Original image courtesy of the United States of America via WikipediaYou know how They say things like, “You start feeling the benefits of quitting smoking almost immediately! Your blood pressure decreases, your chance of a heart attack goes down, food tastes better, you have more energy, your eyes will be brighter, etc etc. You are going to feel & look great!”
It’s not true! There are so many terrible things that happen when you quit smoking (see: “Quit Smoking Side Effects“).
It’s been 45 days since I last smoked and there’s this creeping gross choking feeling in my throat. I think it’s just post nasal drip, not cancer [initial self-diagnosis], what a relief. But it still feels terrible & I wish I knew how to do sutra neti (where a string is shoved up your nose & pulled out your mouth).
Also, why do lung detoxes involve puking? I don’t get it. Also, turmeric + hot water does not taste good. But better than Mucinex.
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ah, the Throat Oyster. i have no idea where that name came from, but i remember it sticking in my head years ago so that when i quit and it happened, i was like, “ah yes, you. Throat Oyster.” as i recall it didn’t last all that long – you should be out of the woods before long!
also, the food thing is a crock, i think. i mean, i smoked a pack a day for ten years and food tastes pretty much the same way now (almost two years after quitting). but maybe i have weird tastebuds anyway?
agh! ‘throat oyster’ is such a grossly appropriate name!
i’m glad to hear the throat oyster doesn’t stay for very long.
about food tasting better – the only thing that’s made food taste different to me is eating totally different food (i.e., mostly raw vegetables with very little salt for a while made vending machine food taste chemically).
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