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YoColeFleet    246

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Ok, I've got to be honest here, I won't know if I don't ask. I use to smoke marajuana before surgery, I quit weeks before surgery and have not had it ever since. I just started smoking it about two years ago because of my gout and it gave me great relief, more than my meds. My question is, I will be 4 weeks out comes this Monday and I want to inhale so bad, but I'm scared it may do something to my recovery, but on the other hand because I've used it for healing in the past I want it. What are your honest opinion? If you are a smoker have you started back smoking again?

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Jeepchick42    193

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Honestly I wouldn't risk it. I used to smoke a while ago and quit smoking cigarettes two years ago. The chance of getting an ulcer isn't worth it to me. You don't know what's in it ( unless you grow it yourself) and I think I would just feel disappointed in myself that I did this amazing thing to get myself healthy just to screw it up doing something not so healthy. Jmo

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shawna29    60

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I say this with nothing but respect for you, but you've done so much to improve your health, please try to quit for good. Otherwise you may be trading one health problem for another.

HW: 370. CW:344. SD:8/21/13

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mcdoja    33

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My dr. Told me I could smoke pot about 4 weeks after surgery. Said I would not be at anymore risk. Of negative effects than someone who's never had the surgery, pot is only toxic to your lungs when smoked. The morphine, Percocet, and even acetometiphen you've taking are more toxic to your organs than pot. I've resumed pot. I am not a doctor or recommend any one else smoke the herb .

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mcdoja    33

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And by the way, I had gout too!!!!! That was worse than surgery, lol. Won't miss gout, already off my gout meds

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YoColeFleet    246

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My dr. Told me I could smoke pot about 4 weeks after surgery. Said I would not be at anymore risk. Of negative effects than someone who's never had the surgery' date=' pot is only toxic to your lungs when smoked. The morphine, Percocet, and even acetometiphen you've taking are more toxic to your organs than pot. I've resumed pot. I am not a doctor or recommend any one else smoke the herb .[/quote']

Did you have any complications after surgery and when was your surgery?

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YoColeFleet    246

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Honestly I wouldn't risk it. I used to smoke a while ago and quit smoking cigarettes two years ago. The chance of getting an ulcer isn't worth it to me. You don't know what's in it ( unless you grow it yourself) and I think I would just feel disappointed in myself that I did this amazing thing to get myself healthy just to screw it up doing something not so healthy. Jmo

Thanks for your opinion...

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YoColeFleet    246

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I say this with nothing but respect for you' date=' but you've done so much to improve your health, please try to quit for good. Otherwise you may be trading one health problem for another.

HW: 370. CW:344. SD:8/21/13[/quote']

I know right..

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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I'm smoking e-cig and I haven't stoped but no nicotine. I can also go hours with out so it's a mind thing.

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YoColeFleet    246

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I'm smoking e-cig and I haven't stoped but no nicotine. I can also go hours with out so it's a mind thing.

Thanks for your input...I need to get my parents to use e-cigarettes.

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deaddemmama    474

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Ok' date=' I've got to be honest here, I won't know if I don't ask. I use to smoke marajuana before surgery, I quit weeks before surgery and have not had it ever since. I just started smoking it about two years ago because of my gout and it gave me great relief, more than my meds. My question is, I will be 4 weeks out comes this Monday and I want to inhale so bad, but I'm scared it may do something to my recovery, but on the other hand because I've used it for healing in the past I want it. What are your honest opinion? If you are a smoker have you started back smoking again?[/quote']

I would eat it...better for pain...no nasty lung effects. Of course it might be hard to eat enough to be effective. Have you tried an aerator?

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YoColeFleet    246

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I would eat it...better for pain...no nasty lung effects. Of course it might be hard to eat enough to be effective. Have you tried an aerator?

I heard eating it is more potent, what's an aerator?

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deaddemmama    474

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I heard eating it is more potent' date=' what's an aerator?[/quote']

An aerator makes it a vapor and less harmful.

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deaddemmama    474

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An aerator makes it a vapor and less harmful.

Google marijuana vaporizer if you're in a medical marijuana state

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jerz    251

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Use a vaporizer or make edibles. sugar free type Cookies. I used to make edibles and it's more intense than smoking and less harmful to the body.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:275 SD:1/28/13

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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