"Quit sick" or did I catch a bug?

[CrunchyGeek]

I dropped the analogs a few days ago, and yesterday my lungs had that "I smoked 2 packs of full flavored menthol cigarettes in a club where everyone else was chainsmoking" feeling. I'm sure you all know that awful feeling, right? In any case, today I'm starting to cough up all kinds of lovely stuff and I sound like I'm losing my voice. Other than that I feel fine.

Do you think that this is from quitting and my body getting used to vaping, or did one of my petri-dish children give me (yet another) cold?

 

[Darkstarncw]

More than likely that's from quitting smoking. Your body is desperately trying to clean all of those chemicals and tar out of your body.

 

[The Big Chief]

Yup, your gonna cough up all the tar....sucks for a few days, but once done, you'll feel like ya got ya a new pair of lungs.

 

[Cheechako]

A few days ago I woke up with a miserable feeling in my chest, felt the same way, like I smoked all night long.
It passed after a day or two...newbie here and was begining to wonder if the "Feel Good" was ever gonna start.
Good luck to you and this too shall pass.

 

[ambition]

It probably means your lungs are starting to work again. The little hairs called cilia inside your airways are probably moving about again carrying crap that has been sitting inside your lungs for who knows how long.

It's your body telling you you've been treating it badly and doesn't want you to do it anymore.

 

[mmsjs5]

Make sure you drink more water than with analogs, vaping can dry you out. That may be part of what you are feeling.

 

[dlsw]

I was sick days 2 and 3 of my quit date. I hope it passes soon for you.

 

[CrunchyGeek]

I drink a TON of water, actually drank a fair amount before vaping, but now that I'm actually paying attention I know I'm getting well over 2L/day - and that isn't counting coffee or other beverages.

I knew I'd start coughing up junk after quitting, I just didn't think that it would start the day after I quit! Also, I don't remember reading about losing one's voice when detoxing from the 2000+ chemicals in analogs.

 

[Maestro]

Vaping dries my throat out too but I stopped drinking water when I found out it's a major component of battery acid. Not sure what to do now.

 

[mmsjs5]

gatorade/powerade type drinks should do the trick

 

[Darkstarncw]

That damn water will get you every time.

 

[sailorman]

If you're vaping a high PG juice, that might explain the voice problem. PG is a humectant and will dry out your throat. Or, you might just have an intolerance to it, like I do. No amount of water will fix that. Try vaping something with less PG. I start having problems with anything more than 20%, especially when I'm chain vaping.

 

[AshleyNonSmokie]

Hope you feel better soon Once I hit the week mark of vaping I felt like a new woman! Good luck

 

[CrunchyGeek]

I just checked, and I'm vaping 30vg/70pg. I'm not chain-vaping by any means - I'll puff a few times when I start getting twitchy throughout the day (always sipping water afterwards), and only "seriously" vape during my normal analog triggers such as with my morning coffee, after dinner, when the kids get me stressed out...

If my voice doesn't go back to normal in a day or two I think I'm going to try ordering some 50vg/50pg to see what happens, because right now I sound absolutely awful! I think I sound like an injured duck...

 

[tamarahvt]

Vaping dries my throat out too but I stopped drinking water when I found out it's a major component of battery acid. Not sure what to do now.

Hahahahahahaha! Yes, you are my new hero.

 

[CrunchyGeek]

I found out that my achy lungs, scratchy throat, and gravely voice is a virus. I went to my doctor today (for something totally unrelated) and he looked at my throat and said it's a virus, and that my voice will be back to normal in a few days. I asked him what he thought about vaping and e-cigs in general and he said "anything to quit smoking or using tobacco is a good thing in my book."

 

[ShogaNinja]

I drink a TON of water, actually drank a fair amount before vaping, but now that I'm actually paying attention I know I'm getting well over 2L/day - and that isn't counting coffee or other beverages.

I knew I'd start coughing up junk after quitting, I just didn't think that it would start the day after I quit! Also, I don't remember reading about losing one's voice when detoxing from the 2000+ chemicals in analogs.

Try 4000+ chemicals in analogs, and 50 are carcinogens.
I got sick the day before I got my KGO and it was kind of a godsend because it made me not want to smoke even more.

 

[gjshaw29]

drink more beer maybe....haha jk...lots of water will help.