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?

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

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

Post them! I wanna see!

Sleeve with bougie

Old stomach

Wow! Amazing! So glad you posted.!

That is amazing thank u for sharing

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

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

Sleeve with bougie

Sorry for not knowing but what's a bougie?

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing

Very cool, thanks for posting!

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.

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

Anybody pre sleeve should ask the surgeon. No harm in asking and they are pretty cool.