COPD? What COPD??

[Silence]

4 months, or so, ago I was a pack a day smoker. Had been for 20+ years. Last year I went to the doctor about my throat because I kept losing my voice for LONG periods of time, upwards of 9 months - 1 year. She did the normal stuff and when checking my lungs she heard a loud flutter. I was then sent for xrays. It came back that almost 25% of my right lung was full of mucus. So I was given treatment for bronchitis and asthma and sent on my way. 2 weeks go by and I take my meds like I am supposed to and return to the doctor. She then determined that because there was no improvement that I had Chronic Bronchitis, now considered COPD. Well over the past 4 months I have quit smoking and moved to vaping exclusively. 2 days ago I went to the doctor for regular stuff and when listening to my lungs she found something strange. The flutter was gone. After confirmation tests she said it really looked like I no longer have COPD. The chronic bronchitis must have been brought on by smoking and that by quitting and choosing to use a PV that I had effectively "cured" myself. I no longer use my inhaler and my lung capacity has skyrocketed!

 

[nyiddle]

Wow, much respect and congratulations your way, that's fantastic!

 

[Dougiestyle]

Same sort of story for my Mom. I converted her and Dad. She was diagnosed with COPD, and upon returning to the doc after vaping for some months is pronounced clear pulmonary function.

Congratulations!

 

[holimakaru]

Congratulations!

 

[Stacy1]

OUSTANDING!!!!!!! Congrats to you

 

[ReigntheGamer]

Awesome! I suffer from asthma and was probably well on my way to COPD but since I have began vaping I have had to reach for the rescue inhaler less and less. Keep up the good work! And vape on!

 

[Harlen]

Hello and welcome
Ben there done that

 

[catsitter]

Fabulous! Congratulations!

 

[PaulieD]

Great news!
I had the same story...vaping is sooo good.

 

[Towmotor]

Congrats to the OP and everyone else reporting such remarkable health improvements. I suffer from COPD also and had been led to understand that it is incurable and the damage irreversible....have I been misinformed??

 

[nomoe]

Cronic asthma myself, yes im much improved too. But still not great, but I didn't expect to be either. The joys of cronic.

 

[Silence]

Congrats to the OP and everyone else reporting such remarkable health improvements. I suffer from COPD also and had been led to understand that it is incurable and the damage irreversible....have I been misinformed??

Not neccessarily, COPD is considered incurable. Especially in those who didnt smoke to begin with. My personal, not a dr, opinion is that smoking causes a COPD like effect on the respiratory system or my dr is an idiot. Im receptive to either. If you jave been vaping for a year or so and your lung issues havent cleared then i would call it chronic. However, if there isn't anymore wheezeing when you breath then i'd have the doc take a look to see if it is gone.

 

[gingertalk196]

Silence,

That is great news! Keep up the good work. Ginger

 

[gingertalk196]

Hi Towmotor,

I don't know from all the reports of people feeling better vaping, I would imagine any damage (depending on the extent) might be reversible.

 

[WillyZee]

great news Silence ... the ANTZ are disappointed though

 

[satkizzle]

Nice, and yet so many want to have a "knee jerk reaction" to those of use trying to do something better for ourselves.

 

[yzer]

I'm glad that vaping has improved your breathing. I smoked for 35 years and also notice improvements after more than two years of vaping. I have never been diagnosed with COPD.

From my understanding of the definition, damage from COPD is not reversible. COPD can include a lot of symptoms including chronic bronchitis from one end of the scale to emphysema on the other. Emphysema is a progressive disease. It always gets worse even if smoking is stopped. I know about that, my mother died from it.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Silence]

I'm glad that vaping has improved your breathing. I smoked for 35 years and also notice improvements after more than two years of vaping. I have never been diagnosed with COPD.

From my understanding of the definition, damage from COPD is not reversible. COPD can include a lot of symptoms including chronic bronchitis from one end of the scale to emphysema on the other. Emphysema is a progressive disease. It always gets worse even if smoking is stopped. I know about that, my mother died from it.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I agree completely which is why i feel i was misdiagnosed and only had a COPD like complication brought on by my 20 yr infatuation with smoking.
FYI: i found my true love in my personal vaporizer.

 

[unlvjeffro]

That is great news!!! I am glad you were able to stop smoking and catch the disease before it was actually COPD. My father was just in the hospital for respiratory failure due to smoking and COPD. He also had a heart attack at the same time, and almost died, thank god he made it.

Like the poster above me stated, COPD is an irreversible disease, and while stopping smoking can help the symptoms, it is definitely a progressive disease and once afflicted with it, is basically no bueno.

Congrats, and don't pick up those icky sticks again!!! Vape On!!!

 

[NightSky]

Its no surprise that vaping is better for your lungs

Awesome though, I'm happy for you.