I am really stressed out about the hold smoking has on my mum and I. We are both 20 a day smokers and when mum was diagnosed last week we vowed to give up. Since then we have both continued to smoke and are probably smoking more than ever. I wish I had never tried it and so does my mum but we're hooked. People talk about drug addicts and that's exactly what we are. We know that if mum had never smoked she wouldn't have sclc, it is caused by smoking, there's no getting away from it. Mums specialist nurse said not to worry too much about it just now and told us her oncologist would say the same but when we saw him he said some people stopped immediately they got the diagnosis whilst others took the view that the damage was done. He went on to say it was important to give up. Mums specialist nurse is going to arrange for someone to come to the house from smoking cessation and offer us advice. I am an intelligent woman and kow exactly what smoking has done to mum and is doing to me so why can't I just stop?! It is ludicrous, in fact as I'm writing this I have reached for a cigarette. Has anyone been in this position and stopped successfully. I need as much help as possible to find the best way for us to kick this dispicable habit. As we've got nearer to mums first chemo tomorrow we've smoked like chimneys. Any help and advise would be gratefully received.
