Oxygen Therapy

[Theland]

Recent hospital visit to oxygen dept in one hospital.
Last visit took one look at me and sent me to another hospital A&E. Kept in four days.
More recent visit to oxygen therapy, sent home because taking antibiotics, but told obviously no oxygen for smokers, but new rules no oxygen for Vapers.
I do love my Vape.

[Buenchico]

The risks would appear to be too great:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4390016/

[Old_Geezer]

If one has breathing issues vaping can't be good: unless one has given up.

[Theland]

Cheers folks.
Sadly my health requires hardly any beer, and now my little Vape is not good either.
Knitting maybe?

[woofgang]

is it the nicotine Theland? beczause there are other ways to get it.

[Theland]

Wolf - Yes spot on. And hand habit.

[ummmm]

Take up nail biting! Or eating carrots!

[woofgang]

something like this to keep your hands busy? Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

and I am not sure about how the oxygen people would feel about you having nicotine pills patches and so on?

[rowanwitch]

There is always a trade off between extending life and function and allowing a person to do what gives them most comfort. If your respiratory problems are progressive and incurable you need to make a personal decision based on your needs and feelings. When I was nursing I would often support a patients request to
smoke once they had reached a point where recovery was impossible despite the requirement to promote healthy behaviours. If you still have life to live and feel able to do the things you want then the trade off of vapes for O ² therapy is probably the right one but it should be your decision.

[woofgang]

bang on rowan!