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Heisenbeans
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I've been a smoker all my life. Almost 25 years. Went from Marlboro reds to lights. The past few months I've been having a weird chest pain and trouble breathing. Lost a bunch of weight and shit and went to dr. Gave me an xray and said they needed me to go in for a CT. Took two weeks and I went and got it.
Got my results back today and it was normal. Scarring on my lungs from past pneumonia and collapsed lobes from recent flu.
So yeah I quit smoking a month ago and that's it.
Hopefully I'll be here a while longer to keep bringing you guys the dank. I have little kids that mean the world to me and I'm gonna be real I was worried for them more than myself.
I had 2 aunts die from lung cancer in there 40s and I really dont wanna end up like that.
I really for the first time realized that that shit is real and can happen to anyone. I wish I would have quit 20 years ago but it is what it is.
Just wanted to share that in case someone else was thinking about quitting. Cigarettes are fucked up and I dont wanna go through this shit again.
Got my results back today and it was normal. Scarring on my lungs from past pneumonia and collapsed lobes from recent flu.
So yeah I quit smoking a month ago and that's it.
Hopefully I'll be here a while longer to keep bringing you guys the dank. I have little kids that mean the world to me and I'm gonna be real I was worried for them more than myself.
I had 2 aunts die from lung cancer in there 40s and I really dont wanna end up like that.
I really for the first time realized that that shit is real and can happen to anyone. I wish I would have quit 20 years ago but it is what it is.
Just wanted to share that in case someone else was thinking about quitting. Cigarettes are fucked up and I dont wanna go through this shit again.
bighitter420
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I quit em about ten years ago when i could tell it was affecting my breathing. Quitting was a bitch but im so damn glad i did. Dont miss them AT ALL now and really try to avoid being around tobacco.
For the last five years ive vaped most of my herb and it has really helped- no more chronic cough. Still times when im with friends that ill hit the bowl or joint, but my lungs feel it for the next day or so.
Good for you and your family.
For the last five years ive vaped most of my herb and it has really helped- no more chronic cough. Still times when im with friends that ill hit the bowl or joint, but my lungs feel it for the next day or so.
Good for you and your family.
TerpyTyrone
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Stay strong brother!! I have quit them many times..... I fight everyday not to buy a pack.
As an alcoholic , opiate abusing, cig smoking, bowl smoking, carpenter/mason, I hope for you and yoyr kids that you have the strength to kick them Fuckers!!
We need @Heisenbeans gear for a while. Stick around!!
Highsince76
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Glad your scan came out well. Kick them fuckers out of your life for good.
Couple years back, I had the same shit happen.
Lucky it wasn't cancer but diagnosed with COPD.
To many years of abusing my lungs. Cigarettes, foundry work, and being a mouth breather my whole life. I'm sure the 40 years of smoking weed didn't help. lol.
But since then, no tobacco or foundry work.
I can't help being a mouth breather, and couldn't completely quit the herb, but cut way back.
Took years to quit craving cigarettes.
All is good though. No cancer or oxygen tank yet.
Glad your going to be with us for awhile and I feel your pain.
Keep up the good work and putting out the fire!
main cola
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Stay strong my friend. I know it’s hard but you can do it
Mr.Head
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SWEET can't wait
VillageAnt
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Did you quit cold turkey? I quit 8 years ago with ibogaine, but started back a year ago when my wife was dying. It sucks. I wanna quit so bad, but when I try cold turkey, I get cold sweats, hyperventilating, can't sleep. I'm a total pussy for nicotine withdrawal. Guess I will do the ibogaine again, but damn that is an unpleasant trip. Sure works though....unbelievably well.
VillageAnt
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Damnit. Every time I take a 2-3 day break from RIU the contests happen!!
Mr.Head
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Glad everything came back clean.
Sometimes in life we just need that wake up call, something to make us realize it's not worth it to smoke.
I quit drinking and doing drugs every day of my life right around the same time I stopped smoking. What a life change lol. Lots of friends didn't want to be friends anymore lol.
Bodyne
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Heisen, glad your tests came back good. DId you know they come out with a study this week, from Harvard I believe, they did a big case study and found mj smoke didn't hurt the lungs like many think, all their test subjects were chronic smokers. There was one thing it did do though. It does mess with your teeth a tad more, but they ran tobacco smokers too and there was no comparison, they had lung problems, etc. They admitted it surprised them, but the results were the results. Im one of those ole idiots grew up around smokers and Ive tried many times to smoke cigs, basically nervous energy, and I can't do it. never could since a kid. But can smoke weed all day long every day. I can't explain it. But MJ may be my best friend, been used for therapy all my life, since 15 anyway. Many moons ago. Edit: harvard study done a few yrs ago, this is the recent article I read yesterday.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-doesnt-smoking-weed-give-you-lung-cancer-like-cigarettes
You’re right, though: Marijuana smokers hold their breath during smoking over four times as long as tobacco smokers, leading to an increase in particulate deposition in the lung. And since the smoke particles from marijuana contain a number of the toxic components, including carcinogens, that have raised concerns about an increased risk for tobacco-related complications, including COPD and lung cancer. That’s why we’ve pursued these studies further — to evaluate the possibility that long-term heavy smoking of marijuana might injure the lungs and increase the risk for the development of both COPD and lung cancer.
But despite this concern, we’ve been unable to show any relationship between marijuana smoking and the type of lung-function impairment that one would see in COPD. Nor did we find any increased risk of lung cancer, even among heavy smokers of marijuana, after controlling for concomitant tobacco smoking. And this was in the largest controlled case study ever conducted that looked at the possible relationship between marijuana use and lung cancer.
But… why?
The THC in marijuana binds to cannabinoid-type 1 receptors that are expressed on the vagal nerve endings in the lungs. And when these receptors are bound by THC, the THC inhibits the release of a chemical that’s responsible for bronchoconstriction called acetylcholine. It’s a very comparable process to what happens with use of the medicines that are currently available for prescription to treat bronchospastic diseases right now. However, I don’t believe that marijuana should be smoked for its bronchodilator properties since the smoke contains additional substances that are potentially toxic to lung tissue.
What about my smoker’s cough?
One of the negative consequences of smoking marijuana is that it does increase the risk of developing chronic bronchitis. That’s a chronic cough and phlegm production, which isn’t the same as COPD. We see similar changes in the bronchial tissue to the changes that we see with tobacco smoking in the larger airways, which may lead to increased mucus production and cough.
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-doesnt-smoking-weed-give-you-lung-cancer-like-cigarettes
You’re right, though: Marijuana smokers hold their breath during smoking over four times as long as tobacco smokers, leading to an increase in particulate deposition in the lung. And since the smoke particles from marijuana contain a number of the toxic components, including carcinogens, that have raised concerns about an increased risk for tobacco-related complications, including COPD and lung cancer. That’s why we’ve pursued these studies further — to evaluate the possibility that long-term heavy smoking of marijuana might injure the lungs and increase the risk for the development of both COPD and lung cancer.
But despite this concern, we’ve been unable to show any relationship between marijuana smoking and the type of lung-function impairment that one would see in COPD. Nor did we find any increased risk of lung cancer, even among heavy smokers of marijuana, after controlling for concomitant tobacco smoking. And this was in the largest controlled case study ever conducted that looked at the possible relationship between marijuana use and lung cancer.
But… why?
The THC in marijuana binds to cannabinoid-type 1 receptors that are expressed on the vagal nerve endings in the lungs. And when these receptors are bound by THC, the THC inhibits the release of a chemical that’s responsible for bronchoconstriction called acetylcholine. It’s a very comparable process to what happens with use of the medicines that are currently available for prescription to treat bronchospastic diseases right now. However, I don’t believe that marijuana should be smoked for its bronchodilator properties since the smoke contains additional substances that are potentially toxic to lung tissue.
What about my smoker’s cough?
One of the negative consequences of smoking marijuana is that it does increase the risk of developing chronic bronchitis. That’s a chronic cough and phlegm production, which isn’t the same as COPD. We see similar changes in the bronchial tissue to the changes that we see with tobacco smoking in the larger airways, which may lead to increased mucus production and cough.
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coppershot
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As a former smoker I am happy to hear that many in here have kicked the habit, kicked the addiction. Heisen and others with health concerns, I too have gone through that I am happy to hear that y'all got a clean bill of health.
I stopped smoking 10 years ago, although in that time I did pick it up for a year after the loss of my two boys. Cold turkey is the only answer for me, never took an aid, or traded one habit for another, just straight up challenge myself. Smoked for two decades on and off and I dont miss it at all.
@Bodyne you always have knowledge, whether about cannabis or other. Thanks for the article, good read at 5:15am with my morning coffee!
I stopped smoking 10 years ago, although in that time I did pick it up for a year after the loss of my two boys. Cold turkey is the only answer for me, never took an aid, or traded one habit for another, just straight up challenge myself. Smoked for two decades on and off and I dont miss it at all.
@Bodyne you always have knowledge, whether about cannabis or other. Thanks for the article, good read at 5:15am with my morning coffee!
Heathen Raider
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God damn missed more giveaways, Budweiser You created a monster, and they call me Drinkenstien,
Heathen Raider
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True i quit 5 years ago and went to vaping started at 24 mg now down to 3 mg , the smell of cigs to me now is pretty gross
Mr.Head
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I was told I'd have cravings for years, that wasn't the case for me. Once it was out of my system I was done.
Smells super gross to me now as well. I question how I smoked for 10+ years.
I quit by replacing every urge for a cigarette with a joint lol. It's expensive, but it's a great quitting aid, too fuckin stoned after like 9am to be in a crank
Heathen Raider
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Funny ain't how the smell of cigs as well as the sight of a pile of butts can become such a turn off my next step is to drop down to 1.5 mg in my juiceI was told I'd have cravings for years, that wasn't the case for me. Once it was out of my system I was done.
Smells super gross to me now as well. I question how I smoked for 10+ years.
I quit by replacing every urge for a cigarette with a joint lol. It's expensive, but it's a great quitting aid, too fuckin stoned after like 9am to be in a crank
Heathen Raider
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With working with dogs and customers cold turkey was never on the table plus I was never one to set myself up for failure, germination day for some NL 1, have some old school stuff to hit veg area real soon to get me over sleeping thru The Ghost bastards
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