your test results are in

[MasterBlaster]

I have read a few posts on here over the last couple months regarding Dr visits and some of you said your doctors are cool with e-cigs and glad you made the switch and I have read that some of you got a more negative opinion from your doctors when you told them you switched. My question is despite what anyones Doctor THINKS, have any of you had any testing, xrays etc. that has proven without a doubt that your health has improved or if any pre-existing conditions have cleared up from the use of electronic cigarettes? I'm just curious to hear what some of your stories are. I know that since I have switched I feel a lot better but have yet to go see my Dr and tell him to see what he has to say and more so Id like to get some testing done of my own.

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

Nope. No test results here.

I don't go to doctors. Their job is to find something wrong with me, prescribe something to treat it, then have me come back with symptoms from the side effects of what they gave me, then order some more tests, then buy a new Porsche.

There's nothing wrong with me & I'd rather have the Porsche for myself.

Bullette says woof & chases ball.

 

[Beccca]

No tests...just confirmation from my Doc....He wouls have done tests if it deemed necessary.

 

[Uncle Willie]

I don't know if any pre-existing condition would be improved by using a PV .. I think the idea is prevention of future problems ..

 

[drobbyb]

A year ago I had a chest x ray done while I still smoked that was cloudy due to broken ribs, and I had another done last week to check for pneumonia (no pneumonia) that was clear now that I vape. I don't know if that's proof positive, but looks promising to me.

 

[mostlyclassics]

My internist measured a 10-point drop in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure since I started to vape. Measuring blood pressure is notoriously fickle, but I have a home unit and measure frequently, so I can confirm that, indeed, my BP has dropped. My internist had frequently remarked on my rales (wheezing) from smoking, but at my last physical, she noted that the rales had completely disappeared.

 

[Kable]

My internist measured a 10-point drop in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure since I started to vape. Measuring blood pressure is notoriously fickle, but I have a home unit and measure frequently, so I can confirm that, indeed, my BP has dropped. My internist had frequently remarked on my rales (wheezing) from smoking, but at my last physical, she noted that the rales had completely disappeared.

When I used tobacco, my blood pressure was always really high. I had it checked a month after I started vaping, and the doctor told me it was about as good as it could get. I don't remember what the numbers were, but it was well over a 10 point drop in both systolic and diastolic.

 

[killerb7]

I've had stomach problems for quite awhile and I have to say once I quit analog, I've seen drastic improvements almost instantly. I also went to a dermatologist for some acne issues with PG and I mentioned it was because of quiting and using ecigs. Next thing I know she's asking what I use and how I quit because the doctor and her daughter wanted to quit. I take doctors advise with a grain of salt usually but no matter what, vaping is healthier than analogs and until valid research proves otherwise, I'll continue to vape.

 

[Ken_A]

Yes, there is medical proof - this guy shows his x-rays before and after starting ecigs
Chest X-Ray Electronic Cigarettes Before and After Smoking Health harmful - YouTube

 

[Butters78]

My lungs were a lot clearer till I took an arrow to the knee.

 

[sereil46]

I don't go to doctors. Their job is to find something wrong with me, prescribe something to treat it, then have me come back with symptoms from the side effects of what they gave me, then order some more tests, then buy a new Porsche.

There's nothing wrong with me & I'd rather have the Porsche for myself.

+1 to that

 

[GreekLion]

take a deep breath: thats the proof!

 

[Tanti]

I dont do drs for alot of reasons, one I dont trust them, long story. I just know my body really well and know what im feeling and I am breathing alot better which I dont need a dr to tell me that. I have more oxygen going to my brain also and im clear of thought. I have quit zits which was no big deal, and I had vape tongue for a while but again I expected it.

The time line they say happenes when you quite :


After 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse return to normal.
After 24 hours your lungs start to clear.
After two days your body is nicotine-free and your sense of taste and smell improve.
After three days you can breathe more easily, and your energy increases.
After two to 12 weeks, your circulation improves.
After three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing improves.
After one year your heart attack risk is half that of a smoker.
After 10 years your lung cancer risk is half that of a smoker.


Ive read that at 15 years your lungs will look like a non-smokers, wheather this is true I dont know.

My breathing was better in 17 days, cough stopped then, so I think it is person to person how things go, I dont believe there is a strict timeline.

If you want to know if there is a change in the lungs you would of had to have a base line done before you quite. and go from there.
I think most people would realize changes in their bodys without a dr saying its happening.

 

[DC2]

If you want to know if there is a change in the lungs you would of had to have a base line done before you quite. and go from there.
I think most people would realize changes in their bodys without a dr saying its happening.

Well, this isn't medical proof, but...

When I quit smoking and started vaping I could only hold my breath for 30 seconds.
Now, nearly four years later, I can hold my breath for 110 seconds.

 

[Ikeprof]

My lungs were a lot clearer till I took an arrow to the knee.

Whoa, Whoa, WHOA, watch the magic!

 

[starr1349]

I had to have x-rays done in November and my dr. showed me that my lungs were clearing up, it was pretty cool. I know my circulation is better because my hands and feet aren't freezing this winter either.

 

[exodus454]

I haven't had any chest imaging done, but my blood oxygen level has gone from 96-97% to pegged at 99%, my blood pressure has also come down significantly. I can sprint up stairs again like the impatient butthole I am.

One time I went to the ER I was held because the attending doctor was worried that my BP and oxygen level were high/low. It was allllll due to smoking. Everything is considered normal for my age now, I don't get the "you should quit smoking" speech from my doctor anymore, and the only time I get wheezy lungs is 5 minutes after I chanvape some super thick VG liquids. It clears up quickly though. BP is back to being almost too low, thanks genes!

Hands and feet are still freezing though, again, thanks genetics!

 

[Tookiedoo]

My only improvement that has been actually measured is blood pressure. When I smoked analogs, my blood pressure was 145/90, give or take a couple of points. Been vaping for a year, and now my readings are 120/80, give or take a couple of points.

 

[RVLT]

I haven't been to the doctor but I know everytime I got sick when I was a smoker I got severe soar throat and chest pain. Since I've been vaping I've been sick once(now that I realize it may have just been whats known as quitters flu but anyway...) no soar throat, no chest pain, just sniffles sneezing and coughing.

This may or may not have to do with quitting not smoking anologs but I like to think it does!

 

[Worzel]

I got sick once since I started vaping, had really bad sinus/throat infection. It went from horrible to clear within a week using Mucinex, water, vitamin C and Echinacea. Had I still smoked, I would have been in the ER. When I smoked, I had bronchitis/sinus infection every spring and fall, I have been vaping over a year and had that one infection. I am happy.