Smoking!!!

Hi girls!! I know its a bad habit but does anyone smoke and been told they have to quit before their op???? I’m struggling so much, I’v managed to cut down to about 4 a day (was 20 ) I had my consultation on tuesday and have my op in 10 days and i’m worried that i’m not gonna be able to quit completely…and advice and feedback would be great!!

Thanks xx

Hey jojo, I was 20 a day and didn’t manage 2 stop b4 my op atall! But after my op I gave up,never smoked since the day of my op. Rly weird but hey I had my op while smoking and I’m still alive! Don’t worry about it 2 much xxx

I tryed and failed to quit hun an im still smokein now so any advice from me wouid be useless lol xx

hey hun, im a smoker aswell, my surgery is in 5weeks and my surgeon told me if i could stop it would be great but ive been gradually cutting down, he said i dont have to stop completely, just cut rite rite down, i have the nicorette inhalers that im guna be taking with me. uv done so well cutting down to 4 a day and if u can cut down from 20- 4 a day then uv done amazing hun, u shudnt have any problems cutting out another 1 or 2 a day x well done sweetie xxx every doctor would like us to stop smoking but its easier sed than done, it just meaans that if we keep smoking heavy it may affect the healing process xx

Thanks sandy, i’v been worried to death which has made me want to smoke more lol!!! I was pretty much told i HAVE to stop! I think i will prob be ok after my op (well for a few days anyway) But trying to quit in two weeks is mission impossible lol!! They say it seriously hinders your recovery don’t they??

Well done for stopping hun, fingers crossed i can do the same xxx

lol hush…made me chuckle there!! how are you feeling today hun? xx

Hi lynz…thanks for the info, i feel a little better now…its been a nightmare but i figured if i can cut down its better than nothing!! How exactly does it affect the healing process? I think i’m gonna try the inhalers too xxx

it slows down the oxygen in ur blood hun so it prolongs healing more than anything else, there are quite a few girls on here that havent quit either b4 or after their surgery and they are fine xx

Im feelin ok today hun i must admit im smokein as i type so wrong lol xx

thanks hun…i’m gonna try my hardest to kick the last few, but i feel loads better now knowing its not the end of the world if i can’t xxx

glad your feeling ok hun…i’m also smoking as i type lol…only my 2nd one today though! I tried messaging you earlier but it wouldn’t let me xx

Are u on a phone hun? mines bein a pain its a touch screen and wont let me click to upload any photos but it let me 2days ago! xx

no hun…using my laptop at the moment although i can access it through my phone xx

I might try usein the laptop later xx

Im a smoker, and this is really playing on my mind.! The surgeon really did not say much to me about smoking, i told him i had cut down from 20 to 15 a day. The nurse on the same day, said i had to quit 2 weeks b4,and after or the surgeon prob wont operate.

I dont know weather to carry on and lie about it, or quit, BUT the last time i quit i put a stone on in one month, this made me depressed. would not mind, but i did not change my eating habbits, etc and joined the gym, But could not shift that stone. 16 months later i started smoking again and lost the stone within a few months, so i am very reluctant to give up.

Do i lie? is the big question? lol

xx

hi shazzy, well my pc said i had to quit two weeks before and for at least a week after, but my surgeon didn’t mention it! Its all in my notes that i’m a smoker though! I guess if you can quit its better but cutting right down is better than nothing! i’v onn 4/5 a day now from 20 but its been so hard!

Apparently there are a lot of girls on here who are smokers and they are fine..Hmmm, do you lie? I would lol xxx

I lied and said id cut down im weak willed tbh,and quittin stress wise can raise blood pressure oh just lie lol xx

Same as me hush lol!! No willpower…And your right, the stress of quitting completely will send my blood pressure through the roof xx

A lie it is then haha. x

I’m a smoker too and have my op on friday, I have managed to reduce my intake from 10 a day to about 5 I’m finding it really hard to quit especially when I have a glass of wine in the evening lol I have bought one of those inhalers but it is still in its box haha only got 2 cigs left so I will have to open the box this evening and I have convinced myself thats it now i’ve got to quit but its so bloody hard xx

Hi jayne,

Yeah its so hard, i was down to about 4 but today i’v crumbled and have had nearly 10 already I’m proper mad at myself but i’v smoked for 20 years and quitting in just two weeks is too hard!

Good luck with your op hun xx

thanks Jo and Good Luck with your op too, not long now u getting excited?

yeah i’m really excited, i literally have boobs on the brain 24/7 i’m doing my own head in now lol…i’m scared as well though in case i hate them!! How about you? bet you can’t wait xx

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