:crying: I AM SO ANGRY WITH MYSELF RIGHT NOW. PART OF MY PRE-OP WAS TO STOP SMOKING AND BLOW UP BALOONS. WELL I DID GOOD FOR 2 DAYS UNTILL MY IN-LAWS CAME, HAD HEART FAILURE, WENT INTO ICU (MOTHER-INLAW) AND MY OWN MOTHER IS HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AS WE SPEAK. NOTHING WAS GOING ON UNTILL I GOT ALL SCHED AND NOW I HAVE BEEN SMOKING 5 CIGS A DAY, AM I GOING TO BE IN REALLY BIG TROUBLE? I AM TRYING BUT THIS HOUSE OF TERROR IS KICKING ME HARD IN THE BUT SINCE IN-LAWS LIVE WITH AND MOTHER IS ACROSS THE STREET.

FRUSTRATED IN IDAHO, :cry_smile::confused_smile:

I'm sorry you having to deal with what you are going through right now. Make sure you are up front with your surgeon as he might need to postpone your surgery. My surgeon won't do the procedure until someone has stopped smoking for three months. Have you asked for a patch or pills to help you with the cravings?

:crying: I AM SO ANGRY WITH MYSELF RIGHT NOW. PART OF MY PRE-OP WAS TO STOP SMOKING AND BLOW UP BALOONS. WELL I DID GOOD FOR 2 DAYS UNTILL MY IN-LAWS CAME, HAD HEART FAILURE, WENT INTO ICU (MOTHER-INLAW) AND MY OWN MOTHER IS HAVE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AS WE SPEAK. NOTHING WAS GOING ON UNTILL I GOT ALL SCHED AND NOW I HAVE BEEN SMOKING 5 CIGS A DAY, AM I GOING TO BE IN REALLY BIG TROUBLE? I AM TRYING BUT THIS HOUSE OF TERROR IS KICKING ME HARD IN THE BUT SINCE IN-LAWS LIVE WITH AND MOTHER IS ACROSS THE STREET.

FRUSTRATED IN IDAHO, :cry_smile::confused_smile:

I HOPE THAT YOUR MOTHER(S) GETS BETTER.... SMOKING... I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD TO GIVE UP SMOKING WITH THE LAP BAND.... I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AS OF 6 HOURS AGO AND NEVER ONCE WAS SMOKING MENTIONED AS A MUST GIVE UP. OMG... I DON'T THINK I'M READY TO GIVE UP SMOKING AND BEER, SODA.

I'm guessing that giving up smoking pre-op is required because people who smoke do not heal as well -- and because of the difficulties with recovering from anesthesia.

I hope things work out for you, Mema. Sounds like such a stressful time for everyone there.

I'm guessing that giving up smoking pre-op is required because people who smoke do not heal as well -- and because of the difficulties with recovering from anesthesia.

I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I have a co-worker who smoked like a train.... it was so much that I could smell him in my office building even before I could see him. He had to go in for an operation and I was surprised to see him on the day he was supposed to be having it. He told me that one of his tests came back negative and it had been canceled. All I know is that whatever it was caused him to stop smoking cold turkey and he hasn't touched one since. It must've scared him quite badly. He did end up have a successful surgery.