Hi my name is Mike and my sleeve is on Feb 9th.... I start my pre-op liquid diet on the 26th... I googled my procedure looking for a place like this ... Imma go start reading posts now.... One question for any of you smokers out there... My surgeon hasn't told me when I should quit smoking pre-op ... Anyone know the time line on that? and im glad i found a site like this

Hi Mike-

Welcome to VST and the boards!!

Congratulations on your surgery Date- Feb.9th is my 1 year surgerversary!!!!

I'm a smoker tooo- my doc wouldn't do the surgery unless I was quit for a month. He gave me Chantix and it worked ( probably because I wanted the surgery so bad!! )

Unfortunatly- I went back to smoking.... but thats one of my goals for this year- be ready to put them down again. I did quit for 12 weeks.........

Good luck! And keep us posted on how things are going!

Good luck with your surgery Mike and welcome to VST. This is a great website to get information.

My Kaiser facility will not perform surgery on anyone that hasn't been quit for three months. They do testing before surgery.

You're supposed to quit 3 months before surgery for optimal results, so I guess.. better put the pack away now. He will be able to tell if you're still smoking from your oxygen rate of absorption, and some surgeons.. most.. will cancel the surgery if that number is not above 95.