Disabled man needs advice!!!

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Hi, I am a 47-year-old guy that bounced back this year from brain surgery and a broken hip. Not to mention the stroke I had last year so it really does matter if it's easy to use & clean. I was really and truly appreciate some advice from some veterans I guess and I'm very open-minded and one wanting to learn.
I understand that there are alternatives waxes, oils but I don't know how those are made.
We could really use a guide around this world & your it!


I would really like to hear from you!!!
 

Seanchai

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Hi Glad,

Congenital brain damage here (cerebral palsy) so I might be able to help you out. In order to give you *good* advice, though, I need to know a little more about what you are and aren't able to do, since everyone's disability is different.

1) Can you hold a small dropper bottle upside down and squeeze it/ aim it accurately? If so, or if you have someone who is able/willing to do this for you, then you can buy your liquids from any vendor and add them to your device of choice. If fine motor control is an issue and you don't have anyone around to help (or would prefer not to have to ask for help - I know how that is), then you may need to use "pre-filled" cartomizers, which will limit your selection somewhat, both in juice and in hardware (your battery and whatever you use on top of the battery to hold the juice). I started with prefilled cartomizers because I was concerned about my ability to accurately aim the contents of the bottle, but my fears turned out to be unfounded - it's a little more difficult for me to do than the average person, but once I figured out a system that worked for me, it was smooth sailing from there.

2) Can you hold an object in one hand and use a screwing motion with the other hand to unscrew the top portion (the part that will hold the juice) from the bottom portion (the battery)? There are ways around this, too, but again, your answer will affect my suggestions in terms of equipment that will work well for you.

3) Is weight a concern in terms of how much you can easily lift with your better hand?

4) Do you want/need a device that is hardy, or one that is very portable? It is possible to get something that is both, but oftentimes the hardier devices are a little *less* portable, so knowing which of these is *most* important to you is valuable information.

5) Do you have any difficulty pressing a push button mechanism?

And some general words of advice... you are likely to get many suggestions on this thread. Some of those people may be disabled themselves, but everyone's disability is different, so what works for them might not be best for you. By the sheer law of averages, *most* of the people giving you suggestions will *not*, themselves, be disabled - so some suggestions made in good faith and with the best of intentions might be completely impossible for you to operate... and then again, they might be fine. And, of course, some people will be disabled and not want to disclose that in a public forum. For all of those reasons, take *everyone's* advice with a grain of salt (mine included - I know quite a bit about how to vape around *my* disability, but I'm not you, so only you can figure out how best to vape around *yours*!)

When someone suggests something, copy it and paste it into youtube so you can get a proper look at the device, including how to take it apart, how to clean it, and any special instructions regarding how it operates. It's the next best thing to being able to evaluate your options in person. There is a big difference between someone telling you a certain device worked for them, and you being able to *see* how it works and evaluate whether it would work well for you. Youtube is truly your greatest resource for being able to "guess and check" various kinds of gear to see if it might meet your needs.

Once I've got a little more info from you to go on, I'll throw a few suggestions at you. :)
 

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Hmmm. Oils and waxes are usually under the pervue of something other than vaping nicotine-based ejuice, unless I am mis-reading your question?

This could be my personal bias speaking, but I suspect glad is asking about oils and waxes in terms of "potentially easier to get from the bottle into the topper when you only have one working hand and two things to hold onto and arrgh, how am I supposed to manage this?!" When I was a newbie to the whole concept (before finding ECF) I thought "wax? That would be *much* easier to get into the top thing!" and then I did some research, discovered exactly what you state above, and figured out how to manage with e-liquid instead. :)
 
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