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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