My commitment

I'm going to quit smoking. Here's why:
1. It's a bad example to set for my two young children.
2. It's bad for my lungs.
3. It's bad for my Crohn's.
4. I'm about to start Cimzia, which will increase my risk of upper respiratory infections. I'm already prone to those and smoking will make those worse.
5. It's expensive ($50/week for both of us).

We haven't set a quit date yet, but will stop when we run out. It will probably be 5-6 days from now. It will be hard, but my body will thank me for it. Wish me luck!

Best of luck!!!!

Best of luck to you!

I hope in the near future I myself will set the goal to do just that as well...had quit for 3 years then stress with a divorce and wondering what was going on with my body I caved.

Congratulations! I know you can do it, cigarettes are poison and especially bad if you have Crohn's.

My doctors have not been able to definitely determine if I have Crohn's colitis or ulcerative colitis. I have never been a smoker but during my last flare I was tempted to try nicotine lozenges to ingest nicotine without inhaling the accompanying toxic smoke.

Supposedly nicotine is bad for Crohn's but seems to help those with UC. My theory was if I got worse with the lozenges then I had Crohn's, but if I got better then it was UC. But luckily for me I never followed through. When you are in a flare the last thing you need is something that might make things worse.