ISleevedIt 380 Posted March 15, 2013 My doctor gave me a report with a summary of the procedure done. It's interesting read. He used a 38 bougie. It looks like 'no obvious retained fundus' which is good since I understand the fundus part of the stomach produces 70% of the ghrelin (hunger) hormone. He also did 'a single stitch was used to bring the epiploic arcade back up the side wall of the antrum in order to prevent twisting" but the best part of the report is "Final sponge and instrument counts were correct." Attached is also a report to pathology. They removed 21 x 4 x up to 2.5 cm of my stomach. I wonder if it's considered normal size for a 5'3" person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicki0618 123 Posted March 15, 2013 It's funny you posted this. I was just telling my husband I wish I knew if my stomach was a "normal" size or bigger. And I sorta want to see a picture of it....is that weird?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SerendipityHappens 1,594 Posted March 15, 2013 My doc said my stomach size was on the high end of normal. Stomachs are actually surprisingly huge! one of the other patients had someone take pics during his surgery and it showed them pulling out the stomach! OMG ginormous! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms.AntiBand 2,984 Posted March 15, 2013 A lot of us MX patients took home packets that included an image of our removed stomach and DVD of surgery. I haven't viewed mine and can't even remember where I put it. I've seen others and it's pretty interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NtvTxn 1,262 Posted March 15, 2013 My doctor gave me a report with a summary of the procedure done. It's interesting read. He used a 38 bougie. It looks like 'no obvious retained fundus' which is good since I understand the fundus part of the stomach produces 70% of the ghrelin (hunger) hormone. He also did 'a single stitch was used to bring the epiploic arcade back up the side wall of the antrum in order to prevent twisting" but the best part of the report is "Final sponge and instrument counts were correct." Attached is also a report to pathology. They removed 21 x 4 x up to 2.5 cm of my stomach. I wonder if it's considered normal size for a 5'3" person. I think are left with a normal sized tummy for a field mouse!!! LoL I love, love, love it!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ISleevedIt 380 Posted March 15, 2013 It's funny you posted this. I was just telling my husband I wish I knew if my stomach was a "normal" size or bigger. And I sorta want to see a picture of it....is that weird?? I wanted a pic of my stomach also. the dr said he had it in his file and would see about getting me a copy...lol I wanted the actual stomach in a jar but he said it had to go to pathology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
