Hello, It’s been a week since i went through a gastric sleeve surgery and I use cannabis oils to help with other health issues, however, sometimes friends come over and i would end up vaping a little bit and now idk if its safe to vape after the surgery.

Do you get the munchies after you vape? That would be one risk. Overall, I would avoid it. Your body has undergone significant trauma. Give it time to heal.

12 minutes ago, losinglosinglosing said:

Do you get the munchies after you vape? That would be one risk. Overall, I would avoid it. Your body has undergone significant trauma. Give it time to heal.

I do get the munchies but i don’t eat

If you can, hold off a bit- vaping and smoking are extremely dangerous to your respiratory/circulatory system, and could cause healing delays so soon out of surgery. All of my paperwork said no to both before and well after surgery.

I opted for Gastric Bypass surgery, knowing it's not recommended to "consume tobacco" ever again. But cannabis is not tobacco, And vaping is not smoking.

3 months post-op I vape 0mg nicotine and I also have a CBD/THC vape pen for when I experience any pain or nausea. It's medicinal. No one can convince me otherwise.

This podcast addresses OP questions.

I enjoy smoking weed, I waited twoish weeks before I took a hit. It was small one tho because I was worried about coughing. All is well on my end.

As a mom to a son who was hospitalized due to vaping lung injury- i will respectfully disagree that vaping is safer— but i do agree that THC is medicinal, but would still say consider letting your body heal a bit. My earlier comment was not said in judgement, just consideration of healing process. Edibles may be the route to go earlier on. I’d also encourage discussion with doctors- they can advise you best based on your situation.

28 minutes ago, Sigh said:

As a mom to a son who was hospitalized due to vaping lung injury-

I'm really sorry to hear that. I'm curious to know if he was part of the 2019 EVALI outbreak? The CDC has since confirmed that the majority of lung injuries and deaths were caused by users vaping illicit THC cartridges that were mixed with Vitamin E oil.

I'm assuming there are still black-market cartridges being sold somewhere out there. I just had this conversation with a family member yesterday. Not to buy from an unknown source. Mine was purchased at a licensed dispensary in Denver.

Thanks for the kindness- no he was not part of that cycle- and his issues came from ordinary vaping of tobacco, just in the past year.

I see it's been a while since this was discussed, but I’d love to hear how things have been going for those who tried it. Did you notice any changes in appetite or weight loss progress? Also, for anyone who's used edibles or tinctures, how did you find the right dosage after surgery? I'm curious about any adjustments you had to make compared to before.

Edibles hit way harder after surgery, at least for me. I used to handle a 10mg gummy easily, but after my procedure, even 5mg felt super intense. If you're thinking about weed pens, they might be a safer starting point since you can take small puffs and control how much you’re getting. Smoking anything can be harsh on healing tissues, though, so maybe try lower-temp vapes instead of higher-heat ones.

Edited March 20, 20251 yr by Schrouppy

For some… cami is hyperemisis syndrome can be problematic as well. Also during your first few weeks… there is a lot of mental health triggering with coming off your food addiction, from conversion to new addictions, hormonal changes, poorly studied effects on gastric motility and canibus mixed with a kinda ridiculously large surgery, and taking what is considered a depressant and appetite stimulant…cannibus is great for many folks and diseases I am sure, but… until we know more of what we are doing….it’s not a great idea. Sorry. For some it may be great, but it’s another bump in the road and we’re not sure about the car during the first few weeks.