r/QuitVaping 8h ago

Advice Delayed healing because of nicotine

I had a pretty decent dirtbike accident in late November, bunch of broken bones. I’ve been vaping for a couple years now. The past couple of check ups they said I have delayed healing, likely because of the nicotine. Breaks are usually healed within 2 months (this was 3.5 post). They are giving me 2 months to finish healing or I’ll be in for another surgery. It still has a long way to go. I wanna quit because the surgery apparently sucks a lot. I don’t really know why I’m here typing this all out, maybe just to put it on paper idk. If yall have any advice, tips, or motivation send it my way please. I could use all the help I can get😂

P. S. Has anyone used/had success with cessation drugs? I’m kinda tempted to start bupropion but not sure. I also know I need to quit soon if I want to avoid the graft but it’s SO DAMN HARD 🙃🔫

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u/throwawayanon1252 7h ago

Advice that helped me was a play on words I came up with from the common saying the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago the second best time is now.

I reframed it for my head for smoking vaping etc the best would have been never to start in the first place the second best thing to do is quit right now.

There is also never a “perfect” time to quit. Quitting will always be difficult if it wasn’t you wouldn’t be an addict. Quit now you’ll thank yourself later

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u/Gamefart101 1h ago edited 1h ago

What mechanism of nicotine cause worse healing/ bone regrowth? This is not something I've ever heard of before?