Was reading through Xcighippy's thread about the doctor's negative response to vaping and my experience with the doctor I had a physical with today was much different. Thought I'd put this in a new thread just to clearly contrast his opinion against what some doctors seem to say. A much more positive note.
As far as he was concerned vaping as opposed to smoking is perfectly fine and a positive step. He felt that the byproducts of combustion in regular analogs, particularly the carbon monoxide, are much worse than anything likely to be found in eCigs. He went so far as to say that if I watch my diet and keep vaping instead of smoking that in about four months it will basically be the equivalent of a complete transfusion for my bloodstream as far as removing toxins. I kind of have the usual guilt complex about nicotine and mentioned that I could cut back incrementally. He said not to beat myself up about it and not worry about the nicotine right now. He advised me to congratulate myself for making a better choice for my health instead. He didn't advise me to stop vaping anytime soon, just to stick to the change and not go back to tobacco.
People can say whatever they will about doctors having whatever motivations but my impression was that this guy was sincere. I was actually a bit surprised that he was so supportive of vaping as an alternative but he seemed quite certain about his opinion. Just goes to show that not all physicians have the same opinion.
As far as he was concerned vaping as opposed to smoking is perfectly fine and a positive step. He felt that the byproducts of combustion in regular analogs, particularly the carbon monoxide, are much worse than anything likely to be found in eCigs. He went so far as to say that if I watch my diet and keep vaping instead of smoking that in about four months it will basically be the equivalent of a complete transfusion for my bloodstream as far as removing toxins. I kind of have the usual guilt complex about nicotine and mentioned that I could cut back incrementally. He said not to beat myself up about it and not worry about the nicotine right now. He advised me to congratulate myself for making a better choice for my health instead. He didn't advise me to stop vaping anytime soon, just to stick to the change and not go back to tobacco.
People can say whatever they will about doctors having whatever motivations but my impression was that this guy was sincere. I was actually a bit surprised that he was so supportive of vaping as an alternative but he seemed quite certain about his opinion. Just goes to show that not all physicians have the same opinion.
