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Mindfield

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Late to the party, but welcome anyway! Glad you've discovered there's more to E-cigs than those gas station specials. vaping can be wonderful in its own right and is an incredible (and far safer) alternative to tobacco. Been at it just over two years now and have only gotten myself more and more involved with the community in various ways.
 

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Thanks Mindfield and congrats on going 2 years strong. Im going on 2 weeks now and feel great. Really great actually. I have another order on its way tomorrow or Thursday. Very excited. Going to try 4 new flavours and a new tank with a few extra goodies in there.

I did realize I ordered the Vivi mini. I meant to get the larger size but will enjoy this one until next order. At this rate that wont take long.:D
 

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Thanks Mindfield and congrats on going 2 years strong. Im going on 2 weeks now and feel great. Really great actually. I have another order on its way tomorrow or Thursday. Very excited. Going to try 4 new flavours and a new tank with a few extra goodies in there.

I did realize I ordered the Vivi mini. I meant to get the larger size but will enjoy this one until next order. At this rate that wont take long.:D

Have you noticed a change in your sense of smell yet... two weeks in... good job. The first few weeks are the hardest.
 

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Have you noticed a change in your sense of smell yet... two weeks in... good job. The first few weeks are the hardest.

My new found sense of smell was the source of a bit of a surprise but not in the usual way.
I was seriously unaware how... interesting ... some of my farts were.
 

Audionut02

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My new found sense of smell was the source of a bit of a surprise but not in the usual way.
I was seriously unaware how... interesting ... some of my farts were.

I just choked on my drink. lolololololoololololol:lol:


HAHA. Well so far I cant completely say I notice a huge difference yet. More energy and more time on my hands (or maybe just feels that way as Im not planning my activities around a smoke.
 

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HAHA. Well so far I cant completely say I notice a huge difference yet. More energy and more time on my hands (or maybe just feels that way as Im not planning my activities around a smoke.

The sense of smell kinda creeps up on you. (As does the bouquet of certain bodily emissions...) At least it did for me.

What was really a WHAM! moment for me was when my tastebuds recovered. You could say they just woke up. Before I went-went. (Sorry. Wham!. Couldn't resist. *ducks*)

All of a sudden one day the same old food suddenly had such depth and nuance to its flavour that I said something along the lines of "Holy crap!" at the dinner table. Good ole Dad. Spends ages teaching his kids not to use grown-up words or to talk with their mouths full and then completely fails to lead by example. :D
 

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Have you noticed a change in your sense of smell yet... two weeks in... good job. The first few weeks are the hardest.

They can be. For me it was an instantaneous switch -- I just seemed to take it like a duck to water, minus the incessant quacking. But everyone goes through it in a slightly different way, both in how they take to it, how they use it, and how their health and senses change over time.

For me, the sense of smell didn't exactly return like gangbusters, but after the first week the one smell I became acutely, intensely aware of, was cigarette smoke. I could smell someone smoking at the other end of a parking lot if I was downwind. I could never do that before.

You'll probably go through a period where you can't taste your E-liquids for a while, too. Some do, some don't, and for those that do it can last two to five days, but when it comes back you'll notice things taste a lot brighter on a more permanent basis.

There's lots to look forward to -- not all of it entirely pleasant, but it's all working towards the ultimate goal of getting your lung capacity back, your senses of taste and smell back, the loss of constant clearing of your throat, coughing, etc. Plus exploring alll the myriad flavours out there, and even the different hardware if you're so inclined.

It can be a lot of fun. :)
 
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