Marijuana + surgery

On April 26th I'm getting surgery done. I've got a deviated septum that I need to get fixed. I wouldn't go into the hospital high or anything, but if I have some weed in my system would it be bad for me or fuck up the surgery or something?? Should I go 2 weeks without it just to be safe?

 

its recomended to not use marijuana within 72 hours of your surgery time. i smoked 2 days before my surgery on my knee and i turned out fine. you do need to tell your anesthesiologist if you smoke or use any other drugs. your anesthesiologist will need to know this so he can properly dose you. i told my anesthesiologist that i smoked "off the record." i don't know if your getting local or general anesthesia, but good luck with the surgery.

 

two weeks might be a bit extreme i think. mybe a couple days... thats what the doctors told my friend. I woudlnt worry about it being in your system and people finding out you smoke pot or something, because that is not what the doctors are there to do, and they probably dont even care anyway. goodluck with your surgery.

 

Thanks, guys ^.^

Thing is, if I tell the anesthesiologist, what if he tells my mom? Do you think he/she would do that??

 

i believe its confidential, so i dont' think he can tell your parents. when my anesthesiologist asked, i was hesitant at first, then he gave me a spare paper to write on. so i just wrote it down on the paper and my parents never found out. my parents found out that i smoked by way of seeing a picture of me smoking. but i belive its confidential, just like whatever you say to your doctor is confidential unless you want it to be known to your parents.

 

my anesthesiologist didnt ask me shit no one at the hostpital did but for some reason my eye doctor did he said he that i had to fill it out properly i lied why the fuck does my eye doctor need to know i do drugs

 

H.I.P.A.A

I'm pretty sure it's federal but basically any of your medical history is protected and is private.

 

it's all good man dont worry about it

 

How would pot effect your surgery in any way? I cant think of anything. But I guess Im not a doctor.

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Trust me, if it was a factor they would DEFINETLY tell you. They have to assume some of the patients that walk through there doors smoke pot.

 

its not necessarily just pot the anesthesiologist is worried about. the anesthesiologist should ask about alcohol use, and other drug use that could cause your brain to resist the anesthesia. these questions should come up during your pre-surgery survery with the anesthesiologist. also, questions about herbal supplements, life style, eating habits, medical history and some other things. you have to be truthful or else the anesthesiologist might not dose you correctly and you might end up being aware of surgery taking place, but not being able to move. while your in surgery, you are being continously given anesthesia. the anesthesiologist is in charge of all your vital signs, blood pressure, etc. so having something in your body that might lower blood pressure is something the anesthesiologist needs to know.

 

hah, stoners are so amusing, shame i used to be the same way.

but to answer your question, the doctor wont give a shit about you. doctors have seen everything, they do it everyday. fireice is right with hippa, patients have many privacy rights. trust me, i know lots about patient rights....

so communication wise, youll be fine. but i suggest you as well as everyone else on this fucking site, quit while there ahead. theres no such thing as moderation. i hope you all quit early, because it is truely surreal, when you finally realize the truth, instead of your ignorance and illusions. back when i wss the same way, i thought everything else was ignorant. oh, the government lies about everything, weed is fine. but its not. the reason why all of you stoners believe its fine is because you cant do something wrong, in your mind. you become ignorant, to justify your actions. just as a serial killer feels no shame because they feel they did nothing wrong. thats what people do. they justify their fucking mistakes.

so hope you all change your minds so you dont end up like me. im 15 years old, ive been in a mental hospita twice, im on more medications than i can name to control my suicide because of my guilt over a felony that i committed so i could make some money and buy some dope.

if you need drugs to make you happy, then you are truely a waste of a human life.

but go ahead. rant out. be ignorant. justify your bullshit actions. but when you eventually end up like me, ill laugh at you, just as others did to me.

 

Lets see. Im 17. I get straight A's. I have a job. I spend my money conservatively. And have been nowhere near a mental hospital. Ive been smoking pot for 5 1/2 years. Theres nothing wrong with me, and I dont think Im ignorant. Your problems are your problems.

Funny how something that started with privacy rights and anestesialogists ends up to "your ignorant and your stupid!" Funny!

 

basically heartsnotfarts is pissed off that he is getting charged with a felony. he then "thought" he was depressed so went on medication and went to a mental hospital just to get attention cuz his parents were being dicks to him. he now feels that marijuana the so called gateway drug has fucked up his life, it wasn't the drug it was his stupidy in making the counterfiet money which got him his court hearing. dont worry hes just a little baby

as well i have a job, have lots of money (which im not paying him back any), have a 3.0 gpa and im doing just great!

 

all I know is I got high before I got NO'sed up at the dentist once and I just have to say tell them your nose is clogged and SHIZAAAAAM! it was awesome!

 

Yeah... I wasn't looking for an anti-drug rant. Thanks and all, but just because your life got messed up doesn't mean anyone else's will. You're suicidal and you're on lots of medications... so maybe.. just maybe that had something to do with your being in a mental institution and being arrested and all that.

Like the others who have said similar things, I am 17. I have a job. I make a decent amount of money. I don't spend it all on drugs. I have a 3.2 average in school. I've been smoking for 4 years.

I know the harmful effects of marijuana. I think most people that smoke it know of the effects. Just because when you smoked you were stupid and thought that it had no bad effects doesn't make all people who smoke pot as stupid as you.

 

What kind of idiot counterfeits money. Serves you right for being such a dumbass. Lemme guess, you photocopied it? Sounds like something a stupid 13 year old would do.

 

ya thats basically what the dipshit did, now he blames all his problems on me for letting him smoke with me once.

 

april 26 1992, there was a riot on the streets tell me where were you.......

 

I knew that kid had some bullshit reason to be angry at pot. Are you telling me that he went to a mental hospital because of weed? Did he at least do some harder drugs?

 

neither,

attempted suicide