Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Speaking of teeth... Back in the early 80s I was doing bench presses and didn't pay close enough attention when putting the barbell back on the rack. CRUNCH!!!! Dropped it right on my lower jaw. (I still had my hands on the bar so I imagine I broke some of the fall) Messed up the upper two front teeth and the lower middle four were now bent almost completely backwards along with the part of my jaw bone that had broken.

At the hospital they shot my mouth full of painkillers and then an oral surgeon put his knee on my chest and pulled the bone and my teeth back in place. Then I got wired. On the bright side they gave me a large prescription of Darvocet.

Once the initial shock wore off the worst pain was where my lower jaw bone connected to my skull on both sides.

Drank Thanksgiving dinner through a straw that year.

Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

Quit smoking three days ago. No ciggy cravings so far, but the constant hunger is really annoying, not to mention expensive.
Does it subside after a while?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Beyond Perception

Woke up and learned the growth on my father in law's thyroid is cancer.. Drank a beer and looked for a job that pays more money..

Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

I can't quit quitting. I've done something that feels a bit serious to my lungs, not serious enough to go to the doctor about, but quitting smoking is sorting them out. I feel them getting better each day. Also, I've been smoking since I was 15, consequently I've never taken a proper deep breath through fully grown lungs. I wanna know what that feels like. Maybe it's rubbish. But I need to know what it's like.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

After the first 1 or 2 weeks you are gonna start hacking up all kinds of nasty **** and your breathing will get easier. I smoked for 25 years and finally stopped 15 years ago. So glad I did. All kinds of other **** is breaking down on my body but at least the lungs are in good shape.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.