My "success" story
I lived in la la land for many years...thought I was so clever.
Started smoking in Jr High.
Last couple of years I thought "ya know I've been smoking all these years and I have no side effects"
Never mind I would wake up after a few hours of sleep to cough for about 1/2 hour..that was 'post nasal drip'.
Then I caught a bout of (undiagnosed) bronchitis about 6 months ago..and thought I was going to die.
I do not have hospitalization so I resisted every plea to go to the hospital...luckily for me (though not for my friend) she was on oxygen and had tanks of oxygen I could use to breath..otherwise I would be either dead or beholding to the hospital.
I walked from the bedroom to the bathroom about 15 feet and felt like my lungs were about the size of a dime and could not catch my breath, so I ran (well shuffled as fast as I could) to the oxygen tank and sat for about 15 minutes just to catch my breath back.
I quit smoking (surprise) for a month. Since my friend has oxygen in her room, (she still smokes) her cigarettes were in the bathroom and I succumbed after a month of not smoking.
At first I just stole her cigs and hid smoking, but eventually I became a full fledged smoker...maybe more than before, cause seems every time I try to quit I get revenge by smoking more than before.
Fast forward to this bout of bronchitis. My friends oxygen saved me yet again. Only once did I feel my lungs the size of a dime when going to the bathroom. Better than last time. Maybe because I stopped smoking earlier than the last time, at the first sign of shortness of breath.
In some forum not related to ecigs someone guided me to the altsmoke.com site. I purchased their (easy) starter kit and here I am.
On a side note...a bizarre maybe outcome of stopping smoking???? My fingers on my left hand would cramp up so badly I would have to un cramp them....they seem alright now??? Anyone else have that effect?
I lived in la la land for many years...thought I was so clever.
Started smoking in Jr High.
Last couple of years I thought "ya know I've been smoking all these years and I have no side effects"
Never mind I would wake up after a few hours of sleep to cough for about 1/2 hour..that was 'post nasal drip'.
Then I caught a bout of (undiagnosed) bronchitis about 6 months ago..and thought I was going to die.
I do not have hospitalization so I resisted every plea to go to the hospital...luckily for me (though not for my friend) she was on oxygen and had tanks of oxygen I could use to breath..otherwise I would be either dead or beholding to the hospital.
I walked from the bedroom to the bathroom about 15 feet and felt like my lungs were about the size of a dime and could not catch my breath, so I ran (well shuffled as fast as I could) to the oxygen tank and sat for about 15 minutes just to catch my breath back.
I quit smoking (surprise) for a month. Since my friend has oxygen in her room, (she still smokes) her cigarettes were in the bathroom and I succumbed after a month of not smoking.
At first I just stole her cigs and hid smoking, but eventually I became a full fledged smoker...maybe more than before, cause seems every time I try to quit I get revenge by smoking more than before.
Fast forward to this bout of bronchitis. My friends oxygen saved me yet again. Only once did I feel my lungs the size of a dime when going to the bathroom. Better than last time. Maybe because I stopped smoking earlier than the last time, at the first sign of shortness of breath.
In some forum not related to ecigs someone guided me to the altsmoke.com site. I purchased their (easy) starter kit and here I am.
On a side note...a bizarre maybe outcome of stopping smoking???? My fingers on my left hand would cramp up so badly I would have to un cramp them....they seem alright now??? Anyone else have that effect?
