Smoking

How long before your surgery can you not smoke? I have op 11th Feb. Can I smoke this weekend and then stop on Monday till the op date????? That would make it 3 weeks clean of smoking

Btw- I haven’t smoked at all this year as it was a New Years resolution. I’m doing so well but going out this weekend and scared it will be hard to resist. I might just not go out…haha.. let me know girls!

My doctor said 4 weeks before & 3-4 weeks after, ofcourse the longer the better. I think 3 weeks is good enough. I quit 4 weeks before and after completing 3 weeks after surgery i started smoking gradually. I used to be a heavy smoker like 1.5 packs a day, after my third week post op i used to have 2-3 a day then 6 then 10 then 15. I am now over 5 weeks and i am on 15 cigs a day so noway near how much i used to smoke, i am trying to keep it as little as possible to improve my healing. Not planing to exceed a pack ever again! I went cold turkey before surgery, i broke down on day 1 of quitting and had 3 but then never again until my surgery. If you are quitting cold turkey please give yourself a day or 2 before the 3 weeks you have assigned for yourself to quit, incase you break down like me on your first day of quitting. Because if you’re initial intention is quitting 3 weeks before that’s already tight so no room for breaking down and having one

@lala111 oh perfect. So today would mean 3 weeks till my op. So if I smoked tonight for the last time till my op- would that be ok? If not then I won’t bother but it’s very hard! I’m doing well so far and haven’t smoked for 2 weeks!! Xx

@lala111 3 weeks quiting before op, will that be ok then?

I am not a doctor hun but my personal experience is i think you should be ok, however you’ve already quitted for 2 weeks and your body got rid of almost all the nicotine, do you want to bring back the nicotine just for the sake of one cig?

Very true. I’m keep this up now, nearly a month and going strong! Haha not worth it. Too excited for op !!!

Best of luck xx

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