Oh, and apparently it didn’t matter that I vape nic (and don’t smoke). Nic in ANY form inhibits bone fusion. It’s pretty much the only thing you’re supposed to avoid post surgery (except for lifting and bending, of course). Every website I looked at trying to see if there were any studies with contrary findings (couldn’t find any), all said to avoid nic.
I’m sure that many of you are thinking why didn’t she just quit? Many family and friends have asked me that and given me their (unsolicited) opinion that they can’t believe I was still vaping). Well, in my defense, there was no time to get nicotine out of my system before surgery (and as previously mentioned, nic has been in my system for around 30 years, except for 2 times when I tried to quit smoking. I have absolutely NO plans to ever quit vaping!)