Oh, geez, didn't realize how that sounded.
I'm about to turn 69 and smoked for 58 years. I just thought I was out of shape and getting old when my legs wouldn't carry me around the store. However, it was kind of fun riding those electric carts. ;-) Then my heart started pounding in my head and I couldn't walk at all. Off to the ER and admitted to the hospital where, after 20 hours, cat scans, mris, ECG and a few other tests plus constant oxygen (saturation was 60) I was told medicare might not cover it depending on how long I was there, I put up such a fuss they let me go home without an oxygen tank but still didn't know what was wrong with me. I found out what was though after my stepson was here with an ecig. Tried it. Loved it. Got one myself and, miraculously, all my symptoms left. I walk a mile a day. A ten-year cough is gone. My blood pressure came down. I can take a deep breath and always thought myself a shallow breather before. It goes on and on and on. But, suffice to say, I'm one happy camper. I can't say I like the cost of the lesson at $1,000.00 an hour in the hospital. A whopping $20,000.00 bill on a fixed income is not fun but I'm not smoking.
My only problem now is trying to break the chain vaping. I was a two-PAD smoker for the last 10 years so I hit the PV pretty hard though I have decreased nic starting with a few "drags" of 12 nic in the morning and then go down to 6,3, and end the day at 0 but I don't like being tied to it. I guess I took a long hard look at how tied I was to the act of smoking and don't like still being tied to vaping.
Okay, that's my vaping story and sorry I mislead on the age thing.
You would never know it when I'm behind this keyboard but offline I'm kinda shy... well I guess what you would call a classic introvert. Breaking into a new group is a little nerve wracking for me but a keyboard helps me open up a bit. In fact, my own wordiness shocks me.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
