Welcome to the Bama Board.  I mostly lurk but as a long-term post op (almost 10 years) I am never far away.  Any questions I can answer, I will be happy to.  You can always find me over in the Photo Department

Okay, so I quit smoking On September the 13th,,, was doing fine,, then had a bad pediatric call with a fatality about two weeks ago and decided i needed a cigarette... and have since smoked a couple here and there, I am suppose to have my surgery 4 weeks from Monday,. If I dont smoke anymore from this point on will nicotine still show in my bloodwork, Im not even sure that they test for it in the pre-op testing, I had to tell the nurse that I had been quit for 6 weeks before she would file it on insurance,,,, I know I screwed up, but what am I suppose to do now?? Any advise...

CONGRATS to you....the nerves are completely normal!!  Just focus on the 'other' side of this surgery...how good you are going to feel (& look).  Didn't use Dr. Bilton, but Im sure there is someone on here who has.  Countdown til 2/28 is on!!!  Keep us posted.

Hi!  I'm in Millbrook, next door to Prattville and just North of Montgomery.  Our schools and pretty terrific too :>)  I'm 4 months out from my surgery so relatively new to the boards.  We've lived here for 11 years and love this area so if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer as I'm sure the others will too.  Welcome to the Alabama board!!

Tried my first scrambled eggs today!  : )  I know I said I was gonna have some for supper the other night, but that never happened, lol!  Handling them pretty good right now!  So, YAY!  New food I can eat!  Can't quite eat one egg, which is so odd!  I'm still dealing with not being able to eat quantity.  I ate a half of a banana last night for the first time also.  I feel like a baby trying new foods. 

My husband comes home tonight and all my kids too, so I am not sure what I will be eating tonight!  I was hoping to stay on the breakfast foods, like maybe some grits.  I definately need to invest in some unflavored protien powder to sprinkle on all my foods to up the protien content.  My doctor wants me to try to eat protien as much as possible but of course that is imposible.

I am a little behind on my liquid intake for today because I took Loratab this morning and slept most of the day.  But, I'm working on it!  : )  Yall have a great rest of Friday and weekend!