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Today i got a call form my surgeon and told me he wants to do my surgery on march 11 and told me too start today my liquid diet so today i went to buy my shakes and i got slim fast advance 20 g i dont know if thats the right one or its the original?

My nurse called me that my surgery date is on march 21 !!!! Im so excited and nervous at the same time! I start my liquid diet on the 7 and on the 8 i see my surgeon , what should i expect on the visit ? Is there anything i should be aware of before going to the appointment?

So today they called me and told me that they already got my results for my nicotine test and they were negative , so my navigator told me that she was going to send everything to the nurse and that the nurse was going to call me to get my sergery date!! How many days does it take ir whats next? I have gone to pre surgery class and everything i was only pending the nicotine test

You can do it try doing things when you want a cigarette like try chewing gum or something !! I really try my self so hard and now im 3 weeks with out smoking you can do it too!

So on tuesday of next week i will be 3 weeks with out any nicotine substance, will it be long enough to pass my nicotine blood test? I was a moderate smoker before but quit cold turkey on the 22 of jan !

Did you pass the test?

On 1/23/2019 at 9:33 AM, insta_adventurer said:

I had a urine test... and self tested at home to be sure I’d pass. It took about 8 days to pass the home tests and when I had the in office test, I hadn’t used NRT for about 15 days. You can buy the home tests on Amazon for like 5 bucks.

To be fair, I was using NRTs like e cigarettes and hadn’t had a real cigarette in about 7 months when all this occurred... to be fair, I was heavily using the NRTs when I had to stop, so that could be why it took 8 days to get out of my urine.

I thought most programs used the urine test due to cost and that it could detect cotinine (metabolite of nicotine) for longer periods?

At any rate, good luck! Quitting smoking was brutal but absolutely the best thing I ever did for myself health-wise.

I tested my self and it came negative on the urine test but im not sure if its the same as a blood test the results

8 hours ago, lifeasfaith said:

If they are just doing a simple blood test I'd wait one week while hydrating the heck outta myself.... Take the test and pray to the powers that be!!!!

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Do you know if they test nicotine for the last three months or its resent? Or how that works

Thanks so much and yes im drinking ginger tea hope that works and im willing now quit smoking not for this surgery but for life time ! Once again thanks

5 hours ago, lifeasfaith said:

The surgeon uses a "quantitative" test. It doesn't test nicotine in the blood (which can disappear in a few days) . Quantitative testing tests nicotine levels in the body and can tell if you had any nicotine in the last 3 months. Most surgeons require you to be smoke free for about 4 months prior to surgery. It's for this reason they use the quantitative test prior to testing. That's why if the if the surgery is important you NEED to remain smoke free. Not a cigarette here and there. Just remind yourself.... Everytime you light up.... It starts your 4 months OVER. IF I were you I'd take the test and be done with it. Maybe done with it. Maybe you'll get lucky but as a nurse I'm going to say I highly doubtful it. 4 months will go by quickly. Just keep reminding yourself when your tempted to light up.... What do you want be more? The cigarette or the surgery? This time it was cigarette.

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They just told my that my insurance is the one who is requiring so i can get approved well i just hope i will come out clean thanks so much

6 minutes ago, Sigi42 said:

For an infrequent smoker, 10 days would be a safe window for a blood test (usually). For a urine test, after about 4 days. Saliva tests are after about 4 days as well. The thing is, it depends on frequency over a long term, so it's probably best to plan for the worst.

There's an article on WebMD that breaks it down more, just search "nicotine testing".

Thanks so much i went to my family doctor and ask him about this he said for me to wait a week or 2 to the test hopefully i will pass

Hi everyone! Im a month and helf way to my surgery and yesterday my navigator called and told me that i needed one more test and is nicotine , i dont know if im going to pass it i been smoking im not a person that smokes half or one box a day I literally smoke from two or 3 cigarettes one day and like two or three day without smoking or one cigarette and the other one day same , if i do the test would it come to positive? Its blood test, or should i wait a week not smoking at all and do it please help im trying my best now not to smoke this surgery is so important to me