Smoking

[nelly64 0]

I'm having surgery in 7 days and haven't

completely stopped.okimj

[nelly64 0]

The quitting smoking is the hardest part of this journey!

Did you quit smoking ....I having a very hard time ...I have to be smoke free by February 1

[Amy Wolfe 49]

vape. e cigs. you wont miss smoking

[LiMurr 24]

I can understand them not wanting us to smoke, given the potential for respiratory complications with anesthesia, but I don't understand why no nicotine at all (such as vaping/ecigs, patch, gum, etc.) Nicotine is not the harmful substance in cigarettes.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I can understand them not wanting us to smoke, given the potential for respiratory complications with anesthesia, but I don't understand why no nicotine at all (such as vaping/ecigs, patch, gum, etc.) Nicotine is not the harmful substance in cigarettes.

My understanding is that nicotine will inhibit healing and can cause leaks. For more specific and accurate info, please talk with your surgeon though.

[con con 142]

My surgeon told me of one of his patients that started smoking again once she was released from the hospital. Her surgical staples snapped!!

[believe2k15 1]

Seriously would they go to these extremes to ensure the patient didn't have nicotine in their system?

[BonitaF 30]

95% of all gastric bleeds are from nicotine. No options here but to totally get off. Bleeds are life theathening.

[RuralNurse 48]

I can understand them not wanting us to smoke, given the potential for respiratory complications with anesthesia, but I don't understand why no nicotine at all (such as vaping/ecigs, patch, gum, etc.) Nicotine is not the harmful substance in cigarettes.

Nicotine does impede healing, it is a vaso-constrictor...meaning it constricts blood vessels. So in your stomach where they have stapled it back together, those vessels are trying to repair themselves and they would be constricted and less likely to heal. It also causes lots of other issues.

For everyone that smokes...it is incredibly hard, but you are going down a path that will be hard, this is not "the easy way out" by any means. You are all doing this to improve your health and save your life. Take this opportunity to stop smoking forever. It is a new you!