What has been your doctor's reaction?
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Lol - dude you are so whack!For the record - you are a dude right? Prostate and all that jazz...
Gotta be a dude, femals - usually - don't have a prostate...
...unless I missed out some evolutionary upgrading while I was napping
Yup - same on this side of the border, at least the care system I'm dealing with. I think it's because the known failure rate of conventional methods is so high there is little point in changing it in your record until you have survived off butts for a whole year - and can still say you have done so with a straight face.
The last MD I had this chat with was actually jaw-dropped when I told her this has worked for me for over three years now. Really - she could have been a bit less obvious in her reaction. I can only assume that is because she has seen the very opposite of that - a lot - with conventional NRT and drugs.
Gotta be a dude, femals - usually - don't have a prostate...
...unless I missed out some evolutionary upgrading while I was napping
It's HauntedMyst we're dealing with here - you never
Same thing here.
A month and an half into vaping, there was this "Non-smokers day" on my place of work.
A couple of doctors were measuring CO levels for anyone interested, and giving stop-smoking advice.
Out of curiosity, I made the test (non-smoker level achieved !). The doctor was all like "How can this be??"
and I told her about this cig-alike I was using, and how I had quit smoking in a day and and half. Even in 2009, her reaction was not "Careful with that; it's still very new; we don't know the consequences, yada, yada..."Instead, she was very supportive.
Two years ago, I also got a good reaction from the doctor at my labor health appointment: doctor asked me if I smoked, and how many cigarettes a day.
I did not say either yes or no, simply stated that I was using an e-cig for almost four years, back then.
She simply nodded her head as if in approval, and I saw her writing a big, round ZERO on that little box stating "How many cigarettes a day?"
My doctor's response about 2 years ago after I switched, I got a "hmmmm". I don;t go to the doc much but when I do he asks if I a still using the ecig. I say yes and then he ask why I am in. No more do you want to take the little blue pill.
After 10 years of telling him I don;t want to take it it is nice not to hear him ask.
After 10 years of telling him I don;t want to take it it is nice not to hear him ask.
My Dr. and 2 specialists have me down as a non smoker. I've been asked about ways to make the transition so they can help some of their other patients. We've even discussed why the government is trying to regulate e-cigs...MONEY.
It's HauntedMyst we're dealing with here - you neverassumebuttsume anything.
Hey! Hey! That is so ru... That is so degra.... Yeah, OK, that's fair.
It's an old poll, and it's been closed for awhile now, but...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/120181-did-your-doctor-approve-your-vaping.html
I have to wonder if the percentage of doctors that approve of vaping is even higher now.
If that's even possible, given the landslide in the above poll.
Regardless, it is my opinion that if your doctor discourages you from vaping...
You should get another doctor.
I suppose, with a little afterthought: "As long as quitting vaping will NOT lead you to smoking again..."
G.P. - Gave me a dull look, perked up when I indicated I had reduced from 18mg/ml when I started to 6 mg/ml.General Caution that risk reduction means I m accepting its bad for me. Happy I dropped from 2 1/2 packs a day to vaping but suspicious of vaping since there is so little AMA guidance on the matter. Reminded me that pets and children should be kept from e-juice. Expressed concern that the flavors could trigger an allergy attack. Concerned about nicotine uptake, felt I am not allergic to pg but likely sensitive to it and that using high vg options made sense. Offered me a pamphlet on anaphalaxis and how to identify food allergies.
NP and PA (Nurse Practitioner and physician Assistant) at my GP's office - VERY positive, wanted me to fire the item up and explain it functions but I reminded them of the lady in the next room using an oxygen cylinder. Allot of informed questions about flavor choice and if I felt banning flavors would help children quit. Both amazed when I said it was the flavor choices that kept me from the cigarettes. Both expressed concerns over pg/vg impact on MRSA (I've had a few infections of this) and on general hydration.
ENT (ear , nose and throat specialist aka OtoNeurologist ) - suspicious and dismissive. reminded me we dont know anything about the long term impacts. Reminded me that nicotine itself is bad news esp those of us with vertigo conditions. Happy im not smoking cigarettes but very concerned about unknown impacts wrt purity of the base and vaporized flavor components. Expressed concern that clove, mint and menthol favors could be a problem. He was happy to hear that folks are openly discussing diacetal.
Nurse at ENT office - more open but still extreme guarded. Not exactly happy I inhaling anything at all. Felt that using a vaping device set a less then ideal role model if children could see (and smell). Did appreciate the smell over the expected ash tray stench. Felt that I was replacing a known bad habit with another habit whose impact we do not understand yet.
NP and PA (Nurse Practitioner and physician Assistant) at my GP's office - VERY positive, wanted me to fire the item up and explain it functions but I reminded them of the lady in the next room using an oxygen cylinder. Allot of informed questions about flavor choice and if I felt banning flavors would help children quit. Both amazed when I said it was the flavor choices that kept me from the cigarettes. Both expressed concerns over pg/vg impact on MRSA (I've had a few infections of this) and on general hydration.
ENT (ear , nose and throat specialist aka OtoNeurologist ) - suspicious and dismissive. reminded me we dont know anything about the long term impacts. Reminded me that nicotine itself is bad news esp those of us with vertigo conditions. Happy im not smoking cigarettes but very concerned about unknown impacts wrt purity of the base and vaporized flavor components. Expressed concern that clove, mint and menthol favors could be a problem. He was happy to hear that folks are openly discussing diacetal.
Nurse at ENT office - more open but still extreme guarded. Not exactly happy I inhaling anything at all. Felt that using a vaping device set a less then ideal role model if children could see (and smell). Did appreciate the smell over the expected ash tray stench. Felt that I was replacing a known bad habit with another habit whose impact we do not understand yet.
My doctor said to avoid vaping because it still gives off tar. Sigh. Goes to show you what some doctors know about this.
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Mine was happy about it, seen me battle smoking for the last 20 something years, "at least it's better than smoking and I'm not so sure it's bad for you just yet" pretty much.
He did tease me when he came in the office when I took my dad there, and I was vaping in the exam room "hmm cotton candy..Ginny! did you get that thing at a concert? what is that?"
My vape..OH good! *he's been through it with me and the flu last year and all the breathing prescriptions and chronic bronchitis and finally a diagnosis of "mild" (if there can be a "mild" chromic obstruction to your pulmonary system,
) COPD and that was enough of that for me...time to find something that works. Hence vaping.
My mechanic had said the same thing and they're friends...hmmm I wanted to know where these concerts are!
He did tease me when he came in the office when I took my dad there, and I was vaping in the exam room "hmm cotton candy..Ginny! did you get that thing at a concert? what is that?"
My vape..OH good! *he's been through it with me and the flu last year and all the breathing prescriptions and chronic bronchitis and finally a diagnosis of "mild" (if there can be a "mild" chromic obstruction to your pulmonary system,
My mechanic had said the same thing and they're friends...hmmm I wanted to know where these concerts are!
Odessa needs a smarter doctor
Goes to show you... a lot of docs REALLY ARE "quacks"!
The thing about your COPD concerns me... I've had asthma for about 30 yrs, and was told when first diagnosed that if I didn't quit smoking, I'd end up with emphysema. My asthma symptoms have been so troublesome since I got back to 100%-vaping in the summer, I'm starting to wonder if the COPD hasn't already started up on me. I don't know really, it might just be the VG, or maybe the WTA, or maybe that the WTA is so high in VG. I guess there's no way to know until I've been smoke-free a while longer. My doc may want a chest xray, but given my lack of insurance, and that I'm already dealing with several docs from my appendectomy who refuse to be reasonable with someone with no job and no insurance, I just can't afford a chest xray.
Andria
Odessa needs a smarter doctor
The guy who finished his course with the lowest grades is STILL called a "doctor"...
And sometimes, those doctors do not have half a brain to actually treat people, so they get a job on the media, or worse, on the circus of public health...!
My 1st Dr. tried everything to get me off analogs. He eventually offered to buy me an e-cig, and he said they are the real deal. His sons quit smoking by vaping, he researched it and now strongly recommends it. I took his advice and have not had an analog for 2 years(bought my own lol). Unfortunately he retired and my new Dr. was outraged and tried to convince me vaping was as bad as analogs. Only Dr. available in my small town or I would have changed Dr. He got his info at a workshop on e-cigs put on by the health industry. I have slowly begun to get him to take a more enlightened and educated view by providing him with many of the studies showing the benefits of vaping over analogs, plus how much healthier I am as a result. He now believes reluctantly that vaping may be ok as a last resort, but is still skeptical of vaping. However I have not given up my quest to enlighten him. What I found interesting is the older Dr. was open to learning about vaping, while my new younger Dr. is a tool for the health industry propaganda. 
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