The headline seems to be misleading.
Doctors want you to stop smoking before surgery so you don’t pop stitches.
My dad had heart valeant replacement in Feb 2014. His surgeon told him he would need to quit smoking before the surgery, because he could get an infection from popped stitches dye to coughing fits and die from it.
He didn’t listen and smoked up till the day of his surgery. The surgery was a success. But a few days later, after he was released, his lungs started clearing out which resulted in brutal coughing fits. He popped stitches and got an infection into his chest and into his heart. He was induced in a coma after it almost killed him. He got out of it but never recovered. He died thar November.
Take it from me. If a doctor is telling you to stop smoking before surgery, he’s not on a power trip.
ok that’s lung surgery!! This guy in the article is going in for surgery on his back!!
Thank you for that painful testimony. I fought for the “right” to smoke for 40 years until I got old and it caught up with me. For all those hard heads that won’t quit for themselves, consider quitting for your loved ones. They will suffer more than you.