Exactly how much tar did I have in my lungs??

[Gato del Jugo]

Coming up on 6 months since my last analog..


And although the frequency & amount of hacking up tar and who knows what else has decreased over this time, even just now I hawked up a big glob

When does it stop?


Was smoking 25-30 Marlboro Lights a day for 25 years or so, with some short-term quits thrown in

Never expecting an immediate recovery, but still after 6 months?


It's not from vaping.. this is from the cigs...

Your experiences?

 

[MorpheusPA]

Six weeks in my case, and minimal junk coming up.

I think I'd see a doctor at this point as you might have a sinus/respiratory infection. Six months seems like the absolute outside I'd ever expect, but hopefully I'm wrong and you're just really cleaning yourself out...

 

[Drago1919]

I remember reading somewhere it takes up to nine months for our bodies to clear out all the gunk. Just give it time and it will get better. I was a 25ish year 2 pack a day (Marlboro Ultra Lights) smoker and I noticed the biggest improvement probably 2-3 months in. At about six months for me now, I have no cough.

 

[iamzg]

See a doctor, pimpin. You'll hear a lot of opinions I'm sure, but I know my mind wouldn't be eased until I heard it from someone who had an MD after their name.

 

[bruiser]

I read some stuff about this a couple days ago. It seems that, for some people, it can take several months for the brownish stuff to go away. Several months was not defined as to how many months.