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Lung capacity / easier breathing??
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I DID experience that. And it lasted about 10 days - something about the cillia in the lungs cleaning out the stuff.... I think they get 'paralyzed by the tar' and aren't able to function until one goes to sleep - why many wake up with a cough....
Mine are getting better, after 53 years of analogs I was having trouble even walking a couple of hundred feet. It took about a month to quit coughing stuff up almost hourly and next to nothing now. I can walk up to the barn without stopping to rest, and not really breathing hard. Been off analogs for over three months and don't plan to pick up another one.
It's only been a month for me but I notice the difference. I can go up and down the stairs at work without puffing and being exhausted.
I'm an old guy and not terribly active. But, yes I have noticed changes. First I noticed that the wheezing, coughing and gurgling from 35 years of smoking ended ... flat out gone.
Then, there's the breath hold test: Take three deep breaths and then hold as long as you can (without turning blue). As a smoker, I struggled to make 30 seconds. Now, I can do 90 seconds with a little effort. Very clear evidence.
Another thing, as a smoker attempting to inhale DEEPLY would invariably bring on a coughing fit. I can now inhale deeply and it actually feels pretty good, sort of like a good stretch, LOL.
Then, there's the breath hold test: Take three deep breaths and then hold as long as you can (without turning blue). As a smoker, I struggled to make 30 seconds. Now, I can do 90 seconds with a little effort. Very clear evidence.
Another thing, as a smoker attempting to inhale DEEPLY would invariably bring on a coughing fit. I can now inhale deeply and it actually feels pretty good, sort of like a good stretch, LOL.
I had about a month of bringing up the garbage in my lungs, I was coughing so much I had to use a prescription suppressant I smoked about a pack and a half a day. I'm still suffering from the smokers flu but I'm improving now that I added vitamins to my body. You have to remember that you are no longer putting about 5323 chemicals and over 30 carcinogens into your body, which means your body has to detox and that is part of quitting analogs, give your body time to heal you will notice a difference in how you feel and the realization of how much the things you put into your body affect you. I started eating better, taking vitamins and I can now walk without gasping for air. Psychologically I noticed a change too which I believe came from finally being able to take control over something that had so much control over me. All of this from a little electronic device called a e cigarette...Welcome to the beginning of a new life free from analogs. Oh and welcome to ECF you will find everything you ever needed to know about e cigarettes here.
I wonder how much i will hack up. Its only been about a week but i was a 2 pack a day smoker for over 24 years. Now i say i wonder simply because i never really had a smokers hack ever. I would wake up in the morning normal. No coughing, hacking up lung surprises or anything. i had a roommate a few years back who only smoked for about 2 years. Every morning i thought he was dying. His morning hack was terrible, but that could of been a good sign in one way. Maybe his system was healthier and trying to get rid of it. Mine is just jacked and my lungs say "whatever" to all the new smoke and tar.
Saberth: I never had the morning hacking. In fact, I didn't have much of a 'smoker's cough' ... although I find I cough less frequently 14 months into vaping. I also didn't go through the 'cleansing' up horrible crap after I quit smoking, but some people do. I don't know what makes the difference between those who do and those who don't. It is a curious thing though.
I did have shortness of breath after exertion, and when laying in bed, I could hear my own breathing, wheezing & gurgling.
That's gone now, and my lung capacity has improved noticeably.
I smoked a carton/week for 35 years or so.
I did have shortness of breath after exertion, and when laying in bed, I could hear my own breathing, wheezing & gurgling.
That's gone now, and my lung capacity has improved noticeably.
I smoked a carton/week for 35 years or so.
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I say definitely and with confidence that my answer is YES! I have experienced increased lung capacity. Before I started vaping I had lost my singing voice. I couldn't take a breath deep enough to sustain a note for long and my voice had become very raspy. I would get winded just going up the stairs.
I've been vaping for six months and the difference is nothing short of miraculous! My singing voice is returning and it no longer sounds raspy. I can RUN up the stairs and not even pant. In fact, I started working out and was able to complete 1.87 miles tonight in 20 minutes. Just .13 miles more and I could pass the 2 mile run for the Army Physical Fitness Test with an 83 score. That's not bad for a 45 year old woman who could hardly make it up the stairs six months ago!
I've been vaping for six months and the difference is nothing short of miraculous! My singing voice is returning and it no longer sounds raspy. I can RUN up the stairs and not even pant. In fact, I started working out and was able to complete 1.87 miles tonight in 20 minutes. Just .13 miles more and I could pass the 2 mile run for the Army Physical Fitness Test with an 83 score. That's not bad for a 45 year old woman who could hardly make it up the stairs six months ago!
I've only been vaping for a week, and I already can run up a flight of stairs again (and I do this several times a night as a private duty nurse). A week ago, I had to pull myself up the stairs hanging onto the banister. It's amazing. I don't wake up with that heavy congestion in my chest anymore, either (or the nasty taste in my mouth and weird coating on my tongue). I don't know why I'm seeing such changes so soon, but I'm loving it! I'm even eating less (love those yummy flavors so much I'd rather vape than eat, I guess)! This has been the best thing I've done for myself in a long time!
I'm a couple months into vaping and I have hard phlegm clogs in my throat. Not often, I'd say a couple times a week but I never got that smoking and I only smoked 5-7 a day. I think it takes time for our lungs to recover, everything isn't going to come out at once. I had no phlegm issues until month 2 of being smoke free. I can do at least 27 flights of stairs in under 10 minutes, I don't get winded, just hot and sweaty!
Most certainly. Haven't gone out to mountain bike trails yet but went out on a road ride on my bike and didn't stop at all during the 20-mile ride (have a camelbak for water). Maybe an average speed of 12-14mph going up and down and up and down.
So yes, quitting analogs brought my lung functions back. Before, I had to stop every 5-7 miles and will be panting pedaling up a steep grade.
So yes, quitting analogs brought my lung functions back. Before, I had to stop every 5-7 miles and will be panting pedaling up a steep grade.
I didn't have too many lung problems while smoking (1 1/2 PPD ultra lights). I had started to notice that when I woke up in the middle of the night or morning that I would cough up a lot of thick junk, but that went away after my first week of vaping. The biggest difference I noticed was in my energy. I have been having problems with major fatigue (not being sleepy, but not having the energy to do anything) for a few years now. I wish I would have known about ecigs a long time ago so I could feel so much better and have so much more energy! Still dealing with the fatigue, but nothing like what it was 20 days ago.
I haven't been without analogs for even a week yet, 1.5-2 PAD for 30+ years, but I've already noticed an improvement in my sense of smell. One of the bartenders at my local will go outside and smoke about half a cigarette, and then sit the other half down behind the bar when she comes back in. I could smell that half burnt cig from 8-10 feet away. I never noticed it before.
I've been vaping just over a year now, Going on my 13th month and I breathe just as fine as I did before I smoked When I smoked I could not exercise or do any physical activities, Literally could not!
But now I run daily and everything.... I honestly do not have the slightest breathing difficulty at all now that I vape !
When I smoked I could not exercise or do any physical activities, Literally could not! But now I run daily and everything.... I honestly do not have the slightest breathing difficulty at all now that I vape !
after smoking for over 46 years, 1 1/2 pack per day and switching to e-cig full time last July I can say I don't cough or wheeze anymore but breathing has not improved and I think it has gotten worse so went to a Doctor, heart is okay and he put me on Spiriva and gave me a paper with some exercises so I have been doing that for almost 2 months and so far no improvement, He said that after smoking 46 years I have COPD. But I really do not think I do so I am going to try this for another month and them find another doctor, who will look past the fact I smoked for 46 years and really look for the cause
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