Hi All! Been awhile since I have visited and longer since I have posted. I must admit I got burned out with all the negative news awhile back and inside fighting. I just did the diy thing and kept to myself concerning vaping for awhile.
So on to the title. I had had various symptoms, some worse than others that started around Sept 2019 and progressively got worse. It came to a head mid March 2020. I will usually get up between 4 am and 5 am on Sunday, let dog out to go pot and give him a drink then we go back to bed for a few more hours.
I was waiting for him to come back in when all of a sudden I felt like I was drowning. Ended up in ER. After spending 18 hours in isolation due to covid19 I was diagnosed with heart failure and extreme heart murmer. My mitral valve was destroyed.
I spent next 6 days at hospital getting treatment and all necessary test's for surgery. I couldn't get surgery until hospitals opened back up due to covid19. Since they could keep me somewhat comfortable with drugs I was considered non emergency!
So I had surgery on May 13th, just a little over 2 weeks ago. And it is painful.....
So doctors could see I have some copd but said they could tell I stopped smoking some time back. I told them I started vaping 7 years ago. My heart surgeon, my anesthesiologist and my hospital general doctor all shook heads thoughtfully and said, We don't have all the info in about vaping but we are glad you stopped smoking tobacco. The general practitioner told me to monitor my vaping when I left and limit as much as I could at least first 2 weeks.
The attitude with doctors is definitely better than say 5 years ago. Thanks and good to see you all again!
So on to the title. I had had various symptoms, some worse than others that started around Sept 2019 and progressively got worse. It came to a head mid March 2020. I will usually get up between 4 am and 5 am on Sunday, let dog out to go pot and give him a drink then we go back to bed for a few more hours.
I was waiting for him to come back in when all of a sudden I felt like I was drowning. Ended up in ER. After spending 18 hours in isolation due to covid19 I was diagnosed with heart failure and extreme heart murmer. My mitral valve was destroyed.
I spent next 6 days at hospital getting treatment and all necessary test's for surgery. I couldn't get surgery until hospitals opened back up due to covid19. Since they could keep me somewhat comfortable with drugs I was considered non emergency!
So I had surgery on May 13th, just a little over 2 weeks ago. And it is painful.....
So doctors could see I have some copd but said they could tell I stopped smoking some time back. I told them I started vaping 7 years ago. My heart surgeon, my anesthesiologist and my hospital general doctor all shook heads thoughtfully and said, We don't have all the info in about vaping but we are glad you stopped smoking tobacco. The general practitioner told me to monitor my vaping when I left and limit as much as I could at least first 2 weeks.
The attitude with doctors is definitely better than say 5 years ago. Thanks and good to see you all again!