Amazing...First cold after full-time vaping

[ihavethanutz]

Since I've turned to vaping I've been getting less sinus infections. I did get sick one time after fully quitting analogs but recovery was fast and tolerable

 

[Mashbot]

I think it has a lot to do with how vaping tends to dry you out instead of turning you into a mucus factory. I've had similar results when my wife gets sick (she doesn't smoke though ), I could barely tell I caught it!

 

[AlteredReality]

Lol! You guys are great I love hearing the stories.
Does anyone else keep special juices for colds/sinus trouble instead of meds? I couldn't taste anything when I caught a cold and searched frantically to find something I could taste so I wouldn't smoke. I keep some candy cane juice as "medicine" in my vape box now)

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[Rickb119]

It's amazing how the body can heal itself when we remove some of the toxins. Now, if we could only do that with the majority of the processed foods that we eat.

 

[CNYC]

I have my first cold since I started vaping only a few weeks ago. It has nothing to do with the vaping but I wanted to share my experience which might be helpful to someone.

Usually when I feel the onset of a chest cold I take a few more drags off "whatever" and like clock work it sends my cold from "just starting" to a full fledged chest cold with heavy phlegm. At that point I usually stop smoking for a few days.

Well yesterday I continued to vape and this morning NOTHING but a little itty bitty wheezy feeling. IMO just the nature of being sick. It's like if I didn't vape at all...but I did all day yesterday ( 3 pulls at a time throughout the day).

Basically I am thrilled that I can vape even when I have a cold. I am sure nicotine in general isn't great when you are sick but at least I can sneak a few in without compromising my recovery.


This is brilliant.

 

[Amsterdamm]

This is very encouraging to hear. I too would get chest colds every winter which seemed to linger much longer than feelings of sickness.

I'll pay special attension this cold and flu season to see where I am.

 

[zapped]

You know, Ive noticed that too.Sometime last year I felt myself getting sick and was like "oh .... not again". Not only was the cold nowhere near as bad as they used to be when I was smoking but the duration was shorter as well.When I used to get sick it would last a week and sometimes two, this time I was over my cold in three days.

Since starting vaping, I havent had my twice yearly bouts with bronchitis/pneumonia either.

 

[klynnn]

I haven't had a cold since the week after I quit vaping over 2 years ago.

 

[Candyheart]

Awesome for you on the 5 weeks-I am a week in myself after 30 years of analogs.
I am looking forward to my overall health getting better every day

 

[Candyheart]

Hello Altered- I found a local vendor who has a flavor called Snowball and it wonderful very strong but nice cool vape, When you can not taste anything a good strong icy vape is perfect

 

[Jay-dub]

This is my first year in memory that I haven't had a cold period! Causation or correlation? Doesn't matter to me. NO COLD! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!

 

[ComputerSaysNO]

I also had a cold about two months into vaping. It stayed in my head and never moved into my chest. I was so happy with that. They always moved down into my chest. I have even blown out my eardrums from pneumonia that I had three years go. I am so happy I gave up smoking and picked up vaping. It has saved my life!

 

[tstx92]

Vaping does AMAZING things

 

[CKCalmer]

[...] so far knock wood (ouch) now my heads sore

That's especially funny when you hover on the word "heads" and see "end-fittings such as atomizers, cartomizers and tanks". I don't know why, it just made me giggle.

Does anyone else keep special juices for colds/sinus trouble instead of meds?

Yes. I caught a cold from my family a few weeks back. Everyone else who had it experienced heavy sinus congestion for several days, followed by the chest congestion that you guys are reporting here.

My ADV is a mix of Halo's Menthol ICE and SubZero, and I learned very quickly that vaping straight SubZero is AWESOME for minimizing the head congestion part, and not using analogs any more, I hardly ended up with any chest congestion either.


P.S. - I've read more stories of inspiration in ECF than I've ever seen anywhere else on the internet. It's like reading a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

 

[Jay-dub]

I found this interesting:
Keep in mind it's a seller that's marketing a product.

 

[Jeddy5]

I've been vaping menthol a lot lately and the office was full of people with head colds and even my wife caught it too. Luckily so far I've dodged a bullet. Wonder if giving up analogues had strengthened my immune system?


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[Milan Zecevich]

That's awesome man good work! I am going on a year next month and finally started running and working out again this month. I was worried it would be demoralizing after starting smoking again for the past few years, and that kept me out of the gym and off the road. I finally sucked it up and did some light running and it felt like I did before relapsing 3 years ago. I honestly felt nothing more than any other time I let myself get outta shape. I was shocked when my legs got weak and tired before my lungs. Im still not where I was before I started smoking again, but that's just something time will fix.

 

[Matt Coppo]

I haven't smoked an analog in 2 weeks. When I was smoking I would constantly get headaches. I was eating advil like crazy. Since stopping smoking I haven't had a headache since.

 

[CNYC]

That's awesome man good work! I am going on a year next month and finally started running and working out again this month.

I am curious to know if you are cautious about heart related issue while vaping and exercising. Would someone who vapes nicotine be susceptible to heart attacks like an analog smoker ?

 

[GuitarPlayer]

When I take a big draw off of my friend's cloud chasing gear I find it makes breathing way easier