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[jonny2112]

Good work mate. You're starting to see rewards all round and hopefully that will see you through.
Good luck 

[Martian]

I've managed roughly the same amount of time as you Herc, but I'm using the NiQuitin lozenges (1.5mg) as an aid.

This is my 4th attempt at stopping, although I feel slightly different from a mental viewpoint this time and I'm determined it's gonna be the one.
Like you I also feel a lot healthier, and I can now smell a smoker from a good 3 metres away without a problem.
Food also tastes a hell of a lot better, and the money we are saving is quite surprising (circa £160 per month).

Keep it up bud 

[Martian]

now a 10 survivor of the big LC.............

Now that's what I like to read 

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer (started in bowel & spread to liver) in Dec 2010 and I fully expected the doc to lay it on me regarding the smoking, but he never blamed my predicament on that in the slightest. He did advise me to knock it on the head (as well as moderating the drinking), but he also said it was my choice and that it was unlikely that continuing to smoke would have any impact on my recovery.

I did smoke copious amounts of weed throughout my treatment, but that was because the chemo was seriously screwing with my sleeping & eating patterns. The doc knew I was doing this (told him beforehand in case it was going to have a negative effect) and his response was "Officially speaking I can't condone it, but unofficially speaking if it makes you sleep, eat, and put on weight then smoke as much as you can between now & surgery".

After 2 lots of surgery I'm on another round of chemo, but this is being done more as a "belt & braces" kind of thing.
Oddly enough this second round hasn't impacted my sleeping or eating that much at all, although I now have a new side effect of being incredibly sensitive to cold (so sensitive that I can't even get a pint of milk out of the fridge without going in to spasm)

My current chemo regime will finish around June time this year and then I'm due for the scans which will officially determine whether all traces of the cancer are gone. If the scan results come back clear then that's the start of my 5 year road to remission, if they don't then I guess I'll be starting over again.

If it is the latter then I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, but at this moment in time all the info from the surgeons and various blood tests indicate it's good news for me.