Hey Guys Just a Quick Question

Good luck to you two!    As for the shaving, leave it to them - maybe you'll get lucky and have a pretty, hot nurse instead of a hard-ankle powerlifting orderly do it!

I'd let the professionals shave your chest. They'll only shave what needs to be shaved and leave the rest. You might consider shaving your pubes though. Just to fly yo freak flag  for the nurses and  ****

Good luck with the surgeries today!!!! Yeah they will shave your chest and stomach area where they will be working.  I still have a couple stubble patches from where they shaved me. Best wishes, and start that walking asap. Scott

They do that for you when you are out.   At least that's what they did for me.  They shaved the area and slobbered that antisceptic goo that took weeks to come off. 

Believe me, the surgical staff will shave it before the operation.  They'll shave it even if you've shaved it yourself! Immediately post-op I had a bald Buddha-belly from below my moobs to just below my belly button, but was unshaven above and below.  I was surprised at how fast all my chest and stomach hair grew back--by the time 8 weeks had passed I could hardly tell that I'd been shaven and the lap port sites were just collections of little red dots hidden beneath the regrown hair The itching was surprisingly minor for me. /Steve

First off, congrats on tomorrow's surgery!  C'mon back when you can get to your computer - always room for more here on the loser's bench! Second, don't assume you'll need to be shaved.  I did, and I almost shaved myself the night before.  At the last minute, I just decided to let them do what they're paid to do. When I first got to take a look at my belly post-op, I was checking the ol' scar, to see if my surgeon had had to do a last-minute switch from lap RNY to open.  Not only did I discover she hadn't, but was surprised to see that they hadn't shaved ANYTHING - even the small areas around the 6 'stab wounds', as the nurses called them. I asked my surgeon about it later, and she said it's not always neccessary with lap RNY, so they don't just do it routinely.  So I never had to deal with the itchy re-growth stage. I would, however, agree with DX's suggestion about shaving your arms and the backs of your hands.   YEEEOOWWW that IV tape hurts when they pull it off!     

Best of luck tomorrow.  I had Lap RNY and they did not shave anything.  I wish I had known the arm trick, because they had to move my IV and that was the worst part.  See you on the other side. Regards,

Hey Don, Goodluck tommorow. They only shaved my stomach, I had lap RNY. I second what DX said about the hands and the IV tape! Let us know how it all went when you feel able to. Take care!

They told me not to, that they would rather do it them selves. When they did do it they only shaved me where they were going to insert the insturments. I am with every one else about the arms though, pretty good idea. Wish I had thought about it.  Good luck tomorrow.  pan head

Dude the last surgery they shaved everything! Pubes and all! Last time I go to that Dentist!