Some fantastic reads on here and thought I would add my experiance. I was diagnosed with severe COPD a few years ago. One medication twice a day, another once a day, have a rescue inhaler and slept hooked up to an oxygen machine. You would think that would be enough to make me quit, but I couldn't.
Even with medication I was getting worse. Down to 6 cigarettes a day of ultra lights and still getting worse. Being short of breath is scary and being scared uses up oxygen. I think they refer to them as episodes and they are not fun. I won't go into detail on that, but quality of life was getting close to rock bottom.
Seemed like it got worse when the weather changed. Even on good days, taking the trash cans to the curb was a major choir and they are on wheels. I would still have to stop and rest. My wife has had to mow the law for a couple years now because I couldn't. Talk about feeling worthless and all because those darn smokes.
I wasn't quite to the point of one ladies story of picking up butts off the ground to smoke, but I kept a metal can in the garage to dump the asstray and many times I would dig through that to find ones I could get 3 puffs off.
My doctor asked if I had tried ecigs and I said no. I wish she had been a more persistant. Maybe 8 months later I hear an add on the radio and decide to give them a try. Went as far as ordering them for around $100 and like my usual, I got the cart before the horse. After I hung up the phone I looked the company up on the internet and oh my goodness there were a lot of bad things said about them. I called them right back and canceled my order and another 8 months or so went by.
As luck would have it I ran across a guy in the smokers cage that had an ecig and I started asking him questions. He smiled when I told him about almost buying from the radio advertisement and handed me a card from CigNot.
I finished the 4 cigarettes left in that last pack and have not craved a analog since. That was 6 March 2011 and I've got my life back. The second week vaping I ran the weedwacker until my arms were shaking and it felt good. Walk up a flight of stairs and not have to rest. Can take my grandkids to the driving range and the list goes on.
After a month I took myself off Advair, which was my twice a day medicine. I think the steroid I'll have to take for the rest of my life, but will talk to the doc about that. I've done too much damage to ever run again, but damn, I'm almost 62 years old and I got no business running.
I would love to hear from anyone that has severe COPD. Off smokes for about 6 weeks now and seems the biggest difference was within the first 2 weeks. Still a little reminder when the weather changes, but only been twice for that. I'm crossing my fingers it will get even better, but I'm tickled to death being able to do normal things. That little lady that married me in 1972 is pretty darn happy also.
Hig
Even with medication I was getting worse. Down to 6 cigarettes a day of ultra lights and still getting worse. Being short of breath is scary and being scared uses up oxygen. I think they refer to them as episodes and they are not fun. I won't go into detail on that, but quality of life was getting close to rock bottom.
Seemed like it got worse when the weather changed. Even on good days, taking the trash cans to the curb was a major choir and they are on wheels. I would still have to stop and rest. My wife has had to mow the law for a couple years now because I couldn't. Talk about feeling worthless and all because those darn smokes.
I wasn't quite to the point of one ladies story of picking up butts off the ground to smoke, but I kept a metal can in the garage to dump the asstray and many times I would dig through that to find ones I could get 3 puffs off.
My doctor asked if I had tried ecigs and I said no. I wish she had been a more persistant. Maybe 8 months later I hear an add on the radio and decide to give them a try. Went as far as ordering them for around $100 and like my usual, I got the cart before the horse. After I hung up the phone I looked the company up on the internet and oh my goodness there were a lot of bad things said about them. I called them right back and canceled my order and another 8 months or so went by.
As luck would have it I ran across a guy in the smokers cage that had an ecig and I started asking him questions. He smiled when I told him about almost buying from the radio advertisement and handed me a card from CigNot.
I finished the 4 cigarettes left in that last pack and have not craved a analog since. That was 6 March 2011 and I've got my life back. The second week vaping I ran the weedwacker until my arms were shaking and it felt good. Walk up a flight of stairs and not have to rest. Can take my grandkids to the driving range and the list goes on.
After a month I took myself off Advair, which was my twice a day medicine. I think the steroid I'll have to take for the rest of my life, but will talk to the doc about that. I've done too much damage to ever run again, but damn, I'm almost 62 years old and I got no business running.
I would love to hear from anyone that has severe COPD. Off smokes for about 6 weeks now and seems the biggest difference was within the first 2 weeks. Still a little reminder when the weather changes, but only been twice for that. I'm crossing my fingers it will get even better, but I'm tickled to death being able to do normal things. That little lady that married me in 1972 is pretty darn happy also.
Hig
