My Doctor wouldn´t approve but I think you would :)
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I went to see my doctor today for some routine stuff. I mentioned vaping as a possibility about a year ago and he didn´t have a very positive opinion of it. I didn´t mention it today when I went but the truth is:
- I haven´t had even one cig in 24 days.
- I smoked for 40 years smoking 2 and half packs a day the last years.
- I have been vaping about 4ml of juice at 18mg nic a day.
He might not be impressed but I am. I am not even sure if I have quite, I just haven´t had a cig a day at a time for 24 days
PS I have calculated the money I have saved in the last 24 days and the the startup money I spent on vaping and I am now at 0
Congratulations Dan!
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Might run the link below by your doc.
It's a bit lengthy - but there's summaries at the end of each chapter.
Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction
Might run the link below by your doc.
It's a bit lengthy - but there's summaries at the end of each chapter.
Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction
Sadly, too many doctors are standing by their ideology's rather than science.
Just like they did early on when it became obvious cigarettes were bad for you.
Just like they did early on when it became obvious cigarettes were bad for you.
I hate to be paranoid, but I haven't told my Doc that I vape...just that I quit smoking. With the new national health database, I don't want the insurance companies to potentially get access and penalize me for nicotine use. He's happy with what he sees and I'm happy with how I feel.
Congratulations! I threw some PHP code into my vapin' page to keep track of how much I would've spent, and how many cigarettes I haven't smoked. 24 back pats and congratulations again!
Congrats, Dan! Keep at it, day by day. The folks here have your back.
My doctor was more then encouraging when it came to me switching. She said she couldn't legally tell me that it was better but that she could with a good conscience tell me it was infinitely better. She also said if I needed a vice that it was deffinetly a better option.
As far as the "non-smoker" versus "ex-smoker" thing: There are valid medical reasons why you are listed in your medical record as an ex-smoker with a quit date. The medical implications of years or decades of smoking follow you for a very long time. It needs to me known if you were a smoker, how much, and for how long should a smoking related medical symptom appear after you quit.
Don't try to buffalo your medical professionals by declaring you are a non-smoker. If you were smoking for years/decades and then quit, from a medical diagnosis & treatment point of view you never were a non-smoker. It matters.
Don't try to buffalo your medical professionals by declaring you are a non-smoker. If you were smoking for years/decades and then quit, from a medical diagnosis & treatment point of view you never were a non-smoker. It matters.
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I good, open-minded and committed attitude is a gift. I am now at 1.5mg and have stayed here by choice. But, my signature says it all.
Good for you!!!
I didn't mention my switch to vaping to my doctor, until I hit the two year mark (getting close to 5 years now). I let his testing show the results of my switch to vaping. When my doctor commented on how much my health had improved, it was only then that I mentioned that I had switched to vaping. It was hard for him to say anything negative after that.
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