Doctor's reaction

[Renolizzie]

i would reconsider who you give your business to.

At least that doctor was truthful.

 

[AuBadge]

If e-cigs had been patented by a major drug company, they would be hailed as a breakthrough. This is all about money, not medicine or health.

To paraphrase Chris Rock, they don't want a cure, or anything close that's better for you. The money's not in the cure. It's in the treatment of the condition. Keeping folks hooked on more expensive and dangerous tobacco products until we wish to quit, and then pushing the more expensive (and apparently no less dangerous) "approved alternatives" puts a lot more money in the pockets of BT & BP. Our health isn't even in the equation. They just pretend that it is.

 

[e23slack]

I've had the same experience. When I first went to my pulmonologist he said I had the lungs of a 90 year old man. After quitting analogs, my lung functions are exactly where they should be for a forty year old This has been nothing but, a positive experience for me.

 

[DuffyA2Z]

My wife's pulmonologist was ecstatic that she was vaping and off the cancer sticks. We had a big health scare last summer and cancer sticks where a huge contributing factor.

 

[kbellzzz]

nice i feel better

 

[loisandklark]

My last visit with a Doctor convinced me to give up Doctors.

I agree! Haven't told my GP yet. I wonder how she will react to it?

 

[starr1349]

My regular doc thought it was great, took x-rays and showed me how my lungs were clearing up, said stick with it. My "lady parts" doctor thought it was great too. Neither one of them cared about the e-cigs, they were thrilled that anything got me to give up the smokes.
I really wasn't expecting that, I had read about a lot of negative reactions here.

Now that I haven't smoked for a while, I wonder how any doctor or nurse can listen to someone who says they don't smoke when they do because I sure can smell it a mile away, lol.
My husband used my car to go snowmachining with his friends and the next day when I got in the car it reeked bad. I hate to say it but I think I am gonna have to tell him I don't want peeps smoking in the car, and I never thought I'd say that.

 

[IntelligentDesigner]

The doctors that have educated themselves about it seem to be supportive, while the others are less so.

It seems quite easy to tell the difference from these stories too.

I almost wish I could get sick enough while visiting my hometown so I could go see my old doctor, tell him the news, and see what he says. Unfortunately I was given a superb immune system and only get really sick about once every 4 years, even when I was smoking. I also live 400+ miles from my hometown now.

 

[Ken_A]

... I hate to say it but I think I am gonna have to tell him I don't want peeps smoking in the car, and I never thought I'd say that.

FEBREZE!!!!!
It's a wonder product that will take away the smell.

 

[mtw4shore]

I think my doc is using me as a case study. She was very interested in the e-cig thing. She asked to physically see my setup, and I gave her this site and pointed to the health and research thread.
She was very supportive of WHATEVER got me off tobacco.

 

[MayLovesMetal]

My pulmonologist is the one who suggested vaping to me. After a breathing crisis that put me in the hospital for two weeks and led to my being diagnosed with COPD, I certainly knew I shouldn't smoke again and yet I was sneaking out on the back porch for a cigarette every chance I could. I had randomly (and voluntarily) quit for seven years earlier in my life with lozenges but during an exceptionally stressful time had gone back to cigarettes. It was so frustrating, since I did know I could theoretically function without smoking and I have no wish to suffer more pain or to die any sooner than I have to. I talked with the doctor about the struggle I was having and he threw it out there as a consideration. It's harm reduction, which offends some people but which to others including me and my pulmo is common sense. Obviously in a perfect world we would inhale fresh clean air only- and there would be no COPD, or addiction or whatever.
It's not a perfect world. From the start I loved it- I've never looked back, and prefer the nastiest vape to the best cigarette. I tend to doubt that I'd have COPD now if I hadn't been a 3 PAD smoker for almost 40 years, and so does my doctor. Hopefully my daughter doesn't walk this road now that she's vaping at a younger age.

 

[jfalbanese]

My pulmonologist is the one who suggested vaping to me. After a breathing crisis that put me in the hospital for two weeks and led to my being diagnosed with COPD, I certainly knew I shouldn't smoke again and yet I was sneaking out on the back porch for a cigarette every chance I could. I had randomly (and voluntarily) quit for seven years earlier in my life with lozenges but during an exceptionally stressful time had gone back to cigarettes. It was so frustrating, since I did know I could theoretically function without smoking and I have no wish to suffer more pain or to die any sooner than I have to. I talked with the doctor about the struggle I was having and he threw it out there as a consideration. It's harm reduction, which offends some people but which to others including me and my pulmo is common sense. Obviously in a perfect world we would inhale fresh clean air only- and there would be no COPD, or addiction or whatever.
It's not a perfect world. From the start I loved it- I've never looked back, and prefer the nastiest vape to the best cigarette. I tend to doubt that I'd have COPD now if I hadn't been a 3 PAD smoker for almost 40 years, and so does my doctor. Hopefully my daughter doesn't walk this road now that she's vaping at a younger age.

feel free to offend whoever you have to, to get the job done. you deserve better. now is the time to be selfish and self centered.

 

[jfalbanese]

My regular doc thought it was great, took x-rays and showed me how my lungs were clearing up, said stick with it. My "lady parts" doctor thought it was great too. Neither one of them cared about the e-cigs, they were thrilled that anything got me to give up the smokes.
I really wasn't expecting that, I had read about a lot of negative reactions here.

Now that I haven't smoked for a while, I wonder how any doctor or nurse can listen to someone who says they don't smoke when they do because I sure can smell it a mile away, lol.
My husband used my car to go snowmachining with his friends and the next day when I got in the car it reeked bad. I hate to say it but I think I am gonna have to tell him I don't want peeps smoking in the car, and I never thought I'd say that.

as soon as my supervisor is off the stinkies, the NO Smoking Signs are going up in my work space.

 

[jfalbanese]

There's another aspect to vapeing vs "cold turkey". I've read and experienced weight gain during "quitting" cycles in the past. It seems that the will power to stop smoking and curbing increased appetite is difficult to attain, at least for me. Since starting the e-cigs, I have also been on a low carb diet, without any conflicts. I have managed to drop cigarettes and 16 pounds with minimal problems. If I had to go "cold turkey" and diet simultaneously, it wouldn't be very pretty.

My doctor is pleased with both results so far.

between work, and all the dog walking, i am losing the middle aged gut. not bad for 52