Shortness of breath after stopping smoking

well we just got back from crossroad main what a trip WE just wanted to wish Ralph a HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HOPE AND PRAY HE IS O K AND THAT HIS SOB IS GONE , MY G0D YOU PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH FROM THIS GARBAGE GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. We are two days late sorry Ralph we know it was the 25th but it was a long trip. Have a safe trip home next month.

I was at my doctors office today and i was telling him how short of breath I was, and i Pulled out my oximeter and showed him my oxygen level which was 98 he said that cant be right so he stuck his fringer in it and it read 93, he just shook his head in disbelef he said he had never seen anything like it before so he got out his oximeter same readings he just said i dont understand it i have never in my life or carere seen this, he said he would check into it and let me know,

Thank God I found this web site I have quit smoking for 7 months now and i have been so sick, thinking every day that this was the last day for me. I have been to the doctor now every week thinking he would cure me. all kinds of inhalers, but still suffering. it has been getting a little better lately but still not very good , went through many panic attacks some i passed out on each one was shorter and shorter now I dont get them anymore so I know I m getting better thinking this was the end of my sob ,but no luck yet Glad to find this site , thought I was the only one. go0od luck to all.

I just got back from my doctors office , He ran another ecg on me and did some more exrays and va blood sample, I ask him why all these test you just did them a couple of months ago , He saqid he wanted to see if anything had changed, he ask how I was feeeling and if my breathing had gotton better , I told him yes it had inooroved some but not alot He told me that this is not new in the medical field , but they cant figure out what causes it but they are working on it nnight and day and soon they will no nwhat causes it and how to cure it.but till then thyey just try to make us breath better with inhalers and other junk , Then he said see you in 3 months.

Well today is august 1st 2014 I was doing so good for the last month thought it had finally gone but woke up this morning and just couldnt get that breath that i needed its been 19 months now and i thought i was out of the woods, but this dam thing just want go away and stay. but after 5 hrs it died down enough that i could shower and eat, god I just dont know any more i was telling all my friends it went away but it has made a fool of me so many times. but I know its in its dieing throes it just want roll over good luck to all of you people

I know how you feel. One day I will be fine think that it's all over and bam SOB. It sucks because all my tests are fine so I have no clue what is causing this.

Well here it is the 12th of August 2014 20 months into this quit, and no end in sight. but I have to admit that i"m a lot better than I was a few months ago, I know it has to go away soon , nothing lasts forever, I hope the rest of you people are feeling better. I see that there is a lot less talk going on ,so i expect most of you are cured and have moved , and if so I wish you the best, have a great day everone, NMSC.

I am almost at 14 months now and still have days with SOB, but I think it's more from anxiety now. I had a slew of test the last few weeks as I do annually and everything came back normal. I also had an echo cardiogram and stress test which looked good as well. The cardio doc told me that I should see a pulmonologist for the SOB in case I developed asthma which happens to former smokers. I have to say that I do feel a lot better now than I did months ago so I am heading in the right direction. ~Keith

Hi Keith! Sorry it's been a while...I was in Germany for a while...I can honestly say my breathing has improved tremendously...however, I was recently retested by my pulmonary doctor and I am still breathing at only 60% capacity...crazy...he still says it's a mere coincidence that it occurred once I quit...glad to read you are moving in the right direction!

Hope it was a good trip. So then what is the doctor doing for it? Are they placing you on meds or inhalers? Glad to see you have improved and your family must be relieved? Keep pushing along we are blessed that God has given us the strength to not give in and stick with what we started out to do. Keith

And on a dark day at the end of summer your fate shall be spoken, and you will not be afraid for you have always known the time has come anew. It will put a tear in your eyes and a sparkle in your heart NMSCENTER

so the SOB has improved? I'm 42 days after quitting and have SOB, wondered whether or not this is going to go away.

As much as I didn't want to, I am going to the YMCA 3 times per wk and do aerobic machines for 20 mins to force myself to deep breathe. The SOB isn't gone yet but I think that this is slowly, mechanically expanding my lungs in addition to the inhalers.

Yes it has. I was having SOB everyday for 6 or more months. Now at 14 months it's one or 2 days a week. It usually does not last a whole day either. I can say though that I get winded much sooner now then when I use to smoke which I find odd. Maybe my lungs are in a heal process? I just continue to do breathing exercises and work out as much as I can do with walking and light weight lifting for now. '

Hello everyone....I am back....Shortness of breath has improved for me tremendously but it took 15 months for me to feel a lot better...! So, hang in there...Angel123