Do you really feel better with the switch?
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Wow, I had no idea the timeline was so long. Thank you for posting.not to mention I've not been sick (had chronic bronchitis and the flu that would never end after 5 months when I quit) but I saw Tia post this on FB this morning...I like it
Definitely for me. Food tastes so much better now.
I lost weight at first, due to not sitting around snacking while awaiting a commercial so I could run outdoors and smoke.
Also had a fairly dramatic weight loss after my appendectomy, because i was too ill to eat anything for 4 days and it took me a couple weeks to be able to eat a normal-sized meal again. However, now that food tastes/smells so much better, I've gained back more than I wanted to. But I'm working on it. One HUGE benefit was that when I had that appendectomy, I had been smoke-free for 110 days, and my lungs were clear as a bell -- so I got to go home the same day I had the surgery, because even 45 mins gen't anesthesia didn't mess with my lungs at all -- and I have asthma, so that was a HUGE win.When I first quit last spring, I noticed on day 5 that I wasn't waking up in the middle of the night with an asthma attack, and not waking up in the morning sounding like a waterpipe, grabbing my inhaler before my eyes were even open -- and after 10 months, now I can get up, go to the bathroom, and come back and get into my robe before I even think to use my inhaler.
That said, I also began experiencing more asthma symptoms, when I came back from my relapse last summer after the appendectomy, and started using WTA. I don't know if the WTA is what caused that, but I did find it necessary to tell my doc, and get on a maintenance medication (Advair) rather than just depending on my rescue inhaler. I've been reducing my WTA percentage by one point a month since the first of the year, so I should be done with WTA by the end of September; after that, I should be able to tell if it was the WTA exacerbating my asthma, or if it's just that I was never a non-smoking asthmatic, and quitting smoking/starting vaping disrupted my very precarious homeostasis.
I have noticed that I can walk about twice as far up a hill without getting winded, as when I smoked, and I can generally keep up with my ex-marine husband, walking thru parking lots.
I think how long it takes to see benefits depends greatly on how long you smoked -- if you smoked for 20+ yrs, you can't expect that damage to be undone in just 12 days. I smoked for 39 yrs, so seeing ANY benefits at all while I'm still in my first year non-snmoking, is a miracle to me.
Andria
Yes!*
*But not at first. For a month or two I went through assorted tobacco withdrawal symptoms, as well as the effects of bad e-juice and crappy gear, because I didn't know better. The health improvements, both physical and psychological, came slowly over the first year. I'm glad to be free of cigarettes. Breathing is easier; cough is gone; I don't stink.
Please stay with it, Ms. Perrault. It may not be easy at first, but it does get better.
Yep, I breathe better, nomore coughing. I'm not sure if it affected my sleep. I usually sleep well unless I have chaos in my life. It has helped my endurance quite a bit. I go on long walks a few times a week. When I smoked I'd be a lot more winded halfway through a 3 mile walk, now I'm fine the entire walk. Also, my car smells great and stays spotless! I got my new car about a week after I started vaping, good timing!
I feel the same, nothing really changed, but I never felt any wrongs to my health from smoking. But there were some very nice changes for sure:
- No smell.
- I can vape at work (as in old times when I smoked while working)
- My life expectancy increased
- My wife will not be a widow for longer time (it was possibly the main reason for me to quit smoking)
- No smell.
- I can vape at work (as in old times when I smoked while working)
- My life expectancy increased
- My wife will not be a widow for longer time (it was possibly the main reason for me to quit smoking)
In a couple of days I'll be at the four month mark. I thought I felt better from about the third week. The sound of my lungs wheezing no longer keeps me awake until I fall asleep from exhaustion. For about two months after kicking the habit I quit coughing. But my nose has not stopped running since the day after I quit. And in the last three weeks or so, I have started to cough again, and cough up phlegm. The fluids I am expelling are clear, and not yellow, so I know I'm not seriously sick or infected. It's like I have a low-grade cold that isn't getting any worse, but isn't going away. I can honestly say that it doesn't feel like any cold I've ever had. I don't feel sick, but I can't be far from a box of tissues, and I have awoken myself coughing - which I never did for the 42 years I smoked. I hope this goes away soon. Is this a delayed, or ongoing reaction to withdrawal from tobacco?
Also, I put on fifteen pounds. And I can't sleep any longer than four hours maximum at a stretch. Usually less, like 2.5 - 3 hours. There is no stress in my life, so I'm not being kept awake worrying about anything.
I will be as delicate here as I possibly can. Imagine you've done a daily bodily function one way for the majority of your life. Then one day after you quit smoking it changes and becomes different from what you are used to, and it becomes a highly unpleasant experience. I haven't changed my diet any, but what happens to food after I've eaten it is now kind of traumatic. Please, somebody tell me that it goes back to normal at some point. I don't know if I can take it being this way until I die.
Do I feel any better? Not yet. I mean, my breathing is silent now, and my senses of smell and taste have returned, but I don't actually feel like a new man. Yet.
Also, I put on fifteen pounds. And I can't sleep any longer than four hours maximum at a stretch. Usually less, like 2.5 - 3 hours. There is no stress in my life, so I'm not being kept awake worrying about anything.
I will be as delicate here as I possibly can. Imagine you've done a daily bodily function one way for the majority of your life. Then one day after you quit smoking it changes and becomes different from what you are used to, and it becomes a highly unpleasant experience. I haven't changed my diet any, but what happens to food after I've eaten it is now kind of traumatic. Please, somebody tell me that it goes back to normal at some point. I don't know if I can take it being this way until I die.
Do I feel any better? Not yet. I mean, my breathing is silent now, and my senses of smell and taste have returned, but I don't actually feel like a new man. Yet.
I'm also having issues with that bodily function. It happens but it's different now. Um, yeah. I also have that clear phlegm thing. Your post rings a lot of the same bells with me. Hang in there! It's still better than smoking.
After a year my lungs and sinuses feel better. I noticed an improvement within the first 6 months. Taste came back in just a few weeks...
Insomnia is still a problem, but I tend to dream more when I sleep, so maybe my actual sleep quality has improved.
Insomnia is still a problem, but I tend to dream more when I sleep, so maybe my actual sleep quality has improved.
Without a doubt. I only smoked for about 2 years, half a pack of regular american spirits. One of the reasons I quit was that I just plain felt bad from smoking. I noticed improvements after about two weeks in my lung capacity, endurance, mood/emotions, lack of hacking especially in the morning, sleep, etc. Plus I smell better
Sounds like more water and more fiber is called for...
Without water and insoluble fiber to carry it where it's needed, it probably won't get any better.The clear phlegm is probably your respiratory system expelling PG/VG -- probably VG; it';s more difficult to expel.
Andria
I know I feel better after stopping tobacco use. No more hacking up what seemed like my lungs. Also, I suffered from cold/flue like symptoms a couple or three times a year. Knock on my RSM mod stand, I have not been sick a day since I started vaping.
I did try all sorts of PG/VG combos trying to find what worked for me. Settled on 100% VG with nic added or max VG with some flavoring added.
If I did not already have dysphagia, I would probably never cough at all.
I did try all sorts of PG/VG combos trying to find what worked for me. Settled on 100% VG with nic added or max VG with some flavoring added.
If I did not already have dysphagia, I would probably never cough at all.
i have been smoke free for 32 days and yes. I'm starting to feel better but I've had a run of being sick due to lack of smoking cigs. The worst for me was a canker sore on the back of my throat.
I did not start feelin a difference for about 20 days.
Still waiting for my tast buds to return
I did not start feelin a difference for about 20 days.
Still waiting for my tast buds to return
Okay, i'm impress! I went jogging this morning and my legs gave out before i was out of breath! Before, it was the other way around. Yoohoo!
Okay, i'm impress! I went jogging this morning and my legs gave out before i was out of breath! Before, it was the other way around. Yoohoo!
I climb 100 steps from the deck to the bottom of the boat about 10 times a day and only a month after the switch I notice a difference. Plus I don't hack nearly as bad when I lay down to sleep. I still hit a death stick every few days but I'm sure that will pass.
Yes I definately feel much better and test results from my Dr's visit last week confirmed this. She's not a fan of vaping but was also very pleased with my current health compared to 2.5 years ago.
I don't know the reasons behind it, but when I smoked cigarettes I would get a stuffy nose at night and wake up with a runny nose and/or the need to sneeze a few times. I never really related it to smoking until I took up vaping and it disappeared. I recently fell off the wagon and started smoking about 5 cigarettes a day along with vaping and on day one of that my nose started stuffing up again. Just another reason to kick them again.
I had a much harder time getting my nose and sinuses cleared when I quit, than getting my lungs cleared -- muscles in the chest help us get rid of nastiness there, but there's none of that, with sinuses, you just have to wait till they drain. I still wake up stuffy, but it passes much more quickly than it did when I smoked.
Andria
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