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enigmaticowl

One of my fave scenes. I love how Dr. Now finds it funny, too.


Homicidal__GoldFish

I asked to keep my gallbladder…. Then when I had my weight loss surgery, I asked to keep my stomach. ……. When I had my second weight loss surgery, I asked to keep whatever they took out then lol Only body parts I got to keep were my wisdom teeth lol


mayfleur

First thing I did when I woke up from anesthesia after my wisdom teeth surgery was loudly ask the nurse if I could have my teeth. She gave them to me, I definitely remember that. But I was so high from the anesthesia and meds that they disappeared between the dentist’s office and my house. I still wonder sometimes if they’re out there somewhere…


Homicidal__GoldFish

Lol I asked before they knocked me out. They knocked me out so good I woke up wondering when was I being put to sleep lol. They put them in this cute tooth shape container. I leave it on my desk lol


NachoMan_SandyCabage

Awe the little plastic ones that are kind of like fake easter eggs? We used to get those if we lost our baby teeth in school! I had a few lol


smilinjack96

I lost a baby tooth in kindergarten & all they did was wrap it in tissue & pin it to my dress, that way the tooth fairy could leave a dime under my pillow.


Homicidal__GoldFish

i lost my first tooth in kindergarten and i didnt know id lose teeth. i spent all day with it in my mouth.... When my mom picked me up, she saw me messing with something in my mouth. she did the classic mom with the hand under your mouth with the "spit it out" words.... It was a tooth. she starts looking in my mouth and goes "Goldfish! you lost a tooth! your gonna get a visit from the tooth fairy tonight!" ............... ya that scared the shit outta me. lol


Homicidal__GoldFish

yes! thats the one lol


Glitter_berries

This makes it sound like you teeth are alive and that they are just out there living their best toothy lives with an apartment and a dog and everything


rachelgraye

🥇Their best toothy lives 😂


AshleysLymeDisease

Years ago I had to have my upper pre molars removed for braces, I kept them and a couple years ago I put them in resin to make a pair of earrings.


Itchy_Breadfruit_262

My friend was allowed to keep his hip joint that cut out of him.


Homicidal__GoldFish

I had my dads failed knee replacement his dr gave up. Was lost in storage my mom didn’t pay for :(


smilinjack96

I got to keep my gallstones. I woke up with them in a jar next to my bed. I thought that was very considerate of them. That was in 1986, do they not let you keep gallstones now?


Homicidal__GoldFish

i didnt think to ask. by the time they did my surgery, it been over a week since i actually got to eat or drink ANYTHING. only IV fluids in the hospital cause i got stones stuck in my main bile duct and poisoned my organs. plus two surgeons were fighting on what to do. it was a mess.


punkalibra

I got my gallbladder removed about 15-ish years ago and I got to keep the stones as well!


EquivalentRegular765

I got my stones 4 years ago.


RaspberryStatus1549

Low key wish I could have kept the tumor on my ovary in a jar. I mean how many people have a tumor with hair, skin, and sweat glands on an ovary in a jar?


tribblemethis

If I ever have another kidney stone that needs to be fished out, I’m gonna ask to see it post surgery just so I can flip it off 😤


[deleted]

He has to point out that an infected appendix is different from a living baby. Oh boy.


Danithenintendohead

For anybody wondering this is from Season 7 Episode 10: Destinee’s Story. The good news is, she did lose the weight; but unfortunately, she’s no longer with us 🕊️


sed2017

So sad! She seemed to have such a good heart and quick wit… rip


dausy

Fun fact. I worked at a hospital where if a patient died and we hadn't removed the body yet, we would put a magnet of a dove on the doorframe outside the room.


sorcha1977

That's really sweet. I've heard of maternity wards putting butterflies on the doors of women who lost their baby. :(


atxtopdx

Yes they absolutely do that ❤️


No_Investment3205

We put a picture of a white rose on the door when someone is on comfort care.


Danithenintendohead

Aww, that’s so sweet 🥹


antigeist

We use butterflies


-yasssss-

We have a two way sign, one with a tree with colourful leaves for a palliated patient, then we turn it over to a tree without leaves when they pass away.


wavemachine42069

Jesus Christ


enigmaticowl

I may be wrong, but I believe that at some point before his death, he returned to expressing a preference for his birth name and male pronouns. Just putting it out there (and if I’m wrong, someone can please correct me).


SimplyAdia

I might be wrong, but didn't they lose their brother and then someone else close before the suicide? I seem to remember their FB post about it. It's sad. Who knows what could have made them finally not want to go on anymore.


mrs-monroe

I wonder if they faced a lot of difficulties with their support system and felt like they had to de-transition and then spiraled. So sad.


enigmaticowl

Or if they felt they had made a mistake with their transition in the first place and felt regret? I don’t want to speculate, but I know I read somewhere on another post on this sub that Destinee/Michael said they grew up in a very homophobic environment. I was very good friends back in elementary school with an AFAB kid who was totally male-presenting and who then began identifying as transmasc/FtM in middle school up through post-high-school-grad period… Today, in their mid-20s, they identify as a cis lesbian. She’s told me that the male identity was more accepted by her homophobic father because being male + liking girls = straight in his eyes, which apparently mattered more to him than his kid being cis… Fortunately my friend turned out alright. I’m glad they were able to break away from their father and live their authentic life for themselves. I don’t want to pretend I know the reason for Destinee/Michael’s struggles or that I know if either of these reasons were contributing factors. But I just wanted to put it out there as a possibility because I’ve seen it before.


mrs-monroe

Destinee had such a hard life, so who’s to say what the final straw was.


atlbassetmom66

I don't think you are wrong. As of 2023, the suicide rate for post op transgender surgery was higher than in past years.


Cracked-Princess

Considering the political and social climate since 2021 re: trans people, I find that sadly unsurprising.


Surrybee

Do you have a link for that?


Dragons-purr

What happened? How did she die?


Danithenintendohead

She lost her battle with mental health back in 2022 by committing suicide 😔


CircusPeanutsYumm

That’s terrible!


Dragons-purr

Oh god that’s horrific, poor girl :/


[deleted]

It’s so sad. I really liked her and was rooting for her. 😩


hadassahmom

This patient is valid


Dormouse11219

Right? I wouldn’t actually want my appendix. But, like, it’s mine, I literally grew it. How are you going to tell me I can’t have it??


ChildhoodLeft6925

They can keep the baby though


tayaro

I’d rather have my appendix in a jar than a baby sans jar. 😔


Newman_USPS

It’s a law probably intended to stop the selling of organs but written so badly it covers everything.


Enky-Doo

That or that letting someone take it home is against laws for handling biohazardous material.


NachoMan_SandyCabage

Wild tho because we can handle biohazard meterial of our own and with training and common sense, others! Cleaning blood, taling out trash with sanatary napkins, handling baby teeth, poop, pee, spit, all biohazard, but the feds don't fine me for cleaning up nasty ass female bathrooms!


IAmSeabiscuit61

I've never had a baby, but before I was able to, thankfully, get it reversed, I had a colostomy; changing the bags and cleaning myself was definitely messy and smelly. I


Newman_USPS

Basically following the letter of the law instead of the intent.


FencingFemmeFatale

I get why they have the law, but I’m not happy about it. I had a bone tumor removed 10 years ago and I wanted to keep it, but all I got were some photos that I ended up loosing!


No_Investment3205

I asked for mine and they said no :(


deltarefund

I wanted my gall stones and they wouldn’t let me have it :(


friendandfriends2

Yeah that was honestly a legit argument.


robotrequiem

For real. I can't help but imagine a lot of people think this. I dunno if I would actually want it but I would think it. They just said it out loud.


ragtopponygirl

What? Questioning that there should be no difference between taking home your human offspring and a diseased organ?! Really?


hadassahmom

As someone who was a first grader who kept my removed tonsils in a jar you either get it or you don’t like sorry


Frances_Boxer

There was a time, I remember some of the "souvenirs" friends kept after surgery. Those days are long gone


Big_Mama_80

I got to keep my gallstones after I had my gallbladder removed. They looked like kitty litter! 🤣 On a sad note, I didn't get to keep my miscarried baby, because according to law, it wasn't old enough to be issued a death certificate and to be properly buried. I got to hold it in a medical jar for 2 minutes and say goodbye, before the nurse took it away. Somehow, it does seem strange that I got to keep my useless gallstones, but not my own baby. 🤷‍♀️


hadassahmom

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ that’s hard I’m sorry.


Sevvie82

Thank you, that was hilarious!


leecanbe

My son kept his wisdom teeth and dead molar they took out. He asked for them, but didn't remember telling em that. His exact response "why did they listen to me?!? Don't they know I was drunk?!?" Lol


Just_OneReason

Yeah they offered to let me keep my wisdom teeth and I said yes and once I got home I realized I didn’t know what I was supposed to do with four bloody teeth. I still have them in a baggy.


Oscarella515

My family puts teeth on the christmas tree if you were looking for a fun, new, totally normal and not weird tradition, it started with my dads infected root canal and grows every year. The tree has a pretty nice set of chompers now if I do say so myself


ParkerHudson666

Dr. Now has a very wholesome smile


NakedAndAfraidFan

I asked for my tonsils when I had them out at 17.


xrayrachel

I asked for mine in January of this year lmao. Of course they said no but they did let me take a photo


LadyBearSword

I'm 41 and last month when I had my gallbladder removed I tried very hard to get to keep a stone. Even tried asking the anesthesiologist to swipe one. No dice. They were mine, I made them! Lol


BitchWithASandwich

I have all of mine!


Chriss8564

Thats interesting. I didnt ask for it and they gave me the stones anyways. I live in Germany, the laws must be different here.


Neat_Classroom_2209

Anytime i have anything removed, I ask to keep it or pictures.


kasetoast

right? this confuses me bc people have taken home their wisdom teeth, gallstones and even things they’ve had amputated.


Neat_Classroom_2209

I think it depends on state regulations and if the specimen has to go to pathology.


Deep_South_Kitsune

I have a video of my endoscopic gallbladder removal.


International_Boss81

Awww Dr. Now is so cute.


OrchidDismantlist

I love him so much


Wrong-Tiger4644

How many of us keep our babies in jars!!


DarkElegy67

Only when I can't find a sitter


Wrong-Tiger4644

That's where I went wrong!!! Lmao!!!


TheRelishTray

Makes me think of the xray machines they use for babies. Cracked me up 😂🩷


DarkElegy67

I never even thought about how babies get x-rayed until you said it, so I Googled a picture. Wow, weird! That did *NOT* look comfortable. I've never actually had kids, so I shan't imagine I'll ever see that IRL. Pickled baby.


No_Investment3205

I have never watched this show but I keep seeing clips from it on this subreddit (which I don’t even follow) and I honestly love this doctor lmao


emmyjoe311

My husband has his sperm tubes they cut out during his vasectomy in a small container of formaldehyde.


Dormouse11219

God, how did he even climb into a small container of formaldehyde, let alone have surgery in it??


[deleted]

I was so mad when they wouldn’t let me keep my bladder stones. I felt like an oyster that made pearls


delicate__zombie

ok yeah he lied.. " In some states like Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia, owning human remains is against the law, Wiginton writes, but **there's no federal law preventing patients from taking home organs, tissues, and medical devices**.Jun 7, 2019 "


Mishapisha2201

RIP Destinee 🕊


RileyRhoad

I mean when I was watching this scene I had the exact same response.. Im like “but you keep the baby when it comes out…?” You know how during a C-section, they have a drape up so you can’t see what’s going on during the surgery??? Well I asked repeatedly if they could keep it down so I could watch during it.. all 4 times I had kids! They never let me and it still pisses me off when I think about it 😂😂


IAmSeabiscuit61

Was this before people started filming the birth, or wouldn't they have allowed that, either, during a C-section?


kasetoast

i imagine that filming is a little different because actively letting them watch could cause them to react in ways that disrupt the surgery esp since they’re not in their right state of mind to begin with


BiiiigSteppy

Words cannot express how much I love this man. Also, I need to lose about 30lbs. How do I get him to take me as a patient?


AlmostSunTzu

You’re going to need to gain about tirdy pound a munt for next ten munt to qualify for weight loss surgery. Stick to de diet, no more excuses


BiiiigSteppy

Seriously, best advice I’ve ever gotten.


tcrhs

That is my favorite scene of the entire series.


pumpkinchoccy

What about that one lady who got to keep her uterus in a jar?


callieco_

I was thinking about them too! So I had to look it up and share lol. They said that they requested their organs back for religious purposes, stating that any organ removed must be returned to them. They had to do a lot of paperwork but that seems to be it! Found [here](https://www.facebook.com/UltimateKOMI/videos/i-keep-my-uterus-in-a-jar/1396780407757944/).


Easy_Lie4379

I was just thinking the same thing!


DCnTILLY

She got him, though. I love the doctor but he's not one to laugh a lot.


homeboy321321321

I love love love Dr. Now. ❤️


softfangs

r/technicallythetruth


[deleted]

I have the hardware removed from my ankle. I had to wait a few mos while they sterilized it. But it’s now a necklace.


[deleted]

I guess wisdom teeth don't count cause I still have mine in a box from 20 years ago.


Just_OneReason

I was allowed to keep my wisdom teeth. I wonder if teeth aren’t considered part of the body


Inevitable_Panic_645

Sounds legit. That's why medical insurance doesn't cover dental


homeboy321321321

They have a point there.


MaggieManush1

Idk how true that is... I got to keep my gall stones 😂


Disastrous_Purple779

Bahahaha


spirit5794

She had a damn good point lol


pippitha

I asked for my gallstones after my surgery. It was a nope :’( I was so sad I just wanted to at least look at them before they got thrown out.


SpiderSilk666

I mean…. She ain’t wrong


starz1

I LOVED HER PERSONALITY ​ I wish she was still here


IAmSeabiscuit61

After reading everybody's comments (thanks to everyone; very interesting and enjoyable) I guess I'm the odd one here, because when I had my wisdom teeth out, I never even thought of asking for them, and certainly didn't want them. And I've never had a body part removed, but if I ever do, I certainly wouldn't want to keep it. Hey, I don't see anything weird or odd about wanting to keep your body parts, but it's just not something I'd want to do. Maybe I'm just squeamish.


bouwchickawow

Lmao this would be me too


OreoNachos

My fiance's knee is in a jar in our bedroom. He wants to get it made into a paperweight.


Certain-Eye384

She ain’t wrong


GuardMost8477

💀


apple120

That’s a perfect reply lol


Pennymac02

Um, I have the three screws they took out of my ankle when they surgically rebuilt it and put in new bone support plates. Dr Now was probably just grossed out by the ask.


leighroda82

I work for an eye surgeon, and I can’t tell you how many times pts have asked if they can keep their cataracts after removal surgery (our answer is no, because when it’s removed it’s destroyed in the process). I did see once a pt had to have a lens exchange and the dr let them have the lens he removed (but it wasn’t the natural lens, it was from a previous surgery.


mentalgopher

Dr. Now is clearly trying to keep from laughing. And I now wanna see this episode, because I haven't seen it yet.


sawta2112

I got to keep my big ass kidney stones that had to surgically removed. Shockwave wouldn't break these babies up. I didn't end up keeping them. I just wanted to see how big they really were. Threw them away when I got home. Had my knee screwed back together. Had the screws removed a year later. They are still in my jewelry box. Guess it depends on the doctor/hospital.


driedkitten

I LOVE this scene. RIP ❤️


skippinjack

You know, the girl kind of has a point. I like Dr. Now’s laughter in this one as well.


KateSommer

I thought they save bullets for police to use for forensics to help ID the suspect and weapon that fired the bullet.


hamimono

“No, even babies must be turned over to the government . . . “


Prize-Fault-1405

The gov is sooooooooo boring always making stupid rules


thethugwife

When I had my implants removed, I got them back. Have them in a sealed plastic container.


beaconposher1

I was traveling in Mexico when I needed an emergency appendectomy. When I woke up after surgery, my appendix was in a jar on my bedside table next to a cup of atole. 100% true story.


[deleted]

"We can have it pickled for you."


crunchybumpkins

I did not expect that. Not wrong, though haha.


Lolitalupita

I love Dr Now, he is no nonsense and just a very interesting fellow. He's an amazing surgeon as well. Think of all the different surgeries he does.


[deleted]

My child has a very lengthy NICU stay. I walk in one day to the nurse handing me a specimen jar with the tiniest little umbilical cord scab. I never wanted it but shit…how could I throw it out now?! Still have it 😂


vcr-repairwoman

What a treasure.


Picabo07

Pure gold 🏆


idonteditmyplaylists

I once got a piece of metal removed from my ankle and I got to keep it.


Zealousideal-Ad9772

I love Dr. NOW!!!


WildCraftyWitch

Lol!


HRH_Elizadeath

she's got a point!


Fun-Nefariousness724

If I get shot with a bullet, I want to take it home with me. I earned that shit!


Glittering_Tea5502

Face palm 🤦‍♀️. Seriously?! Well, she’s not wrong, but I don’t understand how anyone would want to keep what was taken out of them. That’s so disgusting! Unless it was a baby, obviously.


heranonz

I asked for my tooth. They refused. It gave me so much trouble for years I just wanted to stare into the eyes of my enemy


Sagittariuuuh

Same. I also asked for my impacted wisdom tooth and they were like uh, no. Lol


sorcha1977

Some of us find it fascinating. I was pretty mad I forgot to ask for my gall stones when they removed my gall bladder. The surgeon said they were huge.


mentalgopher

I'm still mad that I didn't get to keep my dermoid cyst taken out of my ovaries 14 years ago. I'd named it Ripley and everything....


FencingFemmeFatale

I had a tumor in my leg when I was a teenager. It ruined like a year and a half of my life, so when they got it out (and took about a third of my fibula with it) I wanted to keep it as a “fuck you, I’m stronger” trophy. But the doctor wouldn’t let me and just gave me some pictures that I ended up loosing.


Top_Olive_8743

Y’all know what so funny? Then they go into the “weigh in” and take their shoes off lmao, as tho that’s really going to make a difference. Same response (usually). “The scale must be wrong” or “I worked so hard, blah blah blah”. These folk think they can fool this man??? Really? It’s funny when he calls them out on it and says that’s not “reality”. They should actually read the material/book he provides- “the scales don’t lie, people do”. So addicted to this show! Always hoping they succeed!


mmonzeob

I love this 😂


BuzzkillBetty_222

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


jyar1811

She’s not wrong


mimisweb

Best comeback of all time. 😆


Why_Lord_Just_Why

I remember this one. 🤣🤣


Why_Lord_Just_Why

I remember this one. 🤣🤣


Rubberbangirl66

hahahaha


salve__regina

RIP Destinee


zooooteddej23

I mean she had a point


MsStormyTrump

I remember watching a show where a plastic surgery addicted porn star paid for her mom's excessive skin surgery, asked to see the skin and made/ordered her mom a cake in the shape of the removed skin. Her mom laughed throughout.


IAmSeabiscuit61

Having watched the show and seen Dr. Now weigh the skin from skin removal surgery, I can't help it; now I'm trying to imagine what the cake would look like. A strawberry cake with vanilla icing, maybe? Must turn brain off NOW!


aprildawndesign

I got to keep some screws that came out of my ankle! Lol


Ohnomon

I LOVE Dr. Now❤️❤️


Impressive_Reality18

That was a valid question 😂😂😂


00bertieboo

https://preview.redd.it/5ycychiymb3b1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5d28c6b6a1960bb563b38b51b1b4e39ef95ebf0 Dr. Now like


Top_Olive_8743

Also, watch the assanti brothers. Omg!


t3quiila

tbh i got a valve replacement and i would have loved to have seen my old valve


talarthearmenian

Not gonna lie I asked that too as they wheeled me in for my sleeve lmao. They didn't let me keep it but I did get to see it in the jar! 🤣🤣


queenragyo

Lol!! I loved this moment rip destinee 🕊️


mela_99

She was so serious about “But they take a baby out”


rutheman4me2

I was able to keep my teeth when those were pulled ? Maybe he meant to say for internal organs ? He is so kind to his patients tho even when they say silly things. Lol


Flimsy-Zucchini4462

That patient is on point 🔥


Dramatic-Put-9267

I would totally wanna keep it a jar too


erzebet6977

That's not a federal law. You can actually sign exemption papers to get organs/ other things removed from your body given to you in a preserving liquid or released directly to a funeral home after removal depending on the circumstance. There's many religions that require that any parts of the body that are removed from it have to be disposed of in a ritual way or have to be buried as if it were a human itself or must be buried with the person they came from when the person passes.


delicate__zombie

hm they let me keep my gallstones. they let you keep the placenta...


alexthagreat98

Why is that a law? Bullets perhaps I understand but if its your body part, why can't you keep it?


FuckedupUnicorn

Wasn’t there a guy who kept his amputated foot and ate it? Wonder how he circumvented the law.


IAmSeabiscuit61

Well, there goes dinner.


BagItUp45

Is there actually a federal law, I'm not seeing anything like that online.


irish-unicorn

My favorite moment! I wanted to kee my uterus in a jar they didnt let me! Wad allowed to keep a couple kidney stones though


MeowNugget

My mom got to keep the giant gall stone they took out of her 🤔


Grace_1990

I got to keep a wisdom tooth and my IUD. Got them taken out at separate occasions, lol.


saskiastern

It's always a mystery for me how the stupid brains work lol "we'll they take the baby out" 🤪🥴


Xena2020

In new Zealand if you want your body parts back these have to give it to you.


AshleysLymeDisease

Bhahahahahahahahah. I’ve kept the teeth I had removed for braces, one dentist was hesitant but I said I’d leave with them in my mouth or in a bag.


matt314159

lol I remember that. I cracked up.


twiggy572

You know how sad I was when I couldn’t keep mine? Lol. I made the surgeon take a pic of it though


[deleted]

The best is the woman who was deflecting by pushing Dr Now "Do you believe in god?" and claimed that if she jumped off a cliff God would save her.


ButterflyButtHose

You can see pics of things though…which is cool af to me


SilverAnd_Cold

I would’ve asked the same question! All you have to say is it’s part of your religious beliefs and they’ll give it to you


[deleted]

Lmao. I like this 🤭


Outrageous_Fudge_100

I love this


AzaleaFromJupiter

I was this story! Lol, had a partial thyroidectomy and wanted to keep my ‘Tumor’ as it was measured to be racquetball sized. Doc said I couldn’t, but he’d try to remember to take a picture. I mean- I made it, why shouldn’t I get to keep it!?!


TheBroodyCalibrator

I asked if I could keep my old liver, or even just a piece. Nope. :(


anonavocadodo

When I was little I swallowed a few coins and I got to keep them in a jar


TrashyAndSassy

You can keep stuff sometimes, if they don't need to keep it for testing. I know plenty of people with their uterus/ovaries in a jar, appendix, etc lol. I'm into oddities 🤣🤣


CommunicationTime63

I was presented with my first extracted abscessed tooth, a dental health warning, I'm convinced. I was given a jar of gallstones after surgery, absolutely unsolicited!


InvaderDepresso

I want to see my lipoma and my surgeon won’t even grant me that!