Smoking help please

by Vix 15th August 2010, 3:46 pm

Hi Everyone,

Struggling very hard with not smoking, i managed two weeks and have broke this weekend. I had a couple on Friday night and had one today. Feel a bit rubbish for it. I am determined to keep trying though, thinking of buying the Alan Carr book which everyone says is good.

Have i already messed it up though, my op is in one month, i really dont want any complications but am worried i have smoked too close to BA. Can anyone tell me the recommended times to give up to put my mind at rest? I didnt smoke for 4 years before and dont know how i managed it, so this wasnt a problem for my last op.

Please help, am a bit worried xx

by Loxxie 15th August 2010, 4:14 pm

Awwww bless you Vix Smoking help please 717917

don't worry hun. Some people manage to give up for their OP and some people manage to just cut down how many they smoke. I think i was told that if it was possible then to not smoke for 2weeks before and 2weeks after but different surgeons will say different things.
It was really hard work Smoking help please 304294

but i managed to quit with the AlanCarr book(can totally recommend it+i still read it when i feel myself slipping!)in time for my OP.......Just do the very best you can hunnie and you'll be fine! Smoking help please 184153

by misf1 15th August 2010, 4:32 pm

Hi hun, I can empathise with you. I was also told 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after and if I really couldn't give it then I shouldn't smoke 24hrs before. I couldn't give up, and I didn't smoke for 24hrs before, but I did cut down to 4 a day from 15 so not too bad.

by natalie 15th August 2010, 4:52 pm

im trying so hard to stop too,think the best way is to slowly cut down lucky i still have over 2 months to do this! good luck vix x

by mellie76 15th August 2010, 5:05 pm

yep, i can sympathise natalie. i have my BA in 4 days and am still smoking :-(
i am smoking fewer that what i usually do though.
i gave up smoking for 18 months, then started up again last september.
am really gonna do my best to quit now!
best of luck to you anyway x x x x x

by bumblebabe 15th August 2010, 5:30 pm

i never packed up it was to stressful, but cut down alot and changed to roll ups,
i didint smoke the day before and 3 days after,

by kittie 15th August 2010, 5:32 pm

hey hun. i didn't manage to stop either but did my best to cut down and am trying to limit what im smoking after. nurse also told me to take vit c pre and post op as im a smoker.

by Peachy34 15th August 2010, 5:37 pm

I sympathise with you. I'm glad I don't smoke anymore the only thing that made me stop was when I got pregnant or I still think I'd be smoking today it must be really hard as the more nervous you get the more you turn to the ciggies. If you can't manage it hun just try to cut down as much as you can surely thats better than nothing and you will probably have no problem with refraining afterwards as after your op it will probably be the last thing on your mind. x

by mellie76 15th August 2010, 5:39 pm

i think i'll get some vitamin c tomorrow.
x x x

by hattie260 15th August 2010, 6:11 pm

oh hun you are doing well, one or two set backs is not going to kill you just keep trying and if you can't quit altogether then just try to cut back and as misf1 says don't smoke within 24hrs of your op x

by Vix 15th August 2010, 6:47 pm

Thanks everyone, you are all so sweet.

I am going to keep trying and see how i get on, will definately use the tip of vitamin c too, thanks Kittie Smoking help please 184153

I think i am just generally very anxious about the whole thing, having nitemares that they wont be able to put any back in and allsorts.

Good luck to everyone else trying to give up too xxx

by daisymay 15th August 2010, 8:11 pm

Hi, just read your post-i have been told by my surgeon that if i can cut down it would be good but not the end of the world if i don't-quite a stressfull time so i think all i will probably manage is cutting down the day before.Good luck and try not to worry Smoking help please 67188

by titanic_girl 15th August 2010, 11:51 pm

Just a quick question everyone; I smoke like under 5 a day. Will that affect the recovery process after my op?

by **COOKIE** 16th August 2010, 7:14 am

titanic_girl wrote:Just a quick question everyone; I smoke like under 5 a day. Will that affect the recovery process after my op?

Any amount of nicotine in your body holds the risk of effecting your healing hun, if you can stop it is in your best interest to do so.

Smoking decreases the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream and this can mean that your healing will take longer than a non smoker, it also puts you at a higher risk of capsular contracture and infection. xx

by natalia 16th August 2010, 8:00 am

i stopped 3 months b4 my op and never looked back since best thing ever did xxx

by titanic_girl 16th August 2010, 11:57 pm

I might just cut down to one a day then.

by yumymummy 17th August 2010, 8:33 am

hey vix... im in the same boat as you stopped for 3 wks then cracked at a ngt out on sat :( feel really guilty i know i shouldnt have because i done so well but im getting back on track now (kinda) still having a few a day lol on the fly my bf think ive quit.. tho going to cut it out asap ive only got 24 days left till the big day :cheerlead:

its still really hard because so excited but all worth it in the end..someone told me if i have to smoke stop atleast 1 wk before op and dont smoke for atleast 2 wks after... my bf told her what sort of advice is that coming from someone who's been through it and doesnt smoke keep your advise your just filling her head with rubbish lol i was mortified to say the least! but thats just thomas for you bruttaly honest.. x

by yumymummy 17th August 2010, 8:36 am

i know that probs isnt any help to you... the other girls will more about it x

by peggysue 17th August 2010, 8:50 am

When i gave up someone told me to eat lots of apples..... It worked for me??????? x

by natalia 17th August 2010, 10:38 am

i went for lots of walks and drives lol i actually lost weight bcause it was so stressful for me but i never gave in i wanted my boobs more than fags i guess xxx

by traci75 18th August 2010, 9:34 am

easier for some than others tho help

by natalia 18th August 2010, 11:18 am

easier for some than others tho

was hard as hell for me if it wasnt for alan carr easy way i would of cracked i read that book like a dozen times and it helped me so much i began hating fags in the end and after 3 months just started to forget about them!!

by yumymummy 18th August 2010, 11:52 am

well i've not had a fag since lunchtime yestarday kept myself really busy picked my son up from school and didnt stop at the shop to buy any soo feeling quite gd.....tho im eating everything in sight probs gonny end up fat lol

mind over matter thats what am telling myself now 23 days to go whoop whoop yahoo

by kittie 18th August 2010, 12:04 pm

yummy mummy!

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