Quitting Smoking For Surgery

[HealthQuest]

My surgery is scheduled for 11/27, and I still have not been able to quit. I am a healthcare professional so I know all about the ramifications. I would like to "chat" with others with the same issue. Thanks

[CalKev]

HQ, I will be at OCC on the The 27th for my first fill. I have never been a smoker so take this for what it is on my part which is support based on the unknown, When you decided to get banded was it for your health? If it was then stopping smoking is also part of being banded. It is a brave lifestyle choice and the time is now to prepare for major changes in your life.

I drank between 3 and 5 diet cokes a day and loved each one. To be banded I had to give it up and all carbonated drinks as you know. I had a headache for 2 weeks straight. This by no means can compare to the challenge of stopping smoking but just to show you we all have to give-up habits and indulgences to be banded. The toughest part is if you get all the way to TJ and fail the exhalation test you have wasted your time and travel money and you will be let down.

Like I said I have never smoked other than a few cigars many years back so I can't relate with stopping. You need to do whatever it takes to stop. I had to go on a liquid diet for 30 days to lose weight because of my high BMI. I had to much top lose if I didn't and so do you. You can do it because you are only doing it for you. Make it happen. The right time is now and we are behind you. Its time to reach down and find the courage to be at your best and take care of yourself. It's all up to you and I know when I see you on Monday you will have quit.

I wish you strength to conquer a habit many can't but you can. Kevin

[HealthQuest]

Kevin, I appreciate your encouragement. I am trying, and am worried because I only have 5 days left. I will pass the exhalation test since I don't have any of the side effects of smoking, but it bothers me that I am unable to quit for something as serious as surgery. I don't have to do the liquid diet due to my lower BMI, but I would have rathered that. That would have been easier for me. But even though I am having such a hard time I will quit because it is not only about the surgery. It's about my health long-term. I hope you are some type of motivational speaker/counselor. That is definitely your calling. I have read several of your posts and am convinced of that. Thanks again.

HQ, I will be at OCC on the The 27th for my first fill. I have never been a smoker so take this for what it is on my part which is support based on the unknown, When you decided to get banded was it for your health? If it was then stopping smoking is also part of being banded. It is a brave lifestyle choice and the time is now to prepare for major changes in your life.

I drank between 3 and 5 diet cokes a day and loved each one. To be banded I had to give it up and all carbonated drinks as you know. I had a headache for 2 weeks straight. This by no means can compare to the challenge of stopping smoking but just to show you we all have to give-up habits and indulgences to be banded. The toughest part is if you get all the way to TJ and fail the exhalation test you have wasted your time and travel money and you will be let down.

Like I said I have never smoked other than a few cigars many years back so I can't relate with stopping. You need to do whatever it takes to stop. I had to go on a liquid diet for 30 days to lose weight because of my high BMI. I had to much top lose if I didn't and so do you. You can do it because you are only doing it for you. Make it happen. The right time is now and we are behind you. Its time to reach down and find the courage to be at your best and take care of yourself. It's all up to you and I know when I see you on Monday you will have quit.

I wish you strength to conquer a habit many can't but you can. Kevin