They say after the first year you gain 7% lung capacity. Anyone notice this that is 1yr+?
The only thing I notice is I can actually sing now. lol
The only thing I notice is I can actually sing now. lol
Anyone notice lung improvement?
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having been a 38 year two pack a day(at the end)smoker i stopped hacking within 3 days.after almost a year my bad legs still slow me down but,i don't have to stop every block to catch my breath. about that singing though,dont quit your day job.
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Absolutely! I've been tobacco free for about 14 weeks but I noticed an improvement after about 4 weeks. I can definitely breath better and my singing voice is much better (IMO) No more coughing til I almost pass out. No more hacking up big brown loogies.
No more coughing til I almost pass out. No more hacking up big brown loogies.
Yea even though it's not even been a year yet. I notice a major diffrence when i'm outside walking etc.
Or for example, to get to my appartment i've to walk 5 levels in a big stairway, i used to be exausted every single time i went up through it. But not anymore!
Or for example, to get to my appartment i've to walk 5 levels in a big stairway, i used to be exausted every single time i went up through it. But not anymore!
After 2 months I can now hold my breath for more than 60secs.
People confuse me with Phelps now.
Don't pass out
Yea even though it's not even been a year yet. I notice a major diffrence when i'm outside walking etc.
Or for example, to get to my appartment i've to walk 5 levels in a big stairway, i used to be exausted every single time i went up through it. But not anymore!
This is all encouraging.
Absolutely! I've been tobacco free for about 14 weeks but I noticed an improvement after about 4 weeks. I can definitely breath better and my singing voice is much better (IMO)
Ewwww. Good for you though
Whoa. Who is "they" and where did they come up with 7 percent?
You may want to have a talk with your MD about this. There is a lot of misleading information about this topic out there, much of it thanks to oversimplified explanations from the American Cancer Society.
What you get out of quitting smoking is the ability of your lungs to work as best they can once the gunk from smoking has been cleared out. And that does make the act of breathing much easier. However, you don't get increased lung function or capacity from quitting smoking. If damage has already been done that is not reversible. (All the more reason to quit sooner than later.)
Both my MD and Allergist have said the same thing: If lung damage caused by smoking was reversible, then anyone who has smoking related emphysema or COPD could get rid of if simply by quitting smoking. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.
Most people misinterpret that easier breathing as an increase in lung capacity or function - it isn't. I get routine spirometer tests and the results have been flat line ever since I quit. That's what led me to start asking questions, since I was under the misguided impression that my lung capacity was going to just get better and better after I quit. Two different MD's told me that's a myth.
You may want to have a talk with your MD about this. There is a lot of misleading information about this topic out there, much of it thanks to oversimplified explanations from the American Cancer Society.
What you get out of quitting smoking is the ability of your lungs to work as best they can once the gunk from smoking has been cleared out. And that does make the act of breathing much easier. However, you don't get increased lung function or capacity from quitting smoking. If damage has already been done that is not reversible. (All the more reason to quit sooner than later.)
Both my MD and Allergist have said the same thing: If lung damage caused by smoking was reversible, then anyone who has smoking related emphysema or COPD could get rid of if simply by quitting smoking. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.
Most people misinterpret that easier breathing as an increase in lung capacity or function - it isn't. I get routine spirometer tests and the results have been flat line ever since I quit. That's what led me to start asking questions, since I was under the misguided impression that my lung capacity was going to just get better and better after I quit. Two different MD's told me that's a myth.
I have definitely noticed some lung improvement. When I started vaping I was on 3 inhalers and a nebulizer just to help me breath. After just a few short months I was down to one inhaler that I only use when the farmers start burning or spraying the fields. I must say my singing voice has improved since I can hold a note a lot longer than I ever could before, .
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After 20 years smoking, I don't wake myself up in the middle of the night coughing anymore.
I can attest to this first hand. Just not making it any worse now.
On my 5th day smoke free, when I woke up, I was not wheezing -- for the first time in 30 yrs, since I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma. It was freaky, no "water pipe" noises from my chest on waking.
I vaped high-PG (80% PG or more) almost exclusively, until, in my 2nd week as a vaper, my ADV Virginia was "out of stock" at MyFreedomSmokes -- I had to get the high-VG (85% VG) blend to keep the same flavor -- and after a couple days of vaping that, I could barely breathe at all. After a week, it was like I had DOUBLE asthma. Thank god they got the PG Virginia back in stock pretty quick.
So back I went to high-PG, until I began to see ankle swelling; I knew it was related to dehydration, though not exactly HOW it was related, so again I attempted to ease off the PG, and went to a 67%PG/33%VG mix, and again, after less than a week, I could barely breathe; one night I woke with an asthma attack, and when I tried to use my rescue inhaler, I could barely inhale enough to get the medicine. Scared me to death, so I went back to the 80% PG right away. Lungs got better; ankles were still swollen, but you gotta breathe.
On my 110th day smoke free, I had to have an emergency appendectomy. Though I had been a smoker for almost 39 yrs before I started vaping, 110 days was sufficient to clear my lungs, and I had ZERO breathing complications from 45 mins of gen'l anesthesia, and got to go home the same day.
Contrast this with requiring a 4 day hospital stay for "breathing treatments" for the 10 mins of gen'l anesthesia required for a c-sec, when I had been a smoker for just 14 yrs.
So yes; vaping instead of smoking does clear the lungs. It takes about 3 months, at which point your cilia begin to grow back, enabling your lungs to clean themselves as they're supposed to.
But, as noted, if there is actual *damage* then just quitting smoking won't fix that; once tissue is dead, it's dead, and no amount of clearing will bring it back to life. What healthy tissue remains will function better, though.
Andria
I vaped high-PG (80% PG or more) almost exclusively, until, in my 2nd week as a vaper, my ADV Virginia was "out of stock" at MyFreedomSmokes -- I had to get the high-VG (85% VG) blend to keep the same flavor -- and after a couple days of vaping that, I could barely breathe at all. After a week, it was like I had DOUBLE asthma. Thank god they got the PG Virginia back in stock pretty quick.
So back I went to high-PG, until I began to see ankle swelling; I knew it was related to dehydration, though not exactly HOW it was related, so again I attempted to ease off the PG, and went to a 67%PG/33%VG mix, and again, after less than a week, I could barely breathe; one night I woke with an asthma attack, and when I tried to use my rescue inhaler, I could barely inhale enough to get the medicine. Scared me to death, so I went back to the 80% PG right away. Lungs got better; ankles were still swollen, but you gotta breathe.
On my 110th day smoke free, I had to have an emergency appendectomy. Though I had been a smoker for almost 39 yrs before I started vaping, 110 days was sufficient to clear my lungs, and I had ZERO breathing complications from 45 mins of gen'l anesthesia, and got to go home the same day.
Contrast this with requiring a 4 day hospital stay for "breathing treatments" for the 10 mins of gen'l anesthesia required for a c-sec, when I had been a smoker for just 14 yrs.
So yes; vaping instead of smoking does clear the lungs. It takes about 3 months, at which point your cilia begin to grow back, enabling your lungs to clean themselves as they're supposed to.
But, as noted, if there is actual *damage* then just quitting smoking won't fix that; once tissue is dead, it's dead, and no amount of clearing will bring it back to life. What healthy tissue remains will function better, though.
Andria
Well...my thoughts are: The removal of gunk increases volume, thus capacity. I also assume that the cells that absorb oxygen are not covered anymore and they can "connect" with the oxygen.
Copd and emphysema are diseases caused by smoking. If they are irreversible it is because they are a disease and have no cure.
I think that the reason your measurements are flat is bc maybe you haven't worked your lungs like you work your muscles or havent fully cleared them out yet.
It is a medical fact that lungs fully heal from smoking depending on the length of time while smoking. however , if there is damage like scarring that is irreversible.
This whole process takes 7 years or so to get to 90 percent. I just wanted to know first year
Tldr : WebMD or something
After 30 years of smoking filterless, my lungs feel GREAT 4 months smoke free. I was bragging to my GF, the other day, that my singing range had improved. The sound of my voice is much the same, I can just go higher and lower, lol.
Glad to hear some have clearer lungs. Looking forward to the day! I think it might be a pretty weird feeling
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