blood pressure!!!

[macpanda]

So let me explain a little... I am 25 and I have extremely high blood pressure. I used to be on all kinds of meds and stuff when i was 20 after awhile i got down to a somewhat safe blood pressure so they took me off meds and i went about my business, over the years it got bad again...

Last month I went back to the doctor after a bad ER visit and my blood pressure was 183/107 so they put me back on meds and told me to come back in a month for a check up. almost 19 days ago I quit smoking to live a better life and live longer. I was fed up with waking up coughing and gasping for air and such. I got very cranky in the first week and turned to Chew and Snus to feed my nicotine addiction, they didnt work. I started smoking ecigs on the Feb. 21st and have only had 2 real cigarettes since then out of curiosity and they tasted like crap...

Anyways today was my month check up with the doctor. My blood pressure was 121/63. I understand most of that is my blood pressure meds doing their job... but I cant help but think that quiting smoking has helped alot to. in only a month I dropped my blood pressure that much, Its awesome and since I quit smoking I have not had any chest pains and I breathe better and I have more energy. I couldnt have quit with out the ecig at all. I would have gone back to smoking analogs just like all the times before.

Sorry this post was longer then I intended but I thought I would let everyone know how amazing I feel and how much more alive and healthier I feel since I have cut cigarettes out of my life. I will never go back now. I got a second chance!

Thanks for reading my babbling

 

[Walrus]

Good for you! Congrats.

 

[e-pipeman]

Well done! I've had high blood pressure in the past - luckily I can manage it now. I'm sure that e-cigs helped in my case. Enjoy!

 

[Lika]

Congrats macpanda!

I've also had bp problems and have been on meds for years. A few weeks after I started ecigs I noticed I was feeling differently so I checked my bp and it was down considerably. I made an appt and my dr had to adjust my meds to a lower dose. Now everything is fine and like others here I feel so much better with tons more energy.

 

[macpanda]

Thats awesome to hear others have had the same or similar experiences. Its an amazing feeling to drop down that much and not have the feeling when my BP is rushing anymore.

 

[D_Struct]

I am excited to go back to the doctor in 2 months.

I last went in the middle of February (about 2 days after getting my 901), and my blood pressure was 141/82. Not really SUPER high, but it wasn't where he wanted it.

He decided he was going to let me have a couple months watching what I ate and exercising before he put me on medications to treat it. I also told him that I was going to be tobacco free the next time I saw him. He was happy to hear that, but I think he didn't truly know what to think about the e-cigs. He said "well, it's gotta be better than smoking!"

I think that it'll be interesting to see what my blood pressure looks like when I go in and get checked out again.

Should be very telling.