Quitting Smoking Before Being Banded

[Patricia Proctor 0]

Hey guy's,

Did anyone have to quit smoking before there surgery???

[Calamity Jane 6]

It was advised. I had my surgery on the 30th. Due to my inability to keep down liquid and near constant throwing up, I came home from the hospital on the 2nd instead of the 1st. I thought all I was gonna want was a cigarette -- I attempted to smoke one after I got home (Marlboro Menthol Lights -- I had been smoking the full flavored ones for years; but I bought lights before the surgery - it was my halfassed attempt at quitting smoking), and I got about two hits in and was like "yeah, I can't even". It wasn't that the smoke irritated my throat or anything like that, I just couldn't physically smoke.

So far as before surgery, I smoked until the day I had it. I don't know if that was a contributor to the after effects of feeling like crap (I don't think it was); but it really depends on who you ask. You know some doctors are like anti-smoking zealots and they only want to tell you the "quitting smoking propaganda" that all doctors give out -- seriously; the #3 on the list of "why to quit smoking" is "your family & friends will be happier". There is no valid medical science to back that statement up. I wanted to be like "let's just stick with the facts, shall we? Cause if we called 15 members of my family/friends RIGHT NOW, they'd all agree that I'm kinda bitchy when I'm not smoking"

Anyway, you just have to do what feels right for you. Talk to your doctor. Maybe they can help you quit before the surgery. Good luck!

[Patricia Proctor 0]

My doctor will not perform surgery unless you are smoke free for like 30days or something like that. I do agree with him because of being put under and the complications that can happen, but man i am struggling to quit I am a housewife and the boredom gets me everytime. They even do a test to make sure you have been smoke free...

[mufasas-mom 170]

YIKES....glad my doctor didn't say i MUST quit...but I know it's always advised....Good luck to you and hope you pass the 'no smoke' test!!

[Calamity Jane 6]

They do a test? That sucks. I don't think mine did any test to confirm I was "smoke free". I hear you on the boredom. That's one of the hardest parts about quitting. That and finding something to do with your hands. When I didn't want to smoke, I painted my nails. I could do a detailed manicure and it'd get my mind off of smoking for at least an hour.