60 Year Smoker

[foggymountain]

This month is 60 years of pipesmoking for me. Unfortunately the number will end here. I have just this week been forced to quit because of blood pressure problems. Well, maybe a pipe once in a great while. Have any of you survived more than 60 years of it?

 

[papipeguy]

That's quite a run, foggy. It's probably time for some moderation. I've been at it 46 years and still enjoy it.

 

[warren]

I'm closing on 55 years with the pipe. I've smoked or chewed for a couple years longer than that.
If you have a problem with blood pressure, smoking only exacerbates the problem.

 

[framitz]

61 years. Smoking pipe is part of my blood pressure control along with beta blockers and ace inhibitors and diuretics and diet. Shel

 

[tbradsim1]

Bruce remember I told you You Don't Need NonStinking Driving License. Well you can smoke every other day, if that don't work, every 3 days, you may have to pace yourself and smoke once a week, better than not at all. Oh see another Dr, new eyes, new melds.

 

[mso489]

foggymountain, I hope you get your BP down and can manage at least a weekly bowl. Better keep tabs on us newcomers with only forty or fifty years of pipes. I always look for your posts.

 

[cigrmaster]

foggy, have you tried a cocktail of Metopolol succ er 50mg once a day and 20 mg lisinopril twice a day? If not tell your doctor you want on it and then see if you blood pressure is not under control. Even still, do you really give a shit about living a few extra months or being happy smoking your pipes?

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I have blood pressure problems and I haven't had more than three bowls a month lately.

As time passes it seems that my blood pressure is more directly tied to my level of exercise. Last month I tried hiking 6 miles a week (in February that means snowshoes) for a few weeks and it knocked 20 points off the high end, but then I got lazy again and it's back up.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Sweet and sour news, Foggy. You've made it this far and have to stop. Thanks for all of the input you've given us in the community, on art, Dunhills, tobacco. You're wisdom has fueled us. Even back when someone left you that anonymous note on your apartment door. I hope that even if not smoking, that you'll continue to join us here, and influence the other generations.

 

[jkrug]

Sixty years of smokin' a pipe....heck I'm not even sixty yet!!

Well done sir. I hope you can find a happy medium and still enjoy your pipes. ::

 

[foggymountain]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Harris: I am on both drugs you mention, and several others, all at maximum amounts. I do 17 blood pressure pills a day. It has finally reached the point when taking another pill will not help.

Bradley: Still following your advice about driving, but it is way past the point where another doctor will do it. Besides, I really like my female MD. She is HOT, the kind of woman who when young, would stop traffic. Miss America wishes she were as good looking as my doctor was in her younger years. And because of personal connections, she treats me as one of her family.

 

[mcitinner1]

Damn Foggy...It sounds like your doctor could cause some high blood pressure! :twisted:

 

[thefalcon]

I am a relatively newcomer @ 30 years and have also been on High Blood pressure and High Cholesterol meds for 15 years, for myself I would hate to see my BP if I were to stop smoking my Pipe. Wishing you all the best in your decisions friend!

 

[deuce26]

Foggy, best of luck with your health. I hope I can get 60 years of the joy of pipe smoking.

 

[crazypipe]

I have smoked a pipe since I was 16 I'm now 67 ::

 

[johnnyiii]

I had a heart attack 3 years ago. Picked up y he pipe to quit cigarettes. When smoking only my pipe my blood presume is perfect like 110 over 75. I work physical though and have meds that do something. We all have to make hard choices for love of others like sticking around for family. My best wishes.

 

[deathmetal]

A bowl a week can be a wonderful gift. I hope you beat these health challenges -- and, of course, keep posting here.
On the internet, no one knows if you're a dog. But if you're personable and informative, people pay attention to what you do. Even when the Herd ignores it.

 

[mso489]

Wish I had the quote at hand, but Bernard Baruch said something about the advantage of getting older was that eventually women of any age look good to you. But the actual quote has a lot more pizzazz.

 

[dread]

Well, that's one heck of a run, Foggy.

 

[foggymountain]

MSO: What you said about women is true. And they are getting better looking. Probably natural selection.
It has to be made clear: nicotine raises your blood pressure. Some of you seem to think it lowers it. Do not fool yourselves. If your pressure is naturally low, no problem. If it is high, there is a problem.