There might be a thread about this type of thing somewhere so I apologize if I am doubling.....
I was a smoker for 30 years, 1 - 2 packs a day. The last 2 years or so of smoking, I would cough up a lot of disgusting crap and had typical smokers cough but nothing too crazy.
I quit 7 months ago, thanks to vaping. However, 2 months after I stopped smoking and started vaping, I was diagnosed with asthma because I have a persistent and constant wheezing. Did a lung x-ray and that was normal so I was happy about that. Albuteral (sp) didn't do anything for me so finally got put on a steroid inhaler and that works for me...no more wheezing (unless I don't use the inhaler, of course).
So, all that to say......Do you all think that the asthma/wheezing is due to the many years of smoking and was a coincidence that it came at the time it did? Do you think it is from vaping? Why now?
I was scared it was cancer and I was going to be that girl who smoked 30 years, quit and then got lung cancer 2 months later. I thank God that the xrays were normal; there is no minimizing that!!! However, now I am "that girl" who got asthma after quitting smoking (or is it started vaping).
What I DO NOT want to do is to stop vaping to see if the wheezing goes away because I know the only thing I will do is pick up a cigarette and I know that is NOT the answer.
Any ideas? Any thoughts? Answers? haha Thanks in advance for any help.
I was a smoker for 30 years, 1 - 2 packs a day. The last 2 years or so of smoking, I would cough up a lot of disgusting crap and had typical smokers cough but nothing too crazy.
I quit 7 months ago, thanks to vaping. However, 2 months after I stopped smoking and started vaping, I was diagnosed with asthma because I have a persistent and constant wheezing. Did a lung x-ray and that was normal so I was happy about that. Albuteral (sp) didn't do anything for me so finally got put on a steroid inhaler and that works for me...no more wheezing (unless I don't use the inhaler, of course).
So, all that to say......Do you all think that the asthma/wheezing is due to the many years of smoking and was a coincidence that it came at the time it did? Do you think it is from vaping? Why now?
I was scared it was cancer and I was going to be that girl who smoked 30 years, quit and then got lung cancer 2 months later. I thank God that the xrays were normal; there is no minimizing that!!! However, now I am "that girl" who got asthma after quitting smoking (or is it started vaping).
What I DO NOT want to do is to stop vaping to see if the wheezing goes away because I know the only thing I will do is pick up a cigarette and I know that is NOT the answer.
Any ideas? Any thoughts? Answers? haha Thanks in advance for any help.