Are there others that smoke besides me? Dr Redan emailed me earlier & he
told me "As you already know......No smokers...Your risk of adhesions
returning is VERY High as this keeps oxygen from getting to the healing
post-surgical tissues and almost certainly will result in a recurrent
problem. Please try and quit ASAP." I have tried to quit several times
before. I have never been told to quit for surgery, although I have
been told to cut back as much as I could & take a breathing treatment
the night before & the morning before surgery. This is adding more
stress. Now I am much more scared & more frustrated. Now I will worry
about whether or not I will be able to quit. What If I can't, does that
mean I cant have surgery? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Robin