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I am only a few days away from surgery so to fight my anxiety, I am doing research (some of it over and over again). I finally watched the actual surgery video on the MBC website. Great Googly Moos! I was holding my breath through the whole thing. No wonder we are so sore afterwards!

Has anyone else watched it? I was fascinated and grossed out all at once. For some reason I now really want a picture of what they take out of me. I keep imagining it is going to be HUGE and it will probably be the size of a golfball and completely overrated.

HDub

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It's bigger than a golf ball--I can't remember if it was here or on OH someone posted a picture of their removed stomach. It looked to me to be about the size of your two fists held side-by side...maybe a little longer.

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The things I obsess over! :blink:

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I'm an RN and watched the whole thing. It was one of the most straight forward procedures I have seen. Cut and dry...per say. Just focus on your health and good luck!

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My surgon gave me a DVD of my op! It was scary and rather gross! But the thing that scared me the most was the amount of fat clogging up my insides!

Keeps me strong when I want sine chocolate I tell ya! Lol

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I went to youtube and watched several different ones. I liked the ones that were narrated so you knew exactly what they were doing. I was mesmerized. I thought it was facinating.

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I'm a nurse and thought the vidoes of the surgery looked so sweet and simple. I guess it depends on your perspective. I only had post op pain for about 24 hours.

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