unsupportive dr.... sigh
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if i get a doctor like that, i will just simply tell him that when i first started vaping i was @ 36mg -- now i am down to 11mg -- pretty soon i will be down to 6mg and so on
then i would remind him that i tried the patch once -- but it just wouldnt stay lit
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You could handle this by firing that doctor and hiring a new one. A medical professional that doesn't recognize the significance of a heavy smoker having given them up is clueless... "just do the patch"... right... "f'off".
This has been an interesting thread. I am not due to see my Doctor for another 3 months. I am not sure right now if I should even bother telling him.
IMO, it's always worth it to mention it. From what I've read on the forum, more doctors are interested and supportive than not. Many even start recommending them to their other smoking patients. Just be sure to come prepared with a few print outs so you can explain what's going on. You may inspire them to spread the word.
good luck
I was the same way. I had an app't. with my doctor before I actually started vaping and told him that I was going to finally take his advice and try and quit smoking (but I left out the part where I was considering e-cigs). He gave me several suggestions and vaping was one of them! I was pleasantly surprised.
I am a newbie and haven't even purchased an ecig as of yet but will just trying to decide on which company to start with. I told my primary care doctor bout it and was scoffed at! I told my pulmonary doctor and he said, " do whatever it takes to stop smoking those cigarettes that kill you! Something is better than nothing." Needless to say, I have a new primary now who doesn't scoff at my efforts!
He's a doctor, not your father, so its appropriate for him to offer opinions, not judgment. Despite their extensive education, MD's don't know everything, and good ones know it. Fire Dr AssClown and find someone new.
Nicotine addiction isn't my disability...I have a nervous system disability that nicotine interferes with...sorry for the misunderstanding...also sorry for mentioning medical_____. I am such a noob with a lot to learn about forums. I swears I read the rules several times. I've joined 3 forums in the last month and I think I've got TMI of the brain LOL.
Basically my fine motor skills are shot and I have constant pain. Anyone who deals with nerve pain knows this is a hell you won't wish on your worst enemy...even a tyrant! It's funny that my doc had just assumed all those Chantix prescriptions worked...I mean, why would I keep asking over and over again for it?! If it's out there, I've tried it...been smoking for 34 years. This time, not only am I satisfying that hand-to-mouth action, but I've also lost weight, which really surprised me. THAT has never happened before! I am incredibly thankful for discovering ecigs, as I was to the point of having things coughed up that looked like they should have stayed inside my lungs. Scary stuff! Now to get in my order of VG as I find I am allergic to PG...but I don't have any cravings for an analog, even though I haven't been able to vape much because of the PG. That spells success in my book.
Basically my fine motor skills are shot and I have constant pain. Anyone who deals with nerve pain knows this is a hell you won't wish on your worst enemy...even a tyrant! It's funny that my doc had just assumed all those Chantix prescriptions worked...I mean, why would I keep asking over and over again for it?! If it's out there, I've tried it...been smoking for 34 years. This time, not only am I satisfying that hand-to-mouth action, but I've also lost weight, which really surprised me. THAT has never happened before! I am incredibly thankful for discovering ecigs, as I was to the point of having things coughed up that looked like they should have stayed inside my lungs. Scary stuff! Now to get in my order of VG as I find I am allergic to PG...but I don't have any cravings for an analog, even though I haven't been able to vape much because of the PG. That spells success in my book.
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wow i like that. its a process not an event. sound like something we can all use. i figure its like ppl going on a diet. all the fad diets will take the weight off. it just doesnt keep it off. there is no quick fix for any of this be it weight or smoking or whatever. i just dont think they get it.... and yes i agree caffeine is the same kind of addiction..... but the politically correct movement hasnt gone after caffiene so its not a big deal. no one is looking at me funny for having a cup of tea or a pepsi in my hand.... but light up.... omg u would swear u were a criminal. all of its hard to stay away from. we are dependent. the problem is that the politically correct world has decided that the smokers need to be shreaded and hung out to dry. we are their big deal right now. years ago it was alcohol and prohibition. that didnt work and this wont either. u cant just make ppl stop smoking. its not that easy...... and if u want to see ppl quit u have to look into realistic was to help them to it and stay quit..... thats my thoughts. so i just dont see why its such a big deal that we vape. its healthier for us and for others and it would seem that we have a better chance of quitting totally if that is what we want to do.
thanks all for ur insite.
thanks all for ur insite.
thanks vapin. sounds like we were raised with the same style of men in our lives ... lol and yes hes over 40.... hehe encourage me. this is hard enough. u may not like my choice of how to quit but i quit and in time maybe i wont be vaping either. who knows.... but if i am its still better than coffin nails.
thats exactly the way i feel but not sure that i could tell him to jam it...... i have to admit im beginning to find a lot of ppl that need a cranal .... inversion though. this is an interesting road we are on isnt it.
yeah just put it down.. that isnt going to happen in a real world. ive quit before and reasonably easily. but all it takes is a serious stressor of some kind/some kind of crisis and its all bets are off .... back to the killer weed again
i love this rosa...... and clutching the couch is what we do especially when we are quitting because we know we should but we really dont want to..... im sure a lot of pplc an relate
omg that kitten is so incredibly cute. u are making me look forward to kitten season at the shelter.... lol last june i had 12 sick ones all at once. they were cute like that once they were better but until then they were the sorriest bunch of critters u have ever seen. gotta love it...
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sounds like u are going to have fun with her and u can take all these wonderful studies and flyers with u and flood her with info to the point that she gets a brain cramp. let us know how it goes.
now thats interesting. ive ehard of ppl that were allergic to pv..... how did u find out. what did it do to u. im very interested...
YOu'd probably know if you were, it's usually your basic allergic reaction.... but from the lungs out. Difficult breathing, sometimes mouth sores, stuff like that. It goes away when you switch to VG, sometimes even if you just lower the PG down to about 50%-60%.
It's very very rarely a serious allergic reaction and I've never heard of it being like a peanut allergy type of reaction.
that is good to know...... guess im just grasping for answers for this lovely acne i seem to have developed. thought it might be an allergy to something
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