What Laparoscopic RNY looks like, Very Graphic!

I am getting scheduled for surgery in late may, early June and I needed to know what is exactly done. I found this and thought I would pass it around to others like me who have to know.

I am ready and it helped me with some of the uncertainties I was having.

Hope you find it helpful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypPnUnAtQb8

Yep thats the surgeon that is going to perform my RNY

Definitely great idea that you decided to watch a surgery being performed for the RNY.  It really lets you know what exactly happened to you afterward when you wake up and feel all different inside at first.  And then once you are able to start eating foods again it helps to understand how big the new stomach/pouch is from a surgical point of view so you won't accidentally take too big of a bite and regret it for an hour.  I love the or-live.com WLS videos.  If you go to their website and register (it's free) then search under their Previous Webcasts tab and choose Search by Specialty then go down to the bottom and click on Weight Loss Surgery you should be able to find a lot of RNY's and lapbands and even more varied ones than that (VSG, DS, bilio-pancreatic diversion, etc).  I encourage you to watch as many as you can find, as you'll come to realize different surgeons like to use different techniques and it's very interesting to see what one surgeon does opposed to another.  Good luck, and here's an early welcome to the LOSER'S BENCH!!

Thanks for the info. I have researched a lot but the visual is what made me feel at peace. With all the good people in the locker room I know soon I wont be taking up too much on the bench.

Interesting.  Didn'****ch the whole thing.  Thought I would mention...The reason there is so much pain near the incision closest to the bellybutton.  That is where they place the camera.  Brian

Thanks, I wiill remember that.

HA! They put the damn camera IN my bellybutton (as in the incision is inside the button lol)....still kinda hurts and I'm about 7 weeks out!

Or Live is a really good service.  I was able to watch my doc perform a RNY (from the archives) weeks before I had mine.  Good luck to you!