Giving up smoking..........

[mariaxoxo4u 0]

Oh, if my surgeon is testing for nicotine - that will be a great motivation for me that's for sure!!! But, I do want to quit anyway!!!!

Maria

[Jennifer4118 0]

My Dr required that you have 3 months cig free. I tried Webutrin and it helped me cut back, but never stop. I am going to try the other two meds listed above. I think I didn't want to stop because I was afraid of gaining weight and I was trying to lose the 10% Dr required. To much pressure !

I can tell you one thing though, after surgery my chest was hurting more then anything! It was allot of pain and if I had to do it again, I would make more of an effort to stop.

[IndioGirl55 32]

Yeah................Go us,

lol lol lol you have me rolling - you sound so very excited:eyebrows:

[IndioGirl55 32]

My Dr required that you have 3 months cig free. I tried Webutrin and it helped me cut back, but never stop. I am going to try the other two meds listed above. I think I didn't want to stop because I was afraid of gaining weight and I was trying to lose the 10% Dr required. To much pressure !

I can tell you one thing though, after surgery my chest was hurting more then anything! It was allot of pain and if I had to do it again, I would make more of an effort to stop.

I guess i was lucky no chest problems and i saw the lung doc more than my surgeon - he said everything was fine -

They want you to quit smokeing for the lung issue (carbon monoxide) and putting you under not the nicotine - nicotine in a simple blood test isl eaiser tha abg test which they do in surgery anyway - well with me the did cuz when i woke up they had poked my aterie - I didn't smoke after midnight the day before my surgery - just like the no Water etc...

I agree it's alot to ask prior to surgery - but i understand why - they don't want you dieing on the table or getting pnemouina and what ever else bad can happen (i can't spell or type worth sh*t but u understand what i am saying - i hope:))

[coltonwade 27]

The other reason for quitting smoking is because smoking causes your blood to thin . Smoking also slows down the healing process.

I was a smoker for 15 yrs and quit a little over a yr ago for surgery ( i thought i was going to have it before I did ) I quit cold turkey and using nicotine Patches. Like someone else said the first 2 weeks are the hardest , once you get through that its a piece of cake.

I feel so much better not smoking and now having lost a little weight post op ( Im almost 6 weeks post op and 27lbs down ) I feel REALLY WELL.

GOod luck you can do it .

Mindy

[Delaware 0]

I have been lucky to observe surgical proceedures on both smokers and non-smokers. Smoking makes the anesthesia process much less predictable. It is not worth smoking. Also it slows the healing process and leaves you at higher risk for infection. Not to mention the Cancer word. And you will need to be able to excercise when you get the band...

[jillybean 0]

I was banded on 7/30/07 and I smoked until 7/28/07. As far as I know, they didn't do a nicotine test, but the anestesiologist?? asked me if I had been smoking, so I'm not sure why it's so important either, but my Dr. made it pretty clear he didn't want me smoking. I have continued to not smoke but it can still be a struggle. Good luck to you!

[heyhon63 1]

Hey Toots:eyebrows: Didn't think I forgot did you! How is the quit smoking going. I hope you really did quit. I am here if you need some support. It is a hard journey the second hardest thing I have ever done. The hardest is loosing weight. I use to say that smoking was the hardest., until I realized that I hadn't yet lost my weight LOL Let me know how it is going.

[catzintj 1]

i quit cold turkey . the withdrawls totally suck. but i just decided i didnt want to stink and i need my health. it was effecting my workouts . i only smoked a year , but thats still too long. i hope you all can quit. the hard part is when i drive. thats when i like to smoke the most.

[fatwillgo 0]

Morning toots, how's it going today? Well done for going through it on Wed, hope you aren't too sore today, call me later when you are up and about xxxx

[juliegeraci 7]

I smoked preop and continue to smoke with no problems.