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I'm making this process longer...ugh

I keep picking up these darn cigarettes. My surgery will not be scheduled until I am smoke free for 8 weeks.

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    • KaraBoo
      KaraBoo

      For me, they'll know because they check blood levels the morning of surgery.... Any nicotine or it's metabolites = surgery cancelled

    • Lov3ly773
      Lov3ly773

      A blood test can detect nicotine. the test will detect traces of nicotine only after 24 to 72 hours. This is because nicotine is metabolized so quickly in the body. By the time the nicotine the surger

    • cindymg
      cindymg

      You know, when you get lung cancer you will lose weight really fast! My three-pack-a-day stepfather lost nearly 200 lbs in the 3 months from the time they discovered the lung cancer to the day he die

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    I hate to give this advice but....my co-worker smokes and she had surgery in July. She didn't quit. Instead, she went to some herbalist and they gave her something to flush her system and when she went to get her blood work done she was clean. If you have a herbalist store near you, you may want to check with them.

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    I don't smoke, but my surgeon required a nicotine test as part if my preop blood work. So, keep in mind if you smoke then can check by doing that test.

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