Happy Snaps From The Surgeon

[puppyphat 397]

My dr gave my 3 big a4 glossy prints of pictures he took while he was operating. The first was of my new stomach with the bougie still in, the second was of the part of my stomach he removed, that he had filled with saline to show me how big it was, and the third was of my new stomach all sewn nice and tight into its new home with surrounding tissue. He was really very proud as he was explaining them to me. I felt reassured that he took so much pride in his work that he wanted to share it with me.

I really liked the pics and have kept them. All the nurses had a look at them. Gave me a bit of an insight into how it all happens. It's not often I'm happy to have my photo taken, but these I didn't mind.

Anybody else got happy snaps after surgery?

[Nate 292]

Nope... woulda been cool if I had gotten some pics of my guts though! LOL

[traceyinflorida 499]

That is cool! However, I am quite happy not to see mine. I think it would freak me out. Ignorance is BLISS!

[Catracks 865]

Post them! I wanna see!

[puppyphat 397]

Sleeve with bougie

[puppyphat 397]

Old stomach

[jennrus 176]

Wow! Amazing! So glad you posted.!

[rybecca20 160]

That is amazing thank u for sharing

[jennrus 176]

Followed by: holy crap, your old stomach was bigger than i expected! Again i say, cool!

[puppyphat 397]

And I'm a low bmi. I was only 86kg at surgery. (multiply by 2.2 for lb)

[dobrien03 31]

Sleeve with bougie

Sorry for not knowing but what's a bougie?

[Justine13 264]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing

[Need-a-Sleeve 211]

Very cool, thanks for posting!

[puppyphat 397]

Sorry for not knowing but what's a bougie?

It's the tube they put in as a guide for the shape of the new stomach. They staple close to it then cut away the old stomach.

[scorpion509 107]

What I can tell..... THANK YOU for posting these pictures. I never even thought that my stomach can be so big and I am sure my is bigger because I am 124kg

I wonder if I can ask my surgeon to get me pictures like that