smoking

Yes I have seen it first hand more than once in my family. This is my reason for quitting 

You do know that e cigs still contain nicotine and will cause you to test positive for nicotine, right?

If you test positive there is a good chance they will postpone your surgery.  I know it has happened to other member of this board.

Just do it!   If you need help, go see your PCP - there are tons of ways to stop ...   If you want this surgery, smoking is not an option - why have your insides re-arranged only to continue to do the deadliest thing you could do?   My sister, who was 50 this year, is in her second bout of lung cancer from smoking.  My 60 year old cousin is terminal and has 3-6 months WITH chemo.   This is not a game!  Stay fat, and it will probably STILL be the cigs that kill you!

Yes, I am an ex-smoker - 11.5 years clean!

I am a former smoker. I thought I couldn't do this, but I gave myself a date, tried chantix for 1-2 weeks, and replaced my trigger times with some other activity like walking. I stayed away from others that smoked for a little while. I cried because I wanted to smoke but my determination to have the surgery and change my life and health for the better was stronger. You have to find what works for you. Change the habit and the things that trigger. Switch things up. You can do this!

edited to add: the E cig did not help me quit at all

Thank you for the encouragement :-)

I quit smoking 17 years ago. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but the health rewards were well worth the temporary struggle. I recently had a revision of my rny, due to a severe marginal ulcer/stricture. My surgeon was surprised that I had developed this complication, as it is normally seen in smokers, and I quit 8 years before my surgery. As someone who spent three years in hell, before finally getting a revision, I can tell you, you do not want to go through what I have. Toward the end, I was hospitalized 4 times in a 3 month period, for severe dehydration and malnutrition.

Please, please, do whatever it takes, to quit smoking. In the end, it will pay off big time.

Good luck to you on your journey to better health.

Hi there...

Smoking, very much like over eating, is an addiction. You need to be mentally prepared to let go of both in order to succeed on the journey you will begin on July 22nd. WLS is not a magic pill for getting thin. It will take a lot of effort and will power once the honeymoon period is over, and the only way to succeed is to truly make it a lifestyle change, not a temporary one. 

Perhaps a good way to encourage and stimulate yourself would be to think of it as a challenge. Ask yourself this: if I cannot win the battle against smoking, how can I win the one against my eating habits? Sometimes all we need is a little reality check to get on track. Do some soul searching...you will be amazed with what you might find deep inside yourself. Good luck my friend. 

don't know what to tell you except that you must quit. my surgeon will not operate on a smoker and now pretests for nicotine as smokers have not been candid. your incisions will not heal well if you smoke.  its tough but you can do it.    D

I am smoke free 4 months today. My dr flat out told me I had to be smoke free for 2 months before surgery and he is known to run blood work on the day of surgery just to make sure that you are smoke free. I finished smoking the pack I had on the morning of March 8 and when they were gone that was it...no more...got the nicotine free vapor cigarette for those really stressful moments. I have to say, quitting cigarettes is probably one of the hardest things I have ever done! Good luck to you, you can do this! Just set your mind to it!