Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Hi all, I was just wondering if any of you are smokers and can you smoke after surgery being banded/wired? I am only a social smoker so it wouldn't bother me too much but was just curious as to any experiences! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 This surgery is a good opportunity to plan to give it up permanently. After all, you ingest 40,000 chemicals with every puff, and they go directly into your bloodstream. You can't smoke during the surgery or in hospital, so you'll have to give it up temporarily anyway. Keeping your mouth clean post-op is very important, you'll probably be prescribed special mouthwash to rinse with. You need to keep the stitches and incisions very clean. The gunk you line your mouth with as a smoker is not a good match (ever clean that sticky brown crap off your tv? what colour are your walls versus what you painted them? that's what's lining your lungs) I'm an ex-smoker, so I know how hard it is to quit, but it can be done. Taking up smoking was the stupidest thing I ever did, giving it up the smartest thing I ever did. Hope that helps, > Hi all, > > I was just wondering if any of you are smokers and can you smoke after > surgery being banded/wired? I am only a social smoker so it wouldn't > bother me too much but was just curious as to any experiences! > > x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Hear hear . A quarter of those nasty chemicals are carcinogenic or toxic too. Less oxyygen in the blood means slower healing, stress on the heart, damage to the lungs - those cilia get destroyed and cannot then sweep the lungs. The only ones to benefit from smoking are the tobacco companies and affiliates. The only sensible and safe level of cigarette consumption is zero. Rod > > Hi all, > > > > I was just wondering if any of you are smokers and can you smoke > after > > surgery being banded/wired? I am only a social smoker so it > wouldn't > > bother me too much but was just curious as to any experiences! > > > > x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Hello there I quit smoking the day I put my braces on (almost 5 mths ago) and it has surprisingly been very easy. Think I was ready for it. I used to smoke more than a pack a day a few years back but since moving to the US I have been cutting down steadily. My advice to you would be to take this surgery as an opportunity to quit smoking. And I would definitely NOT recommend smoking with your mouth wired shut. First of all consider that you won't be able to wash your teeth and mouth very easily so the after taste of cigarettes will linger in then for a long time and the tartar from the cigarettes will build up, which is NOT ideal. You will need to keep your mouth SUPER CLEAN during the recovery process. Also, I'm not sure if you're having upper or lower jaw surgery but if you're having upper your nasal passages will be somewhat blocked post-surgery. Smoking will only make the breathing more difficult because it affects the lungs. In fact, to avoid any bad coughing attacks I would recommend quit smoking now in preparation for the surgery. Then if you want to continue being a social smoker do so only after you're unwired and banded. Hope this helps and that it didn't come across as too much of a " don't smoke " lecture. As a former smoker I hate it when people do that. Cheers, Sara > Hi all, > > I was just wondering if any of you are smokers and can you smoke after > surgery being banded/wired? I am only a social smoker so it wouldn't > bother me too much but was just curious as to any experiences! > > x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 x, I've been a smoker since I was 13. I quit several times but always went back. 911 sent me back - moving slowly from a pack a month to a 1/2 a pack every couple of days. Then layoffs at my company (watching all the friends I'd made over the years leave) brought me to a steady almost a pack a day smoker again. The habit had become something that I was ashamed of - hid from my son - and wanted badly to stop again. I used this surgery as my escape. I'm pretty sure that smoking is a 'no-no' because of the incisions that can be infected. So, I figured, while I'm laid up in bed, living on pain meds - I might as well take that opportunity to quit. And ... I have. Haven't had one since the 4th ... and have no desire for one. Going through withdrawl was much easier with the help of lots of sleep and the medicine that was prescribed to me for pain. Social smoker or long time addicted smoker - I'd say use this opportunity to quit. And I'm sure your doctors will tell you - don't smoke after surgery - for fear of infection! Best of luck, Carol > Hi all, > > I was just wondering if any of you are smokers and can you smoke after > surgery being banded/wired? I am only a social smoker so it wouldn't > bother me too much but was just curious as to any experiences! > > x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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