Hi,
I’m new here. I came in just to provide a warning due to my experience with vaping. I am not an ex-smoker. I’ve noticed on threads that whenever someone comes on complaining about any symptom which they feel correlates to their vaping other users generally attack the notion and attribute it to past smoking damage. I started vaping at 30 years old, introduced by a friend while I was recovering from a knee surgery. It was a fun distraction while on bed rest. I soon developed a full-fledged nicotine addiction. On occasion I would get a sore feeling in my lungs, a tightness in my chest and a feeling of pressure. I couldn’t breathe easily. I would spend time deliberately taking deep breathes to try to fight this feeling. It was often very bad at night, while lying down, but noticeably all day long. When I would stop baling I would notice the symptoms would subside after several days to a week or so, sometimes it would take longer. I would then convince myself it was anxiety or I was developing a cold and I would begin calling again, only for the symptoms to immediately return. This cycle went on for about 4 years. About 6 months ago I was in a constant state of lung pain and chest tightness. It felt like I was either having a heart attack or an asthma attack. It went on for weeks before I finally went in to the ER. I had an entire blood panel done in addition to an ekg, a high contrast CAT scan of my neck and chest. I was told my lungs look normal and there is nothing to indicate damage, but I was found to have a 4mm polyp in the center of my right lung. I was told to follow up with my gp. I did and am scheduled to have a second CAT in 6 months to see if any growth has happened. My go sent me this study which i found really interesting. In the meantime I was scared into quitting. I went from chain vaping all day to nothing and I feel amazing and free, although my chest tightness has not completely resolved.
I’m new here. I came in just to provide a warning due to my experience with vaping. I am not an ex-smoker. I’ve noticed on threads that whenever someone comes on complaining about any symptom which they feel correlates to their vaping other users generally attack the notion and attribute it to past smoking damage. I started vaping at 30 years old, introduced by a friend while I was recovering from a knee surgery. It was a fun distraction while on bed rest. I soon developed a full-fledged nicotine addiction. On occasion I would get a sore feeling in my lungs, a tightness in my chest and a feeling of pressure. I couldn’t breathe easily. I would spend time deliberately taking deep breathes to try to fight this feeling. It was often very bad at night, while lying down, but noticeably all day long. When I would stop baling I would notice the symptoms would subside after several days to a week or so, sometimes it would take longer. I would then convince myself it was anxiety or I was developing a cold and I would begin calling again, only for the symptoms to immediately return. This cycle went on for about 4 years. About 6 months ago I was in a constant state of lung pain and chest tightness. It felt like I was either having a heart attack or an asthma attack. It went on for weeks before I finally went in to the ER. I had an entire blood panel done in addition to an ekg, a high contrast CAT scan of my neck and chest. I was told my lungs look normal and there is nothing to indicate damage, but I was found to have a 4mm polyp in the center of my right lung. I was told to follow up with my gp. I did and am scheduled to have a second CAT in 6 months to see if any growth has happened. My go sent me this study which i found really interesting. In the meantime I was scared into quitting. I went from chain vaping all day to nothing and I feel amazing and free, although my chest tightness has not completely resolved.
