rocker":12ozkjhd said:
Have been smoking for 24 years so its going to be hard but I'll handle it.
Take it from someone who just had major surgery... You are making the best choice for your life!
I can't stress enough how many times I was asked about smoking when it came to putting me under for my operation (I don't smoke at all and only did socially about 12 years ago)
Smoking totaly incresses the risk for general anestiesia issues and complications with surgery as post op your lungs can become get filled up with fluid and turn to pneumonia (they actually have this brutal medical term for it all) from the gas they make you breathe which leaves all this black crap in your lungs that i was coughing up for days afterwards... They make you do all these lung exercises 10x and hour too to keep your lungs clear for days after surgery because of that gas... it's a serious thing man
All I know is being a non smoker made all the Doctors involed with my case feel much more postive about everything while i in the hospital.
G.