Interesting Test Results

[wickedalibi]

I live in a superfund clean up area. We had a vermiculite mine here and the stuff is all over. It causes asbestosis. The public here is entitled to free lung screening. (xray and a spirometer test) 4 people from my family went for screenings.
Me (32 year, 2 PAD smoker, vaping for the last 7 years)
My husband (never smoked lived with a smoker 25 years)
My mom (never smoked lived with a smoker 35 years)
My sister (current smoker 26 years, 1 PAD)
Results, (fvc % of air you can exhale), (fev % of air exhaled in the first second)
Me fvc 99%, fev 108%
My husband fvc 86%, fev 91%
My mom. fvc 91%, fev 98%
My sister fvc 81%, fev 86%
Everyone's xays were clear except for my sister who has the beginnings of COPD. She has one of my spare Povaris, maybe this will wake her up.

 

[Asbestos4004]

I work with asbestos and as a result, I have to take those tests annually. Before I quit smoking, I was border line for needing to find a different line of work. I wasn't breathing well enough to be approved for some of the respirators we use .
Fast forward 6 years.... Apparently, I have the lung function of a never smoker. Amazing .

 

[stols001]

Those results were very encouraging, thanks for sharing them. LOL, my doc hasn't made me blow through the tube, he wants me to wait at least a year, "So the results are more encouraging." But, he thinks they will be, although it's really hard not to improve from "having the lungs of a 90 year old woman." That was my result the last time I was tested.

At the time, it didn't phase me a bit, I was like, "Okay, so I'm pretty active for a 90 year old woman. I get around, I exercise, etc."

The 18 month pneumonia was more sobering, but I am looking forward to learning if my lungs have gone backward in time, .

Anna

 

[Richard Winter]

To share my experience, I was a smoker for 40 years. I decided to try vaping because I was beginning to get short of breath and was weezing.
It has been the best thing I've ever done. Ive been. Vaping for 4 yrs now and the weezing and shortness of breath has gone.
Last year I had a medical and did a lung function test. The result of that showed that I have a lung function age of 36......wicked. Now I'm trying to find other option to bring the rest of my body to that age haha.

 

[Coyote628]

To share my experience, I was a smoker for 40 years. I decided to try vaping because I was beginning to get short of breath and was weezing.
It has been the best thing I've ever done. Ive been. Vaping for 4 yrs now and the weezing and shortness of breath has gone.
Last year I had a medical and did a lung function test. The result of that showed that I have a lung function age of 36......wicked. Now I'm trying to find other option to bring the rest of my body to that age haha.

When you do, let me know. Im almost 55 and would like to feel 36 again...lol

 

[wickedalibi]

Or feel up a 36 year old

 

[Coyote628]

Or feel up a 36 year old

 

[ilporcupine]

To share my experience, I was a smoker for 40 years. I decided to try vaping because I was beginning to get short of breath and was weezing.
It has been the best thing I've ever done. Ive been. Vaping for 4 yrs now and the weezing and shortness of breath has gone.
Last year I had a medical and did a lung function test. The result of that showed that I have a lung function age of 36......wicked. Now I'm trying to find other option to bring the rest of my body to that age haha.

Man, that is terrific. I think I may be too far along. They said I had "emphysema like changes", so wouldn't pin it down. Still hopeful for improvement.

 

[LewisW295]

Vaping for nearly 3 years now and not much improvement in my own lung function. But I do eat like a pig so possibly cardiac related instead.

 

[Richard Winter]

Man, that is terrific. I think I may be too far along. They said I had "emphysema like changes", so wouldn't pin it down. Still hopeful for improvement.

Fingers crossed ilporcupine, hope you get some improvement.

 

[Richard Winter]

When you do, let me know. Im almost 55 and would like to feel 36 again...lol

I will do lol.

 

[TyPie]

To share my experience, I was a smoker for 40 years. I decided to try vaping because I was beginning to get short of breath and was weezing.
It has been the best thing I've ever done. Ive been. Vaping for 4 yrs now and the weezing and shortness of breath has gone.
Last year I had a medical and did a lung function test. The result of that showed that I have a lung function age of 36......wicked. Now I'm trying to find other option to bring the rest of my body to that age haha.

When you do, let me know. Im almost 55 and would like to feel 36 again...lol

I think you may need the surgery for some of those other things......lol.

 

[Richard Winter]

I cant afford surgery, im spending far too much money on my vaping habit lol

 

[ilporcupine]

Those results were very encouraging, thanks for sharing them. LOL, my doc hasn't made me blow through the tube, he wants me to wait at least a year, "So the results are more encouraging." But, he thinks they will be, although it's really hard not to improve from "having the lungs of a 90 year old woman." That was my result the last time I was tested.

At the time, it didn't phase me a bit, I was like, "Okay, so I'm pretty active for a 90 year old woman. I get around, I exercise, etc."

The 18 month pneumonia was more sobering, but I am looking forward to learning if my lungs have gone backward in time, .

Anna

I have a 95 year old mother. She ain't fast, but she's sharp. And I wish my lungs were as good as hers are.