Today I do my pre op tesing. I'm in the final stretch now. Survey scheduled for Oct 16th. I slipped and started smoking again for a couple weeks but stopped last week. Pray I pass the nicotine test. Stressed about the 7 day liquid diet before surgery. I keep telling myself "you got this." Just wanting it done already!

12 minutes ago, Jakesoldlady said:

Today I do my pre op tesing. I'm in the final stretch now. Survey scheduled for Oct 16th. I slipped and started smoking again for a couple weeks but stopped last week. Pray I pass the nicotine test. Stressed about the 7 day liquid diet before surgery. I keep telling myself "you got this." Just wanting it done already!

Do you know what nicotine test are they going to do? Some are pretty sensitive.

No. About to find out though...lol

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If they find nicotine in your system, have a pack of these in your purse and tell them you chew one of these when you get an urge to smoke. It slipped your mind that this gum might cause you to show positive for nicotine.

As long as you haven’t smoked for 8 days- you should be fine. I was worried about testing positive due to vaping and bought home test strips to be extra certain I wouldn’t test positive after switching to 0 nic juice. It took about 8 days for me to test negative on the home test strips.

2 hours ago, Ed_NW said:

If they find nicotine in your system, have a pack of these in your purse and tell them you chew one of these when you get an urge to smoke. It slipped your mind that this gum might cause you to show positive for nicotine.

Cheat codes: accepted

What all is done during the Pre OP testing appt? I was told it was scheduled, but was not told what it entail.

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blood work , type and crossmatch, didn't believe I'm A Rh negative so knock yourself out!, temp ,BP ,pulse ox and XRay. And I got a last minute lecture to stay healthy. Finally an internal medicine resident went down each and every blood system to make sure I hadn't hide any weird abnormalities. Should have told her my right Big Toenail doesn't grow, too bad Dr RushI Patel, you missed something!

Well I panicked for nothing. They didn't even test me for nicotine. I don't know why. When I asked about it she said if they tested me it would have been a urine test. They only took blood. (Could possibly test me say of surgery) After the pre op testing I had a class about the surgery then I seen another nurse who said my blood results all came back good. Still waiting on the B1 level. So next step is to get through the 7 days of liquid diet. I start that on the 9th.

And @ Jakesoldlady I predict future success for you. Much as we all HATE and complain about prediets they do serve a purpose. So your prepwill be over and you'll be heading to surgery. And on the sidelines will me and a thousand Bari-Pals cheering you on. YOU CAN DO THIS!

And @ Jakesoldlady I predict future success for you. Much as we all HATE and complain about prediets they do serve a purpose. So your prepwill be over and you'll be heading to surgery. And on the sidelines will me and a thousand Bari-Pals cheering you on. YOU CAN DO THIS!

That's awesome TY

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