i just got back from my doctors office.....(plz read)

[whimzkool]

For what it is worth, I tried some new VG liquid the other day (had been using PG exclusively with no problem) and had an allergic reaction on my skin. Later that evening my boyfriend noticed I was wheezing. Stopped using the juice and the wheezing went away. Tried it again about 3 days later, same thing rash, wheezing, tight chest. I do not know if those having problems have changed any aspect of their juices when these symptoms occurred, but it definitely could be a factor.

My experience with VG has been similar, however I haven't noticed a rash. Definitely feel heavy/tight in the chest with a bit of wheezing. The VG dries my mouth out completely. Even drinking water doesn't help. VG makes my mouth feel coated, similar to eating something fried. I still use it sparingly in my mixes as I love the vapor. Since much of the nicotine is absorbed through the oral mucosa, I try to remind myself that the shallow, cigar-style inhale is really all that is necessary... especially with "exotic" flavors that have lots of color. If I am feeling the need to inhale deeply, I will default to pure menthol/tobacco liquid.
~OP, I hope you feel better and you get to the bottom of whatever is causing your symptoms.
whim

 

[ejoker]

so didja find anything out on friday?

 

[Shortstuff116]

so didja find anything out on friday?

Yeah! The suspence is killing me too!

 

[kalekona]

the second week after I started vaping and stopped smoking I found I could breath deeper than before- like there was a ceiling that my breath would stop at and now it went above that-
But the last week or so I have felt a tightness and a heaviness and grabbing the inhaler, as well as doing a couple of neutralizers treatments.
Today I figured out that while I had been coughing up some garbage that has stopped and really wasn't a lot like everyone says happens when you stop smoking-

So now I am thinking that a)part of the tightness is in my head b) not enough water thus not loosing up phlegm so that I can cough it out of my lungs..
But I did go use my flo-meter and it registered at almost 500 (the high end of my scale) an improvement on the 250 to 300 I was getting-

So first plan in order it to up the H2O.

 

[aschmidy]

Anybody ever hear how this turned out?

 

[ZERO]

Any News MMA?????

 

[ejoker]

he didn't tell me exactly, but there was something that showed in the xray. doctor obviously couldn't conclusively tell what it was from, but he opted to quit vaping and may be trying snus. probably a good decision on his part.

 

[MMAfighterNH]

hey ..so im waiting on the full results but they did say sumtin is wrong with my lungs it coulda been from vaping or it coulda been from all my years of smoking analogs and green.....lol........eoither way i think im done vaping, i wanna give my lungs a break, and ya i might try snuff or sumthing.............when i get my full results i will let ya'll know...thanx for the support and good wshes thanx everyone

 

[Shortstuff116]

Hey we wish you nothing but the best with your results and hope that all is well. Please do let us know once everything is sorted out.

 

[blondeambition3]

hey ..so im waiting on the full results but they did say sumtin is wrong with my lungs it coulda been from vaping or it coulda been from all my years of smoking analogs and green.....lol........eoither way i think im done vaping, i wanna give my lungs a break, and ya i might try snuff or sumthing.............when i get my full results i will let ya'll know...thanx for the support and good wshes thanx everyone

Take good care.... wish you well!

 

[Brewster 59]

hey ..so im waiting on the full results but they did say sumtin is wrong with my lungs it coulda been from vaping or it coulda been from all my years of smoking analogs and green.....lol........eoither way i think im done vaping, i wanna give my lungs a break, and ya i might try snuff or sumthing.............when i get my full results i will let ya'll know...thanx for the support and good wshes thanx everyone

You may want to give Snus a try I love the stuff. www.getsnus.com is the place I get mine, It is cheap, taste great to me, and keeps my vaping way down. Good luck to ya and let us know the results.

 

[Hebrew Hammer]

hey ..so im waiting on the full results but they did say sumtin is wrong with my lungs it coulda been from vaping or it coulda been from all my years of smoking analogs and green.....lol........eoither way i think im done vaping, i wanna give my lungs a break, and ya i might try snuff or sumthing.............when i get my full results i will let ya'll know...thanx for the support and good wshes thanx everyone

I think that will be a lot of the bad press for vaping is people who have smoked for years and it catches up to them when they switch and a doc says its from vaping when the real damage is from analogs.

Not a hack on you or any thing just saying. Hope everything turns out all right for ya.

 

[MMAfighterNH]

now what exactally is snus??? its chewing tobacco right??? and do you swallow the liquid from it or spit it like chew?

 

[beecee]

now what exactally is snus??? its chewing tobacco right??? and do you swallow the liquid from it or spit it like chew?

A lot of people like it.

Here is a great explanation of it.

What is snus? - GetSnus.com

 

[ejoker]

its tobacco, but kinda powdered and in a pouch. check out the link he gave, it gives a good explanation.

 

[anim8r]

hey ..so im waiting on the full results but they did say sumtin is wrong with my lungs it coulda been from vaping or it coulda been from all my years of smoking analogs and green.....lol........eoither way i think im done vaping, i wanna give my lungs a break, and ya i might try snuff or sumthing.............when i get my full results i will let ya'll know...thanx for the support and good wshes thanx everyone

Sorry to hear that man. I hope it's nothing serious.

 

[Brewster 59]

now what exactally is snus??? its chewing tobacco right??? and do you swallow the liquid from it or spit it like chew?

Actually Snus is not like chew in the respect that it does not make you salavate or spit, which is one reason I hate chew, the other being I would always end up with tob everywhere in my mouth. Snus comes in portions so it pretty much stays where I put it. Snus does not produce that much juice so I cant say I swallow it or spit it out but I sure dont spit anything out except the portion when Im done with it. It come flavored or natural tob flavors and personally I love how it tastes.

 

[Vocalek]

Here's an interesting paper on the subject:

www.esta.org/tsp/working_groups/FS/docs/HSE.pdf

Janet! Super find. I have posted this on the CASAA Web site under Resources/Lab Reports

I found their comment on DEG quite illuminating:

The AIHA has established a WEEL for DEG of 50 ppm (156 mg/m3) as an eight hour timeweighted average. The rationale behind this standard is that DEG is of lower acute toxicity than ethylene glycol (a compound which has been studied extensively in humans, particularly by
inhalation). DEG’s vapor pressure is sufficiently low enough that high concentrations of vapor are not likely to occur in the environment. However, when the conditions of use involve higher ambient or process temperature, a level of 10 mg/m3 for aerosol exposure was established.4

So if the FDA found 1% DEG in a cartridge, assuming that a) it was a 1 ml cartridge and b) all of it would vaporize, how many cartridges would it take to get up to 10 mg/m3? (And what's m3?). Any chemists in the house?​

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[myrindyl]

very good information here, thanks! I'll be watching this thread with interest!

 

[CaptainChet]

10mg/m3 means ten milligrams per cubic meter.