Did anyone quick smoking like just a few months prior to surgery?
Need to be honest. I had quit smoking back in July for this process and to better my health. Messed up, starting sneaking in a cigarrette here and there at night after about a month. Then I started "sneaking" in more during the day, never really went over 5 smokes a day.. until, about 2 weeks ago I went to a Halloween Party, adult only. That night I smoked about a pack!! Geesh! I started loyally taking my Chantix again and now haven't had a drag, puff or single smoke... I don't want to get an infection because of those stupid things, but I am SCARED!!
My doctor said they wouldn't preform the surgery on a smoker and I had to not be smoking for 6 months prior to the surgery... Did I blow this? They are supposed to be schedualing my surgery now and I was informed to look forward to it being sometime in January.. Do the doctors test you to see if you have been smoking before the surgery? Did anyone quit around 2/3 months prior and still have the surgery and were fine? I am truly not asking this to start smoking again.. I have a daughter and DO NOT want to smoke for SEVERAL reasons other than the surgery and AM NOT allowing myself another stupid risk of starting up again... Can someone be straight up with me and tell me if they relate and their personal outcomes?? Thanks.
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