So the journey of wls is a hard long one, and im wondering if anyone has the added pressure of having to stop smoking to?... i am not a smoker but after seeing a documentry last week, a girl had a bypass and tt and her wound never HEALED it kept opening up and this was all because she was a smoker, maybe if there s a few of you on here thats having to do wls and weightloss plus stop smoking could use this thread as encouragement!......
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smoking and wls...
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gaelic girl
Loving Being a Loser
Guilty as charged up until two weks before my surgery i was a 30 a day smoker and had been for years. I was told if i didn't give it up they might not do my surgery. I bought an electric cigarette and used it right up until the night before surgery. A year down the line i have never smoked again nor even used my electric cigarette. It wasn't easy but i'm so so glad i did it x
seawaves
New Member
I am a smoker have been for 24 yrs, since getting my funding i've stopped & started again, i'm now on day 8 of stopping again my surgery is in 6 wks time so i know that this time that is it i have 2 stop, my poor 13 yr daughter is going through hell a mum who is trying to maintain a weight loss & stop smoking this house is ugly at the minute but i just keep thinking of the outcome 
gaelic girl
Loving Being a Loser
I think what made it easier was the thought of not having my bypass and afterwards i didn't have the worry of substituting food for cigarettes x
gaelic girl
Loving Being a Loser
My family will very much agree with you Em i put them through hell lol their words not mine hee hee x
gaelic girl
Loving Being a Loser
Well done Dotty and Em stay strong you can def do it x
Well done Em, Allie and Jacqui... great to hear you kicked the habit.... although that is easy for me to say... having never smoked... I know how hard it is my parents were both chain smokers, but all five of my siblings have never smoked... we probably had no choice when we were youngsters...
Well done and keep going Em!
Did anyone see the girl on the tv on Monday night who went back to the PCT for funding to remove loose skin.
I missed a little bit of that programme and caught the end, something about the post op surgery not healing and there was some mention that she should not smoke...
Did anyone see what that was all about?
Thanks pals xxx
Well done and keep going Em!
Did anyone see the girl on the tv on Monday night who went back to the PCT for funding to remove loose skin.
I missed a little bit of that programme and caught the end, something about the post op surgery not healing and there was some mention that she should not smoke...
Did anyone see what that was all about?
Thanks pals xxx
dottychic
New Member
Yea I saw that Bev, the doctor wasnt best pleased with her as she kept on smoking. He said that the wound doesnt heal if you smoke. I think she had to go back and have it done twice after the original TT. He said she needed other surgery but he wouldnt do it unless she stopped smoking! x
