When I went into the OR I scooched over onto the opeating table myself, but post-op -- someone would have had to heave-ho me back onto the gurney. Oh goodness, the poor, poor person who had to do that...

You guyz are killing me. I am going to have nightmares now up til the day it is MY fat ass on the table.

maybe this will make everyone feel better

i work in a hospital and i have had to take care of obese patients. what we do (if we don't use the air mattress that susan mentioned) is put a slide board under you and 2 people push and the other two pull and honestly it really isn't that bad.

now what is really bad is people not cleaning out their belly buttons before surgery and the OR nurse has to Qtip dig and clean it out and believe me there are some funky things growing in there!! so my tip is don't worry about the heave hoein just make sure your button is clean.:glasses

oh jen, i never thought of that! i hope i didn't ruin anyones lunch! yuk, what a visual! Nurses are way underpaid. my best friend is a labor and delivery nurse and she literaly gets crapped on all the time!

Oh gosh I love threads like this. I rely on them for my daily dose of laughter!

Oh this is great! I'm glad I didn't think about it before Tuesday though. I didn't get any sedation before going into OR and I had to scoot over to the table myself. I have no idea how they got me into the bed in recovery, but I woke up in the OR after they were done and they were playing some great music....Ray Charles I think. The bed I had in recovery was moved right into the room, so I didn't have to move again. Now I'm laughing thinking about it all.

Ellen

I didn't think about it before or after, until now. I was on the gurney in the preop room, by the time they turned the first corner I was out, and I woke up in my bed in my room, so I missed it all. I wonder if they have a crane in there, LMAO, doing the visual here, OMG!

I was so proud of myself, too. I thought ahead - got a wax b/c I knew I wouldn't feel up to it after surgery. Shaved what should be shaved. Trimmed what should be trimmed. Never even once thought about some poor nurse having to play tug of war with my fat rolls to get me back on the gurney - not one damn time.

Just proves that no matter how hard you work to prepare, you'll always forget something.

Oy, the visual - ROTF - this is just too funny!