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Lung issues from vaping?

Ismene2 said:
Been falling in love with vaping live resin. It's one of the few drugs that improves my wifi signal. But Im a bit wary of vaping fucking my lungs up. Are you a viper of long experience? Are your lungs fucked?
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A bit... Altho I feel like in the moment my throat and nasal passages suffer quite a bit. Probably from the dryness and irritation of the vapor.

But if I vape too much throughout the day I start wheezing at night and have to cough for a long time before my lungs can breathe freely again.

I mostly try to vape higher quality pods like the stizzzy liquid diamonds live resin, But it still hurts. It also hurt when I was using dabs and less processed high quality concentrates.

There is no free lunch, only trade offs :)
 
Ismene2 said:
Good point Bleaney - I've just tried vaping some home-made carts with terpenes for the first time today, lot more bioavailability vaping than eating.
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Among my many long winded, rambling posts on this thread, I was also mentioning sublingual dosing of cannabis infused oils as an alternative to eating.

Eating decarbed bud or oils has so far been very unpredictable ime, but I'm very much still at the stage of learning which are the best temperatures, timings, oils, additives etc to use for doing the decarbing or making the infusions.

My first trial seems to suggest I may be on to something with sublingual dosing of the infusion produced oil, as I was basically out for the count for 4 hours within minutes of dosing. And I was still semi-stoned for several hours the next morning.

I'm going to try a much lower dose next time, and report back!
 
Hello folks, I'm sorry as I've only skim read this thread really.

I worked with a sound lad last year for a well known parcel delivery service, he had just switched to a THC vape from baccie and weed.
We worked our temporary contract up to xmas eve 2024, he had a collapsed lung In early January, he's OK now but does have a scar to show, and lung damage.

I now work with a lass who has stopped smoking baccie via the idea to quit with vape, she got down to 10mg vape and just quit, she came down with a flu like chest and body, docs blamed cold turkey vaping, she's back on baccie.

Make of that what you will, although I've spilt vape juice on my coffee table, and taken the wooden veneer finish.

As always, take care people x
 
My old man smoked cigs for 70+ years

No diagnosed lung issues from 10 unfiltered cigs a day

Vaped for 4/5 years, bam emphysema and now uses oxygen in the morning

Tbf man's 90+

so could well be delayed damage from smoking from age of 9

But sussy it manifested after vaping
 
Jackal said:
My old man smoked cigs for 70+ years

No diagnosed lung issues from 10 unfiltered cigs a day

Vaped for 4/5 years, bam emphysema and now uses oxygen in the morning

Tbf man's 90+

so could well be delayed damage from smoking from age of 9

But sussy it manifested after vaping
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It's so puzzling how smoking 'only' seems to cause issues for almost exactly 50% of smokers. The unlucky half will have serious health issues, and / or have their lifespan drastically reduced directly due to smoking cigs.

Meanwhile, it doesn't seem to affect the health of the lucky half at all, who live to their 70s, 80s, even 90s still in good health, despite their cigarette smoking.

I wonder if or when research will be able to identify what is making the difference, beyond vague things like genetic predisposition, and other lifestyle factors like diet, fitness, weight etc.
 
It's a bit of a mixed picture in my family. One of my aunties (not related by blood) was killed by lung cancer at age 55, IIRC. My Grandfather died from lung cancer and heart disease at 62.

My stepdad who smoked into his 60s, IIRC, died from lung cancer at age 84.

I'm in no doubt as to the potentially lethal nature of the habit.

Meanwhile I have 2 uncles who are carrying on smoking into their mid 60s and mid 70s, although both lost their father (my grandfather) to smoking, and it was my older uncle who lost his wife in her mid 50s to smoking.

My older uncle has recently switched to vaping.

My Grandmother, who never smoked, died from Dementia and other causes at 95, and my Dad who also never smoked, died from skin cancer and Dementia at 89. Just my immediate family pretty much captures the whole story.
 
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We all seem to drop by cancer in my family. In terms of (physical) health, it looks like despite hammering the drugs to the point of seizures and being resuscitated twice, I'm the paragon of health. For now.
 
Well, I've recently been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), which as cancers go, is relatively benign. It can't be cured, but it can be effectively managed and doesn't usually affect life expectancy.

But because of this, I've had just about every blood test and scan available.

The amazing thing is that everything else is absolutely fine. Considering I've smoked heavily for 40+ years, done shitloads of drugs, drank like a fish and worked in potentially dangerous environments, being diagnosed with CLL was kind of a relief. I was convinced that my liver, kidneys, heart and lungs were fucked, but apparently not...
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Yeh, I just went to the GP with lower back pain, had some tests and found this out. Turned out that the back pain was caused by a bulging disc in my spine, totally unrelated to the cancer. But it just shows that you should get any symptoms checked out.
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Mine was nothing as serious as yours, but I had terrible pain in my back and knees, which I thought was arthritis kicking in.

Turned out to be vitamin D deficiency. Just proves what you said - get it checked out. For all its faults, we have free healthcare.
 
About three years ago, I went to the doc with really bad shoulder pain and tightness in my chest. Found out I had a clogged artery and had to have a stent fitted. After the procedure, although the tightness in my chest had gone, the shoulder pains remained, which was worrying.

I presumed it was a joint issue and started eating lots of eggs for the collagen. Within a few weeks, the pains disappeared.

But eggs are also high in vitamin D, so I may also have had a deficiency.

You are what you eat (or don't eat)...
 
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Sorry to hear that @F.U.B.A.R. It must have been quite a shock.

But glad to hear that relatively speaking things sounds like they could have been a lot worse, overall.

I recently went in for a scan for a hernia, which over the course of several more scans, ended up picking up 2 other major things, one of which was a polyp in my colon, which if it had not been picked up, would have turned cancerous over the course of a few years.

And I'd have been non the wiser, with a ticking time bomb growing inside my colon.

That fucker was removed incredibly quickly, easily, and painlessly. Probably thanks to Entonox. I was able to watch the whole procedure on a big screen in incredible detail and clarity.

Medical technology these days is amazing and seems to be advancing so rapidly.

I hope they find some form of treatment that will be able to help your case early enough.
 
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F.U.B.A.R. said:
About three years ago, I went to the doc with really bad shoulder pain and tightness in my chest. Found out I had a clogged artery and had to have a stent fitted. After the procedure, although the tightness in my chest had gone, the shoulder pains remained, which was worrying.

I presumed it was a joint issue and started eating lots of eggs for the collagen. Within a few weeks, the pains disappeared.

But eggs are also high in vitamin D, so I may also have had a deficiency.

You are what you eat (or don't eat)...
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Apparently my deficiency was particularly bad for a white person, especially one with such pale skin. I remember an Irish nurse during the COVID era when they were working outside.

She was so concerned about me catching the sun. Yet it turns out I needed it.
 
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