Surgery Dec 11 & freaking out (smoking issue)

My surgery date is 2 days away and I am still smoking - I tried and tried but no success. Everything else is going well, pre-op diet, tests, insurance approval. I tried Chantix and I am currently reading Alen Carr's book... should I postpone my surgery? I guess I have to call my surgeon to discuss. Sorry everyone, I guess I just needed to purge the stress.

Wow sorry to hear that...i had to stop 6 weeks before surgery..when did u have to stop by? my hubby is on chantix (he smoked a pack a day) and he is no longer smokin as of november 12th best thing we coulda bought...call and talk to ur doctor some dont require there patients to stop smokin til the night before surgery (those are the lucky ones lol)...the only reason they want u 2 stop is for clear lungs and blood clots smoking stops blood from circulating (atleast that is what i was told)...well good luck keep us posted

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Surgery 09/08/09
Went home 276

I understand that quitting smoking is a hard thing to do. However, if you're doing something drastic enough like surgery to become healthier why would you want to put that in your lungs?

I am not preaching to you because I was a smoker. I just had to look at it as I want to be healthy. I didn't want to trade one thing for another. I just simply had to quit. I used the patch after a failed attempt of cold turkey. You're gonna have to dig deep to find that will.

I wish you the best of luck.

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Thank you very much for your replies.