Smoking nicotine test

[collinsmix 5]

Hi im very worried I have a blood test in 2 weeks I have stopped smoking with the patch which my doctor said I can use. If I dont pass I cant start this wls process. Can any one give me advice or has had to have this test. Thank u

[yerawizardamy 241]

Are you saying that you have to take a blood test that determines if you've been smoking or not??? Or just regular labs?

[collinsmix 5]

To determine if I have been smoking and it will be two weeks when I take the test

[MikeyS 455 12]

I quit smoking cold turkey 1st month in to my 6 month required ins

[Kindle 8,667]

So if you are using the nicotine patch, then what are you going to be tested for? You will test positive for nicotine and they can't tell the difference between smoking and the patch.< /p>

I quit smoking 3 months before I started my preop. Switched from regular coffee to Decaf and herbal tea a month later. Funny I went cold turkey with the nicotine but spent a month slowly weaning off the caffeine. Anyways, it worked. My motivation was to make sure I had the safest surgery possible.

[tera1982 194]

I'm not sure how bariatric surgeons will test, but nicotine is nicotine regardless of how it wnters your body. That being said, when my ex-husband and I went to go for our life insurance physicals(this was a years ago), we both had to do the "smoker's swab test", which is similar to a dna or strep test. They swab the back of your throat and test that for the chemicals in cigarettes. Nicotine showed as positive in my ex's, but he hadn't smoked for quite some time(he was on the patch). They ran a more extensive test(for which I was not present) and he passed as a non-smoker. I'm not sure exactly what chemicals they tested for, but even with the nicotine in his system, he was cleared. I guess it'd be something to ask your surgeons office about.

[cindyw41 761]

Here is an article on the subject

http://www.yourbariatricsurgeryguide.com/smoking-cessation/

I would have your doctor clarify if you need to be off the patch as well.