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This is true. My doc did a nicotine test the day of my surgery.

I'm not a smoker but in my nurse education class they warned smokers that they test the morning of surgery. If you test positive it can push your surgery out three months. They are very serious about not smoking before surgery. The risks are real and serious. Blood clots can kill you.

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She might stop. My doc didn't require me to quit and I had no intentions to quit. But when I was discharged I had no desire to smoke and didn't even wanna see a cigarette.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:275 SD:1/28/13

And I've been smoke and alcohol free for almost 6 months now.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:275 SD:1/28/13

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I quit 2 weeks before surgery and haven't smoked since except one time I took a puff and it was sooooo gross to me lol won't do that again

HW 363lbs SD 4/16/13 CW 308lbs

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My doc tested my nicotine level the day of surgery. They don't like to operate on smokers because nicotine lowers the body's healing abilities, and with obese people, our bodies already have so many complications, doctors are serious about eliminating as many negative factors as they can.

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