Re: quitting smoking for surgery - Dan

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That's a tough situation. Only suggestion I can make is for you to

quit yourself, no sense in adding to the injury yourself. Then

perhaps you can voice your concerns to your parents " I'm trying to

quit and it would be helpful if you didn't smoke around me " or " I

don't really have a choice about breathing or not " , maybe leave the

room if they are smoking, or open a window for ventilation. You've

probably only got a few more years at home anyway.

Smoking is becoming a habit of a minority of our society, thankfully.

It's nice to be able to go into a public place and be able to sit

anywhere smoke-free. Hopefully it's coming soon to a city or town

near you. Our city went smoke-free last June, all the neighbouring

communities did so a year before that, so it's catching on.

> > > I'm having a hard time quitting cold turkey because i'm

> constantly

> > > thinking about the surgery and it's making me have one after

the

> > > other. I know i should quit cause it doesn't help me and that

my

> > > surgery is only 4 weeks away. I'm just worried i'll want to

have

> > one

> > > after the surgery because of all the pain but then again i'm

> hoping

> > > i'll be in enough pain to not even want one. I know NOT to

smoke

> > > right after the surgery because of the wounds healing.

Hopefully

> > > another plus that will come out of this is that i'll quit

> > forever,,,i

> > > hope. Anybody else been through this??

> > >

> > > lia