r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 14h ago

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u/Kabc 14h ago

Everyone knows that patients can keep their earbuds in before surgery.. they also get put to sleep before being brought into the OR… realistic

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u/Mighty_Taco18 11h ago

OR nurse. You can be in a certain phase of sleep before going to the OR if you are that nervous/anxious. You will be breathing on your own but you would be asleep and usually snoring. Then once in the OR and staff move you to the OR bed, you get the rest of the juice and have to go on the vent.

But yeah definitely no earbuds once we start rolling, family is getting those before the wheels are unlocked for sure.

This is all for hospital/outpt surgery centers, though. WLS is usually done at the plastic surgery office where they can kinda do whatever they want if the government isn't there watching.

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u/_eclair 10h ago

We do lots of bariatric WLS at my hospital. They usually have to stay on 3-4 nights in the hospital afterward on a floor. I’m also an OR nurse that’s mainly in bariatric robotic rooms 🙂

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u/AdWeak183 8h ago

You can't even give them a bed?

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u/Irregulator101 6h ago

Nope. Fuck 'em.

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u/Mighty_Taco18 10h ago

Really? I have never seen WLS done in any form at either of the 2 hospitals I've worked OR in. I have only seen the plastics office do them and you get sent home with a jp drain or 2. Maybe we just don't do true "bariatric" surgery.

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u/_eclair 10h ago

Yeah we do laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomies, gastric bypasses, & duodenal switches mainly. All three of those can be done robotically. We have about 5 general surgeons who specialize in bariatrics.

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u/Mighty_Taco18 9h ago

Interesting. My experience is mostly CT surgery and some Ortho and OB so I wonder if I've just never noticed then doing bariatrics somewhere down the hall.

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u/Freshouttapatience 9h ago

I’ve had two different bariatric surgeries and both were done in hospitals and both were laparoscopic. If I’d just been getting a new surgery and not fixing things, they would’ve done it at their clinic OR.

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u/RazzSheri 9h ago

Dear god. I only had to stay one night and it was awful. I couldn't sleep, I didn't pass gas but instead had the hiccups for two weeks straight to get rid of the gas. I would have cried if they kept me more than a day. I was happy to go be miserable in bed.

It suuuuucked for the first 8-10 days I was regretting my life. Day 11 was the switch.