Hi all,

I just wondered if anyone else has had the same experience I had..

I had my surgery on Nov 5th (I'm from the UK). I didn't go through the NHS, I took out a loan to go private.

The day after my surgery my surgeon came in to check in and after a couple of questions he handed me a DVD and said "here you go, this is your surgery". I was still a bit groggy so I took it and said thanks and put it in my bag. I haven't really thought about it until this evening when I was shredding paperwork and found it hidden in a newspaper I must have had while I was there. It has my name on it. A couple others from the same surgeon have also received their own surgery DVDs also.

Has anyone else been given this? I haven't watched it, I really have no intention of watching it. Why would I want to watch surgeons cutting me open and putting tubes and equipment in me!

It's just so bizarre. I admit there's a teeny weeny part of me that's curious I suppose... but would you guys watch it if you have one? Or were given one?

I suppose it would come in handy if I ever needed an alibi for that day!

Edited December 5, 20169 yr by tapgirl

ooohh, that is the equivalent of a big red button waiting to be pushed or a mystery box just sitting there waiting to be opened. i wouldn't be able to resist.

Ohhhhhh I want one!!

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I would have loved to see my surgery. I am weird though. What do I know?

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that would be sooooo cool! i asked my surgeon if he would take a pic of my stomach once he removed it. he said yes! LOL

I am hoping my surgeon has something cool like that for me at my post op visit.

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Watch it!

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Oooo how cool!! I hope i get one!!

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I would have LOVED to have received a DVD of my surgery! :-)

My surgeon offers to put your surgery on a thumb drive if you bring one. I'm totally showing my surgery at the next family gathering. Bwahahaha...ahem.

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I think that would be cool!

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I would love to see a picture of my stomach out (why didn't I think of asking??!!) but I would never watch my surgery. I think it makes recovery easier being able to tell myself it wasn't that big of deal...seeing it might make me hurt all over again!!

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I would want one too... I am hoping my surgeon has something like that available when its my time for surgery!

I am about to head into my first post op appt...i plan to ask for a picture!

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Seems like it's not all that common! But by all means if you're pre op ask away to see whether it's something they would do perhaps one day I'll buckle up and watch it, I'll let you know how gruesome it actually is! X

Ok. So I wasn't given a choice. As soon as I sat down to wait for the doctor, the MA slapped down a before, during, and after picture. My stomach looked like a chicken cutlet. I love the way my surgeron talked about it, during my surgery she had surgical interns and one was brand new and when she pulled the excess stomach out, he said "wow, now how is she going to even eat?" She told him that he could come ask me that when I got out of surgery. Aparently my response was "the same way as you, I open my mouth and the food goes in, i chew, and then I swallow, it might take longer than you, but I got this, now give me some ice chips."

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