Been vaping for about almost 3 months gave up the analogs YEAH. well I might be needing some surgery in the future and the doc. is very strict and won't do surgery If i have nicotene in my blood.I vape about 18mg what can I do . do I need to vape 0 mg. just before surgery and for how long before. I understand your not doctors but any advice would help
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I may be wrong but I think that nicotine is out of your body in about 3 days if that helps..
I agree, I think if you vape 0mg for 3 days prior to surgery and drink lots of fluids to flush the nicotine out of your system you will be fine! Might want to get a pack of 11mg, 8mg, 4mg, then a few packs of 0mg. Vape the 11 for a few days, the 8 for a few, the 4 a few then stick to 0's for 3 days prior to surgery and you should be fine.
Yeah cut yourself down to zero...drink lots of water....I would say start zero 5-6 days before your surgery just to be safe it's all out since vaping absorption is probably diff than smoking nicotine absorption. Do some exercise too to fight off any type of psychological withdrawal!
That is an odd request....I have never heard of not doing surg with nicotine in the system.....I know there are a few surgs that require no "smoking" before hand, but that really has more to do with the smoke and carbon monoxide in the system, not the nicotine....and that is due to the O2 receptors on the blood cells being blocked........but.....I'll give another +1 to JenJen's recommendations
Just to play the devil's advocate here, Why not be totally on the safe side here and Not even use an E-cig? I was under the assumption that all E-Cigs had Nicotine products in them to some degree. Then I was reading on V4L's web site about the Nobacco Juices that I have been using ever since I got my kit. This is what I read:
Your Doctor has made a specific Request or better yet Requirement. He must have a Good Reason to say what he did. So, if it was me, I think I would follow his judgement! I know it would pretty much kill me to not be able to get my little fix that vaping gives me, but if it came down to maybe saving my life I bet I would be glad! You can always start vaping after the surgery is completed!
I never have been very smart about following doctors orders when it came to quitting smoking, but the older I get, the more I am seeing the damage I did to myself and the more I want to protect the health that I have. So, I'm not really the person to be preaching! I just wanted to present another side to the debate.
GPR
posted while vaping my Spearmint Nobacco with the help of my PT.
Your Doctor has made a specific Request or better yet Requirement. He must have a Good Reason to say what he did. So, if it was me, I think I would follow his judgement! I know it would pretty much kill me to not be able to get my little fix that vaping gives me, but if it came down to maybe saving my life I bet I would be glad! You can always start vaping after the surgery is completed!
I never have been very smart about following doctors orders when it came to quitting smoking, but the older I get, the more I am seeing the damage I did to myself and the more I want to protect the health that I have. So, I'm not really the person to be preaching! I just wanted to present another side to the debate.
GPR
posted while vaping my Spearmint Nobacco with the help of my PT.
GPR...the 0mg has NO nicotine....just vg/pg and flavoring.
Now...here is where I am questioning his request...there is nicotine in some foods as well....did he give a list as to which foods to avoid so there is ABSOLUTELY NO nicotine in the system.
Was thinking the same thing Ms. Keelalagirl, no tomatoes, potatoes, egg plant, list goes on...
THanks for all the replies. To get a little personal here the surgery would be for weight loss maybe gastric bypass or lapband surgeries. well everything I've read to learn everything about these two is you can't be a smoker well I'm glad to say I'm no longer a smoker but they say some docs will do a nicotene test to prove it .
Yep. GPR, you put waaaaay too much trust in doctors' actual scientific knowledge and wisdom. This surgeon is basically just being an anti-smoker nazi, who doesn't trust or want to deal with "smoker" patients even if they're using BigPharma nic replacements.
His bible is the JAMA rag, and his kind are Legion.
Ms. Brklyncat that's a lie, my mother in law had the same surgery and she still smokes...
Again, yep.
The problem is, Bklyncat is basically a hostage of this doc (if she really wants this surgery), and his attitude is becoming increasingly prevalent among physicians (especially surgeons, for now). Heck, at Kansas University Medical Center they run TV ads actually bragging about how they refuse to treat smokers (i.e., do back surgery) unless they first quit.
"Are you in crippling pain? Aww. But you still smoke or 'use' nicotine? Tough cookies."
Bastiges.
Bklyncat, I have no advice about your current "doctor" dilema ....(maybe a second opinion?) .... but a dear friend of mine had the lapband, and lost 80 pounds. It really is a life-style change ... and it sounds like, with your giving up the analogs, you are on the right track! Yay you!
It really is a life-style change ... and it sounds like, with your giving up the analogs, you are on the right track! Yay you!
There are other tests they can run to show you are not smoking....it doesn't have to be the nicotine test I had a feeling it was smoking related and not so much nicotine use.....I have always been of mind that...docs....ALL docs are employed by me...I pay THEM to do a service FOR ME....if they don't want my business, there is another doc that will be more than happy to take my money!
I had a feeling it was smoking related and not so much nicotine use.....I have always been of mind that...docs....ALL docs are employed by me...I pay THEM to do a service FOR ME....if they don't want my business, there is another doc that will be more than happy to take my money!
There are other tests they can run to show you are not smoking....it doesn't have to be the nicotine test
I like that statement keelalagirl, great way to look at things.
Aren't doctors supposed to treat all patients fairly and just? I understand the risks associated with smoking however can they tell us what to or not to do? Isn't it their profession to help us save our lives?
I'm sure this doc would be more than happy to prescribe chantix or any of the other 'sciption poison the fda advocates!
Ask him Brklyn if you could use nicorette gum so you won't be tempted to smoke and see what he says about that nicotine
And good luck on your surgery, hope it goes great!
Ask him Brklyn if you could use nicorette gum so you won't be tempted to smoke and see what he says about that nicotine
And good luck on your surgery, hope it goes great!
Does the doctor know the nicotine is from an e cig and not smoking? To me it seems they just want you to stop "smoking".
Like above stated someone will take your money if this one does not want to.
Not knowing what the surgery is for only from your discription which I am assuming is for loosing weight....there are other ways to loose weight then to go that drastic route (not knowing the details behind the surgery).
If it were me, I would decide how bad I wanted the surgery (if its a choice) to loose weight. If I decided on the surgery and decided to go to this doctor, and this doctor said no nicotine even from e-cigs, my decision would out weigh my want to use e cigs and I would have to quit 'till surgery is over.
If my desire to use e-cigs was so great and it was a choice to get the surgery to loose weight, I would continue to use e-cigs and go about loosing weight in another way (if it were possible with not knowing the details) where I could vape 'till my heart was content.
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Like above stated someone will take your money if this one does not want to.
Not knowing what the surgery is for only from your discription which I am assuming is for loosing weight....there are other ways to loose weight then to go that drastic route (not knowing the details behind the surgery).
If it were me, I would decide how bad I wanted the surgery (if its a choice) to loose weight. If I decided on the surgery and decided to go to this doctor, and this doctor said no nicotine even from e-cigs, my decision would out weigh my want to use e cigs and I would have to quit 'till surgery is over.
If my desire to use e-cigs was so great and it was a choice to get the surgery to loose weight, I would continue to use e-cigs and go about loosing weight in another way (if it were possible with not knowing the details) where I could vape 'till my heart was content.
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I love ya Chester but please, it's 'lose' not 'loose'! Sorry, just one of my many word hangups, but that particular word is at the top of my list
Lose, to lose something.
Loose, this knot is loose.
I read these words every day and it make me nutz ( i know that nutz isn't a word but it's a good non-word )
Lose, to lose something.
Loose, this knot is loose.
I read these words every day and it make me nutz ( i know that nutz isn't a word but it's a good non-word )
I love ya Chester but please, it's 'lose' not 'loose'! Sorry, just one of my many word hangups, but that particular word is at the top of my list
Lose, to lose something.
Loose, this knot is loose.
I read these words every day and it make me nutz ( i know that nutz isn't a word but it's a good non-word )
My wife does that to me. I mess up on alot of words like that when I type too fast. There/their patients/patience etc. there was one more I can not remember. I need to have my wife over my shoulder watching me type
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