Lungs burn after excercise

[greyg00se19]

Today is my first full week without an analog. I am in the military so I maintain basic fitness, but after today my lungs burned lke crazy after my run. Has anyone else had this problem after quitting analogs? I'm really hoping it was either the cold weather or my lungs starting a healing process and not the vapor that did this!

 

[JebGipson]

In my experience thats how the "cleansing" starts, soon you'll be hocking tar and getting acne.

 

[greyg00se19]

Can't wait for that!

I'm hoping it really is just part of the cleansing process, today was a little disheartening. I can normally run between 2 and 3 miles without stopping, even when i was smoking. but today i couldn't even make it a mile.. let the healing begin.

 

[firechick]

It may be a good idea to see your regular doc, just to get a check-up. What you describe could be caused from any number of things including quitting smoking or some airborne irritant in the area you were running. Letting a professional have a look will give you some peace of mind as well.

Good luck with quitting, and thank you for serving.

 

[CorvusDrake]

I had something like this too. It was my body healing, and it happened when I first quit smoking. I vape now because the nicotine is a cheap control for my asthma that seems to work fantastically.

I've also seen it happen with allergies to Propylene Glycol. Try a Vegetable Glycerine juice if this doesn't clear up sooner rather than later.

 

[mudmanc4]

I also had this for about a week or more, it went away. I was really thinking, man, I cant do this, but you know what ? I could, and I did, and now, no problems , i can breath so much better, I can run longer , I can smell things I never knew stunk like that hehehe like car exhaust, man, thats the worst .

Hang in there

 

[McCordRM]

Enjoy the pain. It means you're healing.
Seriously. I took a break in Service for a while and got lazy with civilian life. When I started
running again, it hurt like hell. The cause is that your lungs have been adapting the
entire time you've been smoking. (Analogs) Now that you've quit, they have to adapt
again. Just like the rest of your muscles. Stop doing push-ups for a week, then attempt
your max... your muscles will hurt like hell.

The other issue is that the "lining" of your lungs is started to heal. Just like when you
scrape yourself, or peel a sunburn, there's a layer of new skin which is VERY sensitive.

I would suggest not over-doing it at first. Take short, half-mile runs to begin with. Let
your leadership know that you've quit cigs and they'll probably be understanding about
it. At any rate, the point is to make sure you don't damage your lungs while they're
healing. Give them proper time to adjust and adapt. Without the intake of tar and the
like, your lung capacity is going to increase and you'll soon find that your 2-3 mile runs
will get easier now than they've ever been.

 

[SuncoastGal]

I noticed that just after I started vaping, I was becoming short of breath even more so then from smoking analogs. After about a week, it went away and I kept progressing to the better each day. After about two weeks, I was completely off analogs and about two months after that, was off nicotine. I still vape but it's no nic juice and only when I am at home.

 

[greyg00se19]

thanks for the input! much appreciated!

 

[the86d]

It was scary, REAL scary. It did go away for me too.

Let the shed begin.