When I started vaping my health was in really bad shape. I mean to the point of having a heart attack or a stroke at any given time. One week before I started vaping my BP was 230/110 and my resting heart rate was 130-150. Yes, I was on medication for it, a lot of medication for it and none of it was helping me at all. I had been smoking 2 packs a day, some days more than that, just depended on how much pain I was in. I was trying to cut back and had gotten down to around a pack and a half. A really close friend of mine had been talking to me about ecigs but I wasn't listening, well, not that much anyway. The day my BP hit its all time high I decided it might be time to check into the ecig thing a little more.
Steph gave me some links, most of them to video reviews on here. I did a lot of reading and I mean a lot. I read for two weeks before I decided on a 901. When it finally got here and I got my Johnson Creek sampler in I was in heaven. I immediately went down to just 5 cigarettes a day! That was amazing for me. In the past I had quit for each of my pregnancies but as soon as the baby was born and we got home from the hospital I was out the door and smoking. My youngest just turned 21. For 21 years I was never able to quit again. I tried the patch, the gum and welbuterin. Never tried Chantix, thank God.
After about a month of vaping I was down to just three cigs a day, breakfast, dinner and before bed. Those last three were the hardest ones to quit. It took about another month. I won't lie, there were times that I would have a cig now and then but they were few and far between.
My health has gotten much better. I have been taken off some of my BP meds. I was able to get a surgery that I needed because my heart was stabilizing. A lung condition I developed because of my accident is still there, but even that has gotten better. My doctors all love the fact that I quit smoking and took up vaping. I have to take a stack of business cards to them whenever I go.
It takes time to find the right vape for yourself. A lot of people are lucky and hit it the first time, others have to try again and sometimes have to try a third time. Don't give up if it isn't working right off the bat. It's your life you are fighting for so keep fighting. Find what works and don't give up until you do. You're worth it!
Steph gave me some links, most of them to video reviews on here. I did a lot of reading and I mean a lot. I read for two weeks before I decided on a 901. When it finally got here and I got my Johnson Creek sampler in I was in heaven. I immediately went down to just 5 cigarettes a day! That was amazing for me. In the past I had quit for each of my pregnancies but as soon as the baby was born and we got home from the hospital I was out the door and smoking. My youngest just turned 21. For 21 years I was never able to quit again. I tried the patch, the gum and welbuterin. Never tried Chantix, thank God.
After about a month of vaping I was down to just three cigs a day, breakfast, dinner and before bed. Those last three were the hardest ones to quit. It took about another month. I won't lie, there were times that I would have a cig now and then but they were few and far between.
My health has gotten much better. I have been taken off some of my BP meds. I was able to get a surgery that I needed because my heart was stabilizing. A lung condition I developed because of my accident is still there, but even that has gotten better. My doctors all love the fact that I quit smoking and took up vaping. I have to take a stack of business cards to them whenever I go.
It takes time to find the right vape for yourself. A lot of people are lucky and hit it the first time, others have to try again and sometimes have to try a third time. Don't give up if it isn't working right off the bat. It's your life you are fighting for so keep fighting. Find what works and don't give up until you do. You're worth it!
