Work in progress

So far it’s been a month since I’ve taken any aspirin! I’ve also cut back to 6 or 7 cigarettes a day and can’t wait until I finally cut down to zero!

I know it’s been a month since I posted anything. I caught a cold and when I went to the hospital to get checked for the flu (thank god it came back negative) they told me that they couldn’t really give me anything and I couldn’t take anything over the counter for the symptoms either. I never realized it but a lot of cold medicine contains aspirin. It’s been a tough couple of weeks, still working both jobs, being sick and having to deal all the symptoms while also being pregnant!

22 weeks now and the baby is doing good. So far there haven’t been any problems or anything to be concerned about. I haven’t really felt him move around either but I think that’s just because it’s still too soon…I can’t wait until that starts!

The withdrawal

This morning I woke up with a headache…it took me a couple hours to finally get up because I didn’t want to deal with it. But as soon as I did I took two Tylenol and drank a cup of black tea. I’m so happy that got rid of it! For those hours I didn’t want to get up I thought it was going to turn into a full blown migraine! I think I’ve finally beaten my excedrin addiction! I don’t need it anymore…I feel more normal like I can get up and do stuff instead of reaching for my excedrin bottle and that being the first thing I do. What I’ve been doing the past couple days is going for my vitamins first…because they’re healthier for me and because I can still do the physiological part of the addiction. Now I just need to work on quitting smoking! I honestly wish I never picked up that habit! I’ve been wanting to quit for a while now, all my clothes smell horrible and with this cold weather I don’t want to go outside any more than I have to. I know that people who don’t smoke can easily say to just stop doing it, don’t pick up that cigarette and lite it! But for someone who’s been smoking for 10 years it’s much harder and it probably doesn’t help that both my jobs are customer service oriented. Some customers can just stress you out so bad that you either want to smoke a cigarette or pull your hair out! This is going to be tough but I know I can do it!

Day 2

Yesterday was not bad at all! I went all day without any aspirin and I had no side affects! I was so worried about the migraines but I think because I had already cut myself back a lot, when I was feeling sick and couldn’t stomach any of it, it really helped my dependency. I’ve still got about 13 days to go before I’m really over it but I already know I can do this! I woke up with no headache, I am however drinking a cup of coffee. I read that at least one cup won’t do any harm and that’s all I can really handle anyway, more than one will make me feel a little sick, if I can even finish the one…

Last night I bought some herbal teas to give me something warm to drink and have zero caffeine. I only tried the “stress relief” and so far I’m loving it! It’s sweet all on its own so I don’t have to add anything to it, which is good since I have to watch for my dental health now!

Changing myself

Let me start by saying I am in fact pregnant. Somewhere between 3 and 4 months right now. I was 3 weeks late with my period in October so I got an at home pregnancy test and both came back positive. I fought for a while to get health insurance and I finally went to my first doctors visit! I got to hear the heart beat! Now it’s time for me to start changing! I currently have two addictions; caffeine (in the form of excedrin) and smoking cigarettes. Today is my first day without excedrin, so far I don’t have a headache. Since I researched this I know it’ll take around two weeks to get over this addiction and the quickest way is to quit cold turkey…probably the best way for me right now! I plan to quit this one first then quit smoking. I know it’ll be too hard if I try both at the same time and I’ll be more likely to pick them back up again. My next doctors appointment is in one week, that’s when I’ll see about how to quit smoking. Let’s see how the rest of the day goes…I have two jobs right now and have to pull a double today. It’s gonna be rough!