*URGENT*- MEGA help needed please !!!

[Sy James]

Hi to all. I hope I am posting this in the right place!

Have just joined AAEC as I felt it was the best UK forum.

3 months ago, I was a 50-60 a day JPS black smoker. My partner was a 40 per day menthol smoker. We were spending £740.00 per month on fags and were always skint, not surprisingly.

I was rushed into the famous 'Papworth' hospital with chest pains. I had just had a major heart attack at 41! They did tests and put three "stints" in my heart to open up 2 arteries that were completely blocked! I then thought my problems were over but the doctors noticed my blood/oxygen sats were low (82%) when they should have been 97-100%.
They did an mri scan of my lungs and discovered that I had chronic emphysema as well. They told me my lungs were only 36% efficient. WHAT A DOUBLE BLOW !!

As you can imagine I was completely gutted and felt I had been cheated out of life. The nurses told me I had to quit smoking NOW as the smoking had caused BOTH problems. They gave me patches whilst I was there as I was gasping for a fag even after the op! They refused and just gave me patches for the 2 weeks I was in there.
One night, one of the smoking cessation nurses came alone and told me about vaping. I had NEVER heard of it before then.
When I got out of hospital, I ordered the eGo-T system with a kanger T3 cartomiser. I also got the "Golden Virginia" 36mg e-juice to go with it!
Since the day of my heart attack, I haven't even had a puff of a ciggie which I am well proud of. I had smoked that amount of fags for over 20 years and had almost ruined my body at my (relatively) young age !

So, this is my story, now I need to ask for some urgent help as I know very little about vaping and do NOT want to have to go back to smoking ever again.

Can someone please help me with the following problems I have?

1) I always vape all day and get through about 5ml of the 36mg per day. Is this a lot in comparison to my nicotine intake from cigs, or is it less?

2) I have noticed my getting the shakes sometimes. Is this to do with the vaping or is it something else I need to worry about?

3) I use the 1100mah eGo VV batteries, with the kanger T3 (bottom feed) top. Is this the best (most economical) system or is there a better one out there?

4) What is it that gives the throat hit, is it the nicotine content, the PG or the AG?

5) Considering my health problems, is vaping going to worsen either condition? And is nicotine on its own damaging to the body (apart from the addiction side)?

There was another question, but I cant remember it at the moment.

Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Kind Regards,

Sy James xxx


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[Deleted]

Hey mate, welcome to vaping. In answer to your questions :

1) don't concern yourself with the amount for now, 5ml is average but whatever amount YOU need to keep you off smoking is the RIGHT amount.

2) you may be getting the shakes from taking in too much nicotine, also it may be an anxiety related thing due to giving up smoking, again, remember to were also addicted to all the chemicals that are in cigs apart from nicotine, over 4000 of them. When i quit smoking 3 months ago i had massive withdrawels and comedowns from no longer getting all those chemicals in my system. Never hurts to go see your doc and mention it tho.

3)there are way too many systems to mention, what you are using is an excellent bit of kit. For now I would fully get your self into the vaping habit and then you can look at other systems if u want. To be honest, whatever keeps you off fags is a good system, everything else is just window dressing.

4) Throat hit is usually of mix of Nicotine amount and PG content, 0 nic liquids usually have much reduced throat hit. Throat hit and flavour can be increased through the use of a variable voltage device, an inexpensive one of these to get you started would be a vision spinner or an ego twist.

%) nicotine taken in the amounts we are using is not damaging the body, obviously it IS a toxic substance and if you drank your bottle of eliquid it will f*ck you up. Many people in the vaping world look at vaping almost the same as quitting smoking and you will go through all the same body changes whilst vaping as you would whilst quitting, for instance, improved taste buds, increased lung capacity, the quitzits etc etc.

MP.

[lobeydosser]

Such a lot of questions and I am afraid I will only be able to answer some of them but I am sure others will answer some too.

I too have had a heart attack and have Stents fitted. I also have other medical problems.
So here goes.

) I always vape all day and get through about 5ml of the 36mg per day. Is this a lot in comparison to my nicotine intake from cigs, or is it less?

That is pretty normal for someone coming off your fag intake.
Have a look at this video;-



2) I have noticed my getting the shakes sometimes. Is this to do with the vaping or is it something else I need to worry about?

Not sure on this one. I will leave this to others.

3) I use the 1100mah eGo VV batteries, with the kanger T3 (bottom feed) top. Is this the best (most economical) system or is there a better one out there?

That is a good set up. I use this one myself.

4) What is it that gives the throat hit, is it the nicotine content, the PG or the AG?

Again this one is for others to answer as I am not interested in Throat Hit.

5) Considering my health problems, is vaping going to worsen either condition? And is nicotine on its own damaging to the body (apart from the addiction side)?

As far as is known, Vaping is safe. Well safer than smoking and I certainly feel better now that I am vaping.

6) How do I get one of the banners I see on here that tells everyone how much money is saved and how many days I have been ciggie free??

Click on anyones Banner and it will go to the site where you can make one for yourself.

There was another question, but I cant remember it at the moment.

Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

You have done the right thing by changing to Vaping and you have joined the right Forum to get you going.

Good luck to you and

[Rybes]

ello Sy James, welcome to the forum

hopefully now ya given up fags youll start to feel better.

cant answer all ya questions for ya buit ill answer the ones i can

1 dunno but its better than fags and nicotenes sposed to be less harmful than caffiene. jus make sure you drink plenty as vapin can dry your mouth out quite a lot when you first start

2 is your heatin up enough ? lol dont know any other reason for it, might just be withdrawel from all the other chemicals in fags

3 i use somthin similar and have done now for just over a year now. ive had 3 900mah batteries that i use all the time and there still goin strong. the bit on top comes down to personal prefernce

4 pg gives throat hit and a few other factors but cant remeber what at the mo. theres loads of threads on here bout it, have a search and see what comes up

5 dont know, best ask a doctor. all i can say from my point of veiw is i dont cough as much and my breatin has become so much easier since i started vapin

6 somewhere uin the profile button. click on that n scroll through ya options and itll show itself

[sleepyduck]

Hey Sy!

I'm sorry to hear about your health problems but really pleased to hear that you got through them

I'm pretty new to this myself, so I shall leave it to the more knowledgable to answer your questions. You've already figured out that they are a friendly and helpful bunch

Welcome, keep off the fags and look after yourself

[Chrissie]

Hello & welcome Sy

Looks like you have got some excellent help already, so nothing really to add. Apart from that I also used to smoke between 50 & 60 a day & I get through about 5ml a day of either 24mg or 36mg e-liquid.

[Mary]

Hiya Sy and #welcome2#

[Sy James]

Hi MP,

On your point about a variable voltage device giving a bigger throat hit.......

I have the eGo VV 1100mah battery. I am not sure how to fully use it, but it has 5 red lights on the bottom of it and a red ring at the top.

If I push the button 5 times quickly, I get a red/blue light, then another 5 times gives a solid blue light, then another 5 times it goes back to solid red.

Is this a variable voltage device and what do the three different lights mean, and which is the highest/strongest?

Many Thanks Again,

Sy xx

[lobeydosser]

There is an explanation for that battery here;-
www.bettervapes.com/Variable-Voltage-eGo-Battery-with-LCD-Meter-1100mah-Black_p_254.html

[sue1952]

Hello Sy #7261_9485# and welcome from me. You are in a great place with the forum and a much better place healthwise than you were. Perhaps your shakes are due to the strength of nicotine you are vaping. Perhaps if you vaped at 24mg it may lessen the shakes. This is just my opinion. We vapers all know that if we slightly overdue the intake, it can give you a headache, the shakes, feeling sick etc,etc. If in any doubt ring the cessation helpline at your local NHS authority, they should be able to help.

[Deleted]

for my input
well done on the changeover you seem to have overcome the worse bit
the shakes could be an indication of too much nicotine similar to too much coffee they have the same symptoms (giddyness, Shakes and heavy head)
there are loads of flavours some stronger in throat hit than others
Having more pg can give you a better throat hit and the VG will give you more muted taste but more vapor
I was a 50 per day rollie but now am a chain vaper on an average of 15-20mg strength with enough throat hit to satisfy me at a 50%pg and 50% vg in the mix of my e-juice
trying the different flavours is something you will enjoy and will help find your all day preference

[sue1952]

Forgot to say you are doing brilliantly not having the stinkies, and so glad your health is in a better place. Keep it up mate

[gjdart]

Hi and welcome to the forum Sy welldone on quitting the "stinkies" keep up the good work...

[Karma]

Hello Sy, nice to meet you #welcome2#

I'm so impressed that the smoking cessation nurse told you about vaping

Well done stopping smoking #icon_bravo#

[dave]

Welcome Sy and well done on quitting fags. All I would suggest is that you try something with a bit lower resistance that the Kanger, for instance one of the 1.8 ohm versions of these:

www.vapeescape.co.uk/vision-ego-rainbow-v3-rebuildable~388

Or perhaps something with a bigger capacity like these:

www.vapeescape.co.uk/mini-nova~404

Lowering the resistance of your atomiser will give you a bigger hit. You can also get a bigger hit by increasing the voltage. It looks like your battery will only put out a maximum of 3.7 volts - I'd go for something that gives out a bit more like this:

www.vapeescape.co.uk/joyetech-ego-c-twist-vv~367

You may find that if you get a bigger hit, you will vape a bit less.