Video of Lap Band Surgery

[BeacheeGirl 0]

Kind of graphic, but interesting! Click on Link to watch video: [ame=

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[BeacheeGirl 0]

Wow, I can see where the gas comes from now...

[Poodles 0]

Neat video. Now I know why my port side hurts so much. That was a huge instrument!

[BeacheeGirl 0]

I know, ha? Pretty educational though

[PhotoNut 7]

Woah!! I can handle operations on TV but this one got to me! *laughs*

Here is a longer video y'all might enjoy. It's an hour long but has a nice period of question and answers:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3190472028990485080&q=lap+band

[THEQUEEN 0]

THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS VIDEO I DID OK TILL ABOUT HALF WAY THRU THEN BAM!!! I WAS DOWN FOR THE COUNT LOL :faint:

[PhotoNut 7]

*laughs and holds smelling salts under THEQUEEN's nose*

I was ok until they were trying to push one of those ports through the stomach and then it finally gave way and went in. :faint:

[BeacheeGirl 0]

Yeah, I had to look away, yikes! You have to have a hell of a stomach to be a Dr. I'll say.

[imagine 3]

I started to watch this, but decided that it could freak me out too much. My surgery is in 3.5 weeks.

I already made the mistake of watching a show on The Discovery Channel about Lap Band surgery.

I will watch it when I am recovering, or maybe in a year or so.

[Constance 0]

I just backed out too! I really wanted to see it but I imagined my belly there on teh table and got all weak.

[PaulaA 0]

My surgery is July 5th, I started to watch, and tried to fast forward- but had to stop......eeek. Sometimes what you don't know-won't hurt ya~P

[Letty 0]

Is that what was done to me? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[bandayed 0]

OK, just tried to watch that, but the second the scalpel went puncturing through the skin I was DONE! Too early in the morning maybe??????? I never thought I was squeamish before, but maybe it's knowing that they did that to me eeeewwwwwwwww..........can't do it!

[pplqueen 0]

I was just banded yesterday. Ouch it is too soon to look at that. One year from now, I will look back and laugh.... not today.

[ericsmom 2]

My surgery is July 5th, I started to watch, and tried to fast forward- but had to stop......eeek. Sometimes what you don't know-won't hurt ya~P

I'm being banded the same day as you and I think you've got a point!! My curiosity is awful, but to actually see what you will be having done is maybe too much right now -