EILEEN KEEGAN

I am a lady aged 55 years old. I have been a smoker for 35-40 years and I used to smoke between 20 to 40 cigarettes each day.

 
Over the past couple of years I have tried to stop smoking and I have used the products Zyban Tablets or the patches, which my GP prescribed for me. I did cut down but could not stop altogether.

The reason for me wanting to stop smoking is that I know I have breathing problems, i.e. ASTHMA EMPYSEMIA, so the smoking doesn’t help, and I get very breathless and cannot do very much. This is why I have started to come to ROY CASTLE FAGENDS.

I first came on the 11th June 2008 and have been coming each week. The smoking advisor whose name is JANE was very helpful, she told me what products were available also she had them on show; I told her that I had tried the ZYBAN and PATCHES, but that they didn’t really help me.

So I told Jane that I would try the INHALATOR which I am still using, also since I started using this product my C.O. reading has come down. Also I had my annually breathing test at my own G.P. and it had doubled because I had not been smoking, which they were pleased about.
So over the last eight weeks I have stopped smoking altogether, at first I had one or two problems and had a couple of CIGARETTES, but then stopped again.

 
Also I think with coming to these meetings have made a big impact on me because I know that I can always ring Jane up if I need to and also I can ring the Helpline. The smoking ban did not really have any impact on me because I don’t go out very often. Also the benefits of me stopping smoking are that I feel much better in myself, my breathing is a lot better, and my clothes and home smell much fresher, and although I don’t save the money I used to buy my CIGARETTES with it goes towards something else.

So hopefully at last the CIGARETTES have gone forever, with the help of JANE and FAGENDS.