Has anyone used Nicotine/Cotinine cleanses just prior to lap band surgery?...if so di

[virgojay 0]

If so did it work?

im going on 5/7 for surgery and have my preop on 4/28 i start my diet on 4/20 i just quit smoking and am worried about passing my test...panic'd actually.

Smoking has been the hardest thing to do, i do enjoy it.

but i want to quit and stay that way . as well as be healthy all away around . i thought it would be easier given i was told 8 weeks to quit prior.

so now im desperate and have come across many kits to help cleanse nic/cot from blood.urine,saliva.

do they work and can i pass being i have 3 weeks to my schedulrd surgery??? and 11 days to my pre op?

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

That's a new one on me! Never heard of anyone told that having quit smoking prior to surgery could still keep them from having surgery. What kind of a test are you going to have? My internist says that all the cleanses and such on the market only cleanse one thing ... wallets. If it doesn't have FDA approval for its claims, I'd pass it by personally. I've never smoked but I have friends who have and who have quit and everyone of them was told the positive changes start with the first cigarette they don't smoke and continue. Personally, rather than be in a panic, I'd check with my doctor since based on what you have told us that's who told you to quit and who said they would run a test. Get details!!

[talkalot1981 5]

My doc told me I can't even come in for a consult until I quit smoking for 2 months. It really upset me because I couldn't even start my process with getting the lap band. The only positive with the docs rule is that I actually have to quit smoking or I WON'T get to have surgery. If I fail that blood test then, I have to wait another 2 months. I don't want to fail myself, so I quit COLD turkey April 6th and haven't had one since then. I will gladly throw 10 years of smoking out the window so I can get my surgery. But I also do know how hard it has been. I think I have gained weight from quitting. LOL Good thing I quit to have WLS....LOL Good luck with quitting. I know how hard it has been.... I just pray everyday I don't give in to my urges... Jennifer

Edited April 15, 2009 by talkalot1981
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[help1977 0]

If so did it work?

im going on 5/7 for surgery and have my preop on 4/28 i start my diet on 4/20 i just quit smoking and am worried about passing my test...panic'd actually.

Smoking has been the hardest thing to do, i do enjoy it.

but i want to quit and stay that way . as well as be healthy all away around . i thought it would be easier given i was told 8 weeks to quit prior.

so now im desperate and have come across many kits to help cleanse nic/cot from blood.urine,saliva.

do they work and can i pass being i have 3 weeks to my schedulrd surgery??? and 11 days to my pre op?

I understand what you are going thru. I have smoke for 34 years and it is hard to just quit. But I called on the help of my doctor which she gave me Wellbutrin

and it has help alot. I have not smoked in 10 weeks. With that said I looked up everything I could on the computer and the trace of nicotine is gone within 48 hours. I'm not sure how they test or what they are testing for but for myself I did not what to take a chance. I was told also I could not smoke within 2 months of surgery. I go 4/21 for my pre op. But I think you you will be okay. Good Luck