Michelle explained how it was during a holiday last August that she had begun to feel unwell and “experience some numbness down my left hand side.” Advertisement Advertisement Michelle’s GP sent her to the ED at the Ulster Hospital and she was admitted for further tests to rule out a possible stroke. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Michelle described how it was being on the Respiratory Ward that she began to read leaflets and pamphlets on the ways to stop smoking that sparked what would become a life changing link with the Trust Smoking Cessation Team. Michelle explained: “I asked if I could see the Team and so they came to see me while I was on the ward. Advertisement Advertisement "They explained how they could help me, that it was a 12 week programme and the support that was available.
"When I was discharged from the hospital – and I have to be honest – I took off my nicotine patch that I had been wearing and had a cigarette. I never felt so sick in my life. I felt like I was going to faint and thought to myself, ‘What are you doing?’ That was the last time I had a cigarette.
” Michelle became more determined than ever to quit smoking and with the help of the Cessation Team faced her journey to becoming a non-smoker head on. Advertisement Advertisement “Of course the hardest part of giving up was the first couple of weeks. The Team really helped me be acc.
