Hello everyone,

Today is the frist day that I have put down the smokes. I did this knowing I want this surgery so bad. I get to see mt doctor on july 22 but I need help cause I am getting pissed off cause I want to smoke so bad.

Congratulations on two excellent life choices! I cannot imagine how hard it is to give up smoking, and I applaud your commitment!

Get strength from others here who have gone through the same thing. You can do it!!!

You can do this! If possible, try to get on a nicotine replacement. I used the patch when I quit my pack a day habit about 3 years ago. Stay away from people that are smoking and chew mint gum or sip peppermint tea. The first few weeks are hardest, but it get easier over time. I hardly think about smoking anymore and I LOVED to smoke, so I know the pain you're in. Stick it out, you'll be glad you did.

Ask your doctor if s/he's okay with electronic cigarettes! I quit smoking using these, with my doctor's blessing ("vaped" in the hospital in my post-op recovery room) using liquid nicotine. Every doctor is different, but both my surgeon and PCP are quite happy with the switch. I'm 3.5 weeks post-op now and have had a textbook recovery, all while continuing my nicotine habit.

Hello everyone,

Today is the frist day that I have put down the smokes. I did this knowing I want this surgery so bad. I get to see mt doctor on july 22 but I need help cause I am getting pissed off cause I want to smoke so bad.

I quit snuff in 2006 by using both the nicoderm patch AND a prescription of wellbutrin (lower dose) to take the edge off the nicotine fits. It really did help and I haven't touched nicotine since.

Like JoiaRox above, I also switched over to an e-cigarette vape. However, I also took Chantix, since I didn't want to continue indefinitely on the vape. I showed the rechargeable, refillable vape to my surgeon & he was OK with it as a substitute. I didn't need to finish out the second (continuing) pack of Chantix for month 2, and I found myself needing/wanting the vape less and less. I continued to use it randomly for a few weeks, but ultimately stopped using it. Good luck to you!

Thank you everyone. I just bought the blu e cig so it should be here in a week but I got the one with no nicotine. So I ended up picking up a cig cause I have a very stressful job. So once my e cig comes in I cant wait until I can stop

Most gas stations, Wal-Mart, etc. all sell e-cigs (Blu and nJoy, to name a couple of brands) - go buy one now! No excuses!

I wish we could just snap our fingers and not smoke anymore. That would be awesome. But I know its going to be hard and im going to work on it. Thank you everyone

I kept peppermint and Hall's cough drops... Any time I had an urge I'd take a mint and if I was having a stressful moment I was take a cough drop... May sound weird but it worked for me.

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Yes I am going to after work. I have no more cigs. So I will pick up a small one until I get the one with not nicotine.

I know the feeling about smoking. What has helped me is the website whyquit.com. its free and very informative. When u feel the need to smoke just go to the site and read some of the testimonials. I hope this helps. Im stuggling with you. Just take it one day at a time.