Guest guest Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 --hi donna..im glad i saw your post....i am 6 1/2 mos. post op and fretted horribly over my inability to quit smoking before my surgery.my doc wanted me to quit 3 mos. before..i didnt do it..until 3 days before..i had no ill effects from this decision and i resumed my smoking 1 wk after surgery..i only smoked about 5-8 cigs a day prior to the surgery and after the surgery...i have smoked a pack a day since then..pretty much a chain smoker on my days off...im hoping when my food amts increase at the 1 yr mark to 1 cup per meal,that i can cut back or quit..just wanted you to have some info from an " actual smoker " ...good luck on whatever you can handle.ps.i spent months trying to find people who smoked before gastric...hard to come by...so i just crossed my fingers and hoped for the best...pam moreno- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , " Donna " <triplethicknillashake@y...> wrote: > Is there anyone in this group...a smoker??? Any information on > smoking and this surgery? My surgeon...like all docs wants me to > quit. This probably wouldnt be as difficult as it seems to me except > that I also have to lose 10% of my overweightedness as well. I am > less than a month pre-op and would like some feedback from any > smokers and how you dealt with it. > > My surgery is June 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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