sorry i couldnt copy and paste it but its on you tube done by dr alvarez it shows the new tummy. its so little. lol

Here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhZKJvR-ec&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Wow.

otr thanks buddy :wub:

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great video thanks for sharing!!!

i was curious to what my tummy looked like now

Here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhZKJvR-ec&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Wow

Mine leak test was like that only about 3 weeks postop. The surgeon let me see the whole thing and explained it all to me, just like in this video. I was so impressed that I didn't care that the stuff tasted awful and i took 2 extra sips just so I could see it again.

So when we overeat, our food gets backed up in the esophagus and that's why it hurts so much.

Great video!

Yeah I lived this lol. Were you guys asleep when you had your leak test.

Some surgeons don't do leak tests, some ppl here are still pre op. personally, not only did I live it, I was given a DVD of mine.

Great video!!!

I was in the ER over a week ago with a kidney stone and they did an abdominal x-ray and a CT of my abdomen and I kept asking the techs and docs if I could look at the films to see my sleeve! Nobody would let me. I think they thought I was joking. My doc didn't do a leak test so I wondered what it looked like!

Thanks for posting!!!

yea kaiser dont do a leak test

I loved that video! My surgeon gave me a snapshot photo album of the surgery except no photos of the staples or end result so I've been dying to know what my sleeve looks like. I wonder why they didn't let me watch the monitor as I was taking the leak test. That would have helped me realize how small the sleeve actually is! No wonder I eat like a bird!

I dont understand these surgeons who didn't do a leak test. I would be scared out of my mind to leave the hospital without one.

Mine didn't. He said he didn't particularly find them helpful. What might not be leaking at the moment the test is done, could leak afterwards.

It didn't bother me at all.

yea i have one of the top health plans kaiser and one of the best drs but it is better safe than sorry

Thanks for posting that. I'm pre-op and this is interesting to me. The stomach is much smaller than I expected!