Ok, so I had posted a number of months ago about an upcoming appointment with my respiratory specialist at the Firestone clinic in Hamilton and since that time I've had 2 appointments, these were 6 months apart, today being the second appointment day.
I didn't post after that first appointment 6 months ago as I didn't get much of a reaction from the specialist (he is a doctor specializing in respiratory disorders). He did produce a wide smile at one point back then which was a good thing and he did want to know what e-cigs were since he hadn't hear of them before. So, something at least, not negative but not much reaction. I told him I had quit cigarettes for 6 months (then) and I guess that that was the smile part.
So today I pushed it a bit more and he said that since last time he has heard alot more from other people about e-cigarettes and seems to have gained some working knowledge of how they work, and also the political cloud that e cigs are under. When I mentioned about Health Canada banning e cigs but they were not actually illegal he talked more from a professional level saying that there hasn't been long enough time to gather conclusive data on e cig useage but he did say that it would come in time.
So, again, not negative, and somewhat positive. He is aware of various studies done and more than the crappy FDA 2009 study that was conducted erroneously with a small sampling base. I did go on to say that I had helped many friends, family and co-workers to quit smoking with the use of e-cigs so that's a bit more information to add to what he has so far.
It would be great to have a clinic like this one jump all over e cigs (in a positive way) and get as many patients as possible starting vaping, they certainly need it judging by the number of portable oxygen tanks hooked up in the waiting area, but I guess traditional approaches aren't going to be put aside without long term studies, etc.
It's dissappointing and not. The thing being that there was no negatives voiced about e-cigs by my specialist and he is definitely looking at more aggressive treatment for me as opposed to "presiding over my demise" as was the most often said thing by him when I was still smoking.
In summary, Health Canada knows it has sway over institutions and traditional methods of treatment as evidenced by the specialist reverting to "a need for long term studies" but I think I put a positive dent in the HC machine. The clinic has at least one patient known to be off cigarettes thanks to vaping amongst hundreds of patients still on analogs and still on the slide downwards.
I didn't post after that first appointment 6 months ago as I didn't get much of a reaction from the specialist (he is a doctor specializing in respiratory disorders). He did produce a wide smile at one point back then which was a good thing and he did want to know what e-cigs were since he hadn't hear of them before. So, something at least, not negative but not much reaction. I told him I had quit cigarettes for 6 months (then) and I guess that that was the smile part.
So today I pushed it a bit more and he said that since last time he has heard alot more from other people about e-cigarettes and seems to have gained some working knowledge of how they work, and also the political cloud that e cigs are under. When I mentioned about Health Canada banning e cigs but they were not actually illegal he talked more from a professional level saying that there hasn't been long enough time to gather conclusive data on e cig useage but he did say that it would come in time.
So, again, not negative, and somewhat positive. He is aware of various studies done and more than the crappy FDA 2009 study that was conducted erroneously with a small sampling base. I did go on to say that I had helped many friends, family and co-workers to quit smoking with the use of e-cigs so that's a bit more information to add to what he has so far.
It would be great to have a clinic like this one jump all over e cigs (in a positive way) and get as many patients as possible starting vaping, they certainly need it judging by the number of portable oxygen tanks hooked up in the waiting area, but I guess traditional approaches aren't going to be put aside without long term studies, etc.
It's dissappointing and not. The thing being that there was no negatives voiced about e-cigs by my specialist and he is definitely looking at more aggressive treatment for me as opposed to "presiding over my demise" as was the most often said thing by him when I was still smoking.
In summary, Health Canada knows it has sway over institutions and traditional methods of treatment as evidenced by the specialist reverting to "a need for long term studies" but I think I put a positive dent in the HC machine. The clinic has at least one patient known to be off cigarettes thanks to vaping amongst hundreds of patients still on analogs and still on the slide downwards.
