I was googling to see where exactly the incisions are for RNY-laparoscopic. Two things 1)googling such a thing isn't for the faint of heart, I saw some actual surgery pictures I wish I hadn't ???? 2) I see where the actual incisions are made and I am pleased because for some reason I thought they were much lower, towards the pelvic region.

I have an odd/kind of gross question though, figure here's as good of a place to ask!

The lowest incisions (towards your pelvic region) do they go straight through all of the belly fat? Or do they lift/prop/tape up the belly and incise under the fold?

When I had my last baby they had to tape up my belly for the surgery. *MORTIFYING!!!* because she was telling me what she was going to do and why "gotta tape this big blob o' fat up so we can get your baby out" of course it doesn't matter because I assume they will put me under, before positioning my body. But then again who knows?

Im starting to get jittery in case you can't tell

1/19/15 surgery date!

Edited December 29, 201411 yr by MamaTo3inNH

MamaTo3inNH,

It is cool. Even if a site has them, every surgeon doesn't use them. Most everyone getting these laparoscopic surgeries will have the 5 incisions in a circle. So glad not to that big one!

Omg! I just saw this ad... No thanks, I'll stick to human hands

My surgeon did my surgery with the Davinci robot. It isn't what you think - they don't turn a robot loose to operate on you - the surgeon still guides it by hand every step of the way, but he explained that it enables him to do more intricate things like actually doing tiny stitches internally instead of just staples.

@@ready2B,

Right, I've been looking a lot at it lately seems like a real surgical resource to surgeons allowing to do the micro stuff with a higher degree of accuracy overall on certain parts. Seems neat to me

The davinci robotic surgery is done by the doctor but is more accurate than his or her human hands. It's less invasive, less bleeding and quicker healing time. You can google it.

No thanks... All human hands, all the time

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/surgical-robot-scrutinized-fda-deaths-nightmares-article-1.1311447#bmb=1