I wish he would start smoking again. His life expectancy is better with smoking than it is with diabetes.

It wouldn't even occur to them to smoke in my house where a child is present. In fact, I don't think I know anyone anymore who smokes inside their home.

His smoking in no way affected anything about himself whatsoever, either before or after his gallbladder was taken out. And he didn't die of smoking, either. Liver disease got him. In fact, I'd go so far as to say all this junk about smoking killing us is a bunch of hooey, particularly the second-hand info from blasting a thousand times more smoke onto poor rats in a tiny glass box for weeks on end.

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