Well as they say you can find out anything on the Internet. Watched a Sleeve surgery. WOW amazing. I am glad I watched 13 weeks post op. But again WOW amazing.

I appreciate even more my Surgeon and the Surgery itself. I am awed by such a Wonderful and Loving God that created me and watches over me. Truly humbled and grateful for the whole experience.

14 minutes ago, Ernie D said:

Well as they say you can find out anything on the Internet. Watched a Sleeve surgery. WOW amazing. I am glad I watched 13 weeks post op. But again WOW amazing.

I appreciate even more my Surgeon and the Surgery itself. I am awed by such a Wonderful and Loving God that created me and watches over me. Truly humbled and grateful for the whole experience.

I watched so many surgeries before each of mine... I was quite fascinated by the staple tool they use!

Well as they say you can find out anything on the Internet. Watched a Sleeve surgery. WOW amazing. I am glad I watched 13 weeks post op. But again WOW amazing.
I appreciate even more my Surgeon and the Surgery itself. I am awed by such a Wonderful and Loving God that created me and watches over me. Truly humbled and grateful for the whole experience.

I agree, I'm grateful

VSG2017 HW 249 SW 238 CW 167

57 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

I watched so many surgeries before each of mine... I was quite fascinated by the staple tool they use!

I've watched as many as I can find. The staple tool varies from surgeon to surgeon, some with the steri-tape, most without. Some surgeons suture along the staple line, some only in certain places, some not at all. It is amazing that all of that can be done from outside the body laparoscopically. My surgery will be open due to the four other abdominal surgeries I've had over the past 23 years. I will have to ask my surgeon if it is actually easier to do it open or laparoscopically. I know open takes longer because of the incision closure at the end.

Watched both varieties of surgery and they are fascinating. Since I will be having a RnY bypass I wanted to see how they were similar and how they differed. Your open will go just fine, every surgeon learns open before they learn laprascopic and both are done skillfully. I will pass on a bit of knowledge my Bari-bud Biddy from New Zealand told me. You will not be plagued with the ungodly gas the laprascopic have to expell. So while you are protecting your tender tummy from bumps--- you have a right to feel superior! Best wishes for a successful surgery and a good life afterwards.

12 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Watched both varieties of surgery and they are fascinating. Since I will be having a RnY bypass I wanted to see how they were similar and how they differed. Your open will go just fine, every surgeon learns open before they learn laprascopic and both are done skillfully. I will pass on a bit of knowledge my Bari-bud Biddy from New Zealand told me. You will not be plagued with the ungodly gas the laprascopic have to expell. So while you are protecting your tender tummy from bumps--- you have a right to feel superior! Best wishes for a successful surgery and a good life afterwards.

Oh, I'm not worried about it, I was just stating what's so. With the two, possibly three other procedures that will happen at the same time as my VSG, there is no way to perform it laparoscopically. Besides, there is something in the way, preventing the placement of one of the trocars in my lower right abdomen. I'll talk more about that in a couple of weeks, after I get a firm surgery date.

On 7/24/2018 at 10:39 AM, Matt Z said:

I watched so many surgeries before each of mine... I was quite fascinated by the staple tool they use!

I'm in nursing school and on my OR rotation before my surgery, I got to watch 2 sleeve surgeries. The staple tool is fascinating. It's amazing that it can cut and staple both sides at the same time. After the surgery, the surgeon opened up the stomach for the students to look at. Really cool seeing all the rugae inside.