Heart surgery & Vaping

[Coltin Stockton]

doctor told me that vaping is bad i havent vaped in a month to prep for open heart surgery....
i have had this problem all my life. i was wondeirng if you guys can help me figure out if i should vape cuz i havent done it for a month an i am ............ excuse my language but i cant stand not having to vape i need my pulmonary valve replaced would i be okay vaping before surgery????? i havent had a problem vaping before.........

 

[classwife]

I think that with a surgery as important as yours is you should do everything your doctor tells you to do.

 

[Hitmetwice]

I had a bud that went for heart surgery. Doc told him to stop smoking first. He didn't! He was on the table for a very long time as they had problems with bleeding. It made the heart surgery much more complicated, painful and risky.

I wouldn't chance it myself. The stakes are just too high imo. Cheers.

 

[sofarsogood]

Be fair. Nobody around here is qualified to touch that. There must be scholarly papers written about what to avoid before surgery and why. My bosses bosses boss had me front him some vape gear and zero nic liquid so he would have something to puff on because the doc said he better not test positive for nic. You're talking internal organs and the heart no less. Who knows what the doc is thinking about. He'll probably never stand still long enough to tell you. The doc wants you stupid healthy before he does this thing. May be just play along and eat some oatmeal. A rigidly healthy life, diet and all, is boring as hell unless you're training for the Olympics, which you sort of are.

 

[SteveS45]

No matter how safe I think vaping is you should listen to your doctors orders.

 

[bnrkwest]

Nicotine is the problem with surgery, so no Nic If you vape zero Nic it may not be a problem, but I am not a Dr, am an x-Ray tech So just my opinion.

 

[Baditude]

Nicotine is the problem with surgery, so no Nic If you vape zero Nic it may not be a problem, but I am not a Dr, am an x-Ray tech So just my opinion.

I agree with @bnrkwest. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning that it causes the tiny blood vessels to shrink in diameter and can cause a lack of oxygen to the tissues that they are meant to supply. The heart is full of capillaries, or tiny blood vessels. I'm not a doctor, either, I am a retired surgical physician's assistant (PA) and RN.

Do what your cardiac surgeon says. No smoking or vaping until you are well into your recovery phase. Once past that, the decision is basically up to you whether to start vaping again. If you have been able to be nicotine-free over that extended time, you may find that you don't have a physical/behavioral need anymore.

 

[Jdurand]

The badge on the guys chest has his name followed by MD, that's short for ME DOCTOR, so just do what he says.....this is open heart surgery we're talking about here.