I've had these pictures since my surgery on Oct. 7, 2013; I just never got around to posting them. Thought someone might like to see them. I asked Dr. Jeffrey Hannon if he would take a before and after of the stomach itself during surgery. He said, "Sure, I'll stick my iPhone in there and snap a couple!" Funny.

This is the stomach (the very large pink organ) as he found it at the beginning of the procedure.

This is the stomach after the procedure. Very small, makes sense that it will only hold a few ounces.

This is the portion of the stomach that has been cut out, waiting to be extracted through the belly button.

Dr. Hannon just laid it back over the area it had been in to give a sense of how much was being removed.

The yellowish tissue is fat. Yeah. Ugh.

Edited February 26, 201412 yr by Neal

I can see the small thumbnails in your post, but when trying to really view the pics [bigger] this BP system says I "don't have permission" to see that. [??] Do they have to be cleared by this board's moderators or something...?

I can't view them either other than the tiny icon

Crud. Give me a minute and let me see if I can figure this out. Thanks for letting me know. They open up to a large size for me.

Okay, I think it working now. Please try it again.

interesting! thanks for sharing

Worked for me. I think those photos are cool!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

What's scary is when you see how encroaching the fat is, it's a wonder our other organs even have room to function.

Wow, amazing pics. Thanks for sharing them!

WOW really puts it to light of what was and what is now. Really helped me. Thank you for posting these

I swear I asked my doctor to do the same thing and he wouldn't do it! I was just so curious to see the actual amount of stomach they'd be removing. Great pics - thanks!

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Cool

What's scary is when you see how encroaching the fat is, it's a wonder our other organs even have room to function.

Actually the fat you see is protection for your internal organs. It may lessen as you lose weight but there is always some in there, even on thin folks.

Pretty dang cool