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Robotic Surgery?

While I thought I had everything to together, I was hit with some forms to sign at my pre-op labs yesterday and one of those forms was consenting to robotic surgery....as in a robot performing my surgery.

This doesn't sit me with me well. I mean, are most of them done this way now?

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    • 4MRB4PHOTO
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      It is being performed by a surgeon working with a surgical piece of machinery ("robot'); it is not an automated procedure.

    • DavidOso
      DavidOso

      DaVinci (the robot's name) did a wonderful job with my sleeve. Because of my high starting weight, my liver was larger than normal. Your liver needs to be moved aside (SUPER carefully) to get at your

    • Mzdiggs
      Mzdiggs

      My sleeve was done robotically and I have not had one issue post op. My daughter is a surg tech and explained it to me as the best and least invasive way to go. Sent from my iPhone using the Bari

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    I just want to say that this has been one of the hardest yet smartest decisions I've made in my entire life..its more than a notion for sure!

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    @suga 3 months after I got my sleeve, the ads didn't bother me anymore. I readjusted my entire diet and I think I have had fried food maybe 3 times in 13 months (unbreaded chicken wings) and haven't had any soda, diet or regular, since either and I used to drink a 2 liter per day.

    For the most part, the intense cravings for junk are gone. Hunger isn't, just the weird cravings.

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    I miss my sweets but not bad enough to eat them. I salivate when I see anything that looks like it could be sweet.

    Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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