Found this site while searching for answers to questions
I had about vaping.
Here is my introduction.
Hello everyone. I am a 57 year old, 41 year smoker.
I was diagnosed 6 years ago with COPD and after seeing
the cost of medications, I did not return to the doctors,
and continued to smoke. The coughing and coughing up of liquids
got so bad, I wondered at times if I could make it another year.
It made it more and more difficult for me to enjoy the things I like to do.
Four weeks ago I purchased an eVic VTC Mini with what they called a "Tron" tank.
I tried it at the shop where I bought it and nearly coughed up a lung.
The owner said, "your just gonna have to find a setting that works for you".
I tried using it that evening and next day, I was wondering if I had wasted
my money.
I was coughing as bad using it as I was when I smoked. It had gotten to the
point where I could barely smoke half a cig without just having to put it out
from coughing so much. Usually, I didn't get that far.
There is another local shop so I went there the third day.
I told the lady that owned it that I wanted to try some juices.
She was happy to help.
Come to find out, there is a doctor at IU in nearby Bloomington that
has been sending some of his COPD patients who were like me, too stubborn
to quit smoking to her so they could get acquainted with vaping.
This gal was incredible. She saw that I was having trouble even vaping the
little pens that they use for taste testing. And, also saw that I was frustrated
and disappointed at it.
She grabbed one for herself and showed me the difference in a mouth to lung
and a lung hit. She also recommended that I not close my lips completely on the tip
and allow air to enter around it as I inhaled, while trying to do a lung hit.
Having that extra air leaning out the vapor really made a difference.
I was able to take two or three hits without coughing. I told her,
this might work. She told me to relax and hit it for a while.
She grabbed her purse, which had at least four mods and tanks in it.
Took one out and changed some settings on it, put my tip on it and said try this.
That first hit was harsh, but it hit so much easier than the pen I was using.
She dropped the wattage a little and I tired again and it was tolerable.
This gal was determined to find something that worked for me.
I left there with a Nautilus tank for the VTC mini and a bottle of spearmint
juice.
Five days later, I went to work and the building I work in is nearly 3 blocks
long. I had to walk from one end to the other and back. I was surprised when
I got back that I was not breathing as hard as I normally would. It hit me that
this vaping is working. I was sold on it. Just five days later, I found it hard to
believe,
That weekend, I bought for a back-up, an Ileaf istick in 20 watts with the aspire mini
tank.
Towards the end of the third week, I was breathing better than I had in 10 years.
I tried the tron tank on the VTC again with the subohm coil and it still seemed harsh,
but was able to hit it a few times.
I took it with me back to the shop and the lady's son was there and he saw I was
running it on wattage mode and had it set too low for the coil that was in it.
He set it up to run in temperature mode and hit it a few times. He passed it back
and I tried it and I couldn't believe the difference.
Three hits in a row, absolutely no discomfort and it really brought out the nicotine.
Here, on the fourth week, I am loving it. There are quirks with the tron tank that
has me ready to try the Kanger subtank mini so that I can start making my own coils.
But I am in no big hurry.
I have been smoking a few cigs through out the last few weeks. They have been
getting further and further apart though. I did up the nicotine level to a 6mg,
and then mixed a 6 and a 12mg.
This has allowed me to vape a few times and get the satisfaction similar to
what it would be when having a smoke.I can then put the vape down for a period of time.
That was one of the draw backs the first couple of weeks. It seemed like I vaped and vaped
in order to have any real satisfaction.
I had mentioned this at the end of the first week to Dawn, the gal who owned the shop and
she told me that after time, I would be able to increase the nicotine level some without
irritating my throat as my breathing improved.
Sure enough that is exactly what happened.
I feel really lucky to have walked into Dawn's shop. Her determination to find something
that works for me, and to help me, has definitely changed the way I feel
everyday when I wake up. I will be forever grateful to her.
I look forward to getting out and doing some canoeing/fishing and camping this spring.
And, seeing some of my eagle friends on one of the local creeks. Something that was
getting more and more difficult due to the COPD.
Sorry folks, didn't set out to write a freaking essay, just happy to finally try vaping.
Thanks for the great forum, I look forward to reading and learning more.
I had about vaping.
Here is my introduction.
Hello everyone. I am a 57 year old, 41 year smoker.
I was diagnosed 6 years ago with COPD and after seeing
the cost of medications, I did not return to the doctors,
and continued to smoke. The coughing and coughing up of liquids
got so bad, I wondered at times if I could make it another year.
It made it more and more difficult for me to enjoy the things I like to do.
Four weeks ago I purchased an eVic VTC Mini with what they called a "Tron" tank.
I tried it at the shop where I bought it and nearly coughed up a lung.
The owner said, "your just gonna have to find a setting that works for you".
I tried using it that evening and next day, I was wondering if I had wasted
my money.
I was coughing as bad using it as I was when I smoked. It had gotten to the
point where I could barely smoke half a cig without just having to put it out
from coughing so much. Usually, I didn't get that far.
There is another local shop so I went there the third day.
I told the lady that owned it that I wanted to try some juices.
She was happy to help.
Come to find out, there is a doctor at IU in nearby Bloomington that
has been sending some of his COPD patients who were like me, too stubborn
to quit smoking to her so they could get acquainted with vaping.
This gal was incredible. She saw that I was having trouble even vaping the
little pens that they use for taste testing. And, also saw that I was frustrated
and disappointed at it.
She grabbed one for herself and showed me the difference in a mouth to lung
and a lung hit. She also recommended that I not close my lips completely on the tip
and allow air to enter around it as I inhaled, while trying to do a lung hit.
Having that extra air leaning out the vapor really made a difference.
I was able to take two or three hits without coughing. I told her,
this might work. She told me to relax and hit it for a while.
She grabbed her purse, which had at least four mods and tanks in it.
Took one out and changed some settings on it, put my tip on it and said try this.
That first hit was harsh, but it hit so much easier than the pen I was using.
She dropped the wattage a little and I tired again and it was tolerable.
This gal was determined to find something that worked for me.
I left there with a Nautilus tank for the VTC mini and a bottle of spearmint
juice.
Five days later, I went to work and the building I work in is nearly 3 blocks
long. I had to walk from one end to the other and back. I was surprised when
I got back that I was not breathing as hard as I normally would. It hit me that
this vaping is working. I was sold on it. Just five days later, I found it hard to
believe,
That weekend, I bought for a back-up, an Ileaf istick in 20 watts with the aspire mini
tank.
Towards the end of the third week, I was breathing better than I had in 10 years.
I tried the tron tank on the VTC again with the subohm coil and it still seemed harsh,
but was able to hit it a few times.
I took it with me back to the shop and the lady's son was there and he saw I was
running it on wattage mode and had it set too low for the coil that was in it.
He set it up to run in temperature mode and hit it a few times. He passed it back
and I tried it and I couldn't believe the difference.
Three hits in a row, absolutely no discomfort and it really brought out the nicotine.
Here, on the fourth week, I am loving it. There are quirks with the tron tank that
has me ready to try the Kanger subtank mini so that I can start making my own coils.
But I am in no big hurry.
I have been smoking a few cigs through out the last few weeks. They have been
getting further and further apart though. I did up the nicotine level to a 6mg,
and then mixed a 6 and a 12mg.
This has allowed me to vape a few times and get the satisfaction similar to
what it would be when having a smoke.I can then put the vape down for a period of time.
That was one of the draw backs the first couple of weeks. It seemed like I vaped and vaped
in order to have any real satisfaction.
I had mentioned this at the end of the first week to Dawn, the gal who owned the shop and
she told me that after time, I would be able to increase the nicotine level some without
irritating my throat as my breathing improved.
Sure enough that is exactly what happened.
I feel really lucky to have walked into Dawn's shop. Her determination to find something
that works for me, and to help me, has definitely changed the way I feel
everyday when I wake up. I will be forever grateful to her.
I look forward to getting out and doing some canoeing/fishing and camping this spring.
And, seeing some of my eagle friends on one of the local creeks. Something that was
getting more and more difficult due to the COPD.
Sorry folks, didn't set out to write a freaking essay, just happy to finally try vaping.
Thanks for the great forum, I look forward to reading and learning more.
