So I Just Had a Surgery...
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I have never had a surgery. Ever.
But Jesus Christ, that sounds horrific, and I honestly hope that your recovery is swift and uneventful.
But Jesus Christ, that sounds horrific, and I honestly hope that your recovery is swift and uneventful.
Yup, I got cancer in my thumb, They thought it was a Galilean cist or something (forget how to spell it) but I just ended up okay simply because the tumor accursed on my thumb, It's rare but not unheard off, Long story short my thumb is a disfigured mess and crooked. But I don't know OP's pain. Cancer in the thumb isn't as bad as throwing up blood.
Wow.
I had a nose surgery as well, but the docs sure as hell didn't lose a bloody needle in me.
The doc broke my nose though. Jammed a stick up my nose and jerked it to the side. I was already on the painkillers so I didn't feel a thing, but the crack nearly made me sick.
I had a nose surgery as well, but the docs sure as hell didn't lose a bloody needle in me.
The doc broke my nose though. Jammed a stick up my nose and jerked it to the side. I was already on the painkillers so I didn't feel a thing, but the crack nearly made me sick.
The only thing remotely similar to that is I've had teeth removed.
I was 6 so they put me under as to not frighten me. Everything went fine anyway.
That is some serious bad stuff there... I hope everything comes out okay. You're body is one tough piece of hardware, it'll beat this down.
I was 6 so they put me under as to not frighten me. Everything went fine anyway.
That is some serious bad stuff there... I hope everything comes out okay. You're body is one tough piece of hardware, it'll beat this down.
I'm not sure, it's pretty painful, but both of our surgeries are different so I couldn't say I know your pain either, though I do hope your thumb gets fixed, and hope that the cancer is successfully gone.101194 said:
Yeah, they were going to break my nose as well to help make my nose little a little bit better, but my mum had that three times in her past and told me that she wasn't comfortable with me getting that done just to look a little bit better. Glad I listened to her though, I cannot imagine how much worse I'd feel after all this along with a broken nose and more possible complications and time under. And if I was awake and heard a crack sound, I'd be freaking out. Glad I was under for the most part.somelameshite said:
I had a total of...*counting* 7 surgeries, so yeah they are pretty invasive and annoying. 5 of them were to reconstruct my right hand that was broken beyond the point where a simple cast would suffice. The doctors actually replaced one of the bones on my right hand with a bone from a dead guy. I had steel wires withing my hand that actually where partially outside, so they could adjust if necessary, (like wolverine, but not cool). It was very very painful. In fact in the second surgery (when they inserted another steel wire to correct a ligament) I was totally awake, and I heard every single thing they did (not to mention that though I felt no pain, I did felt every single motion and cut they did including a drill going into my hand). Third surgery I requested to be asleep as soon as I saw a small chainsaw like thing into the operation room. Fourth was to place a small metal piece to correct something.
To make it short I could not use my right hand properly until recently (motion will forever be limited, and I feel loss of snsibility on that hand that frankly it is very upseting) but hey considering the accident it was nothing.
Other two surgeries were apendix and eyes.
To make it short I could not use my right hand properly until recently (motion will forever be limited, and I feel loss of snsibility on that hand that frankly it is very upseting) but hey considering the accident it was nothing.
Other two surgeries were apendix and eyes.
That sucks. I hope you get better.Ice Storm said:
OT: The only surgery I've ever had was having my tonsils removed and tubes being put in my ears. The only thing that I could complain about is that oxygen mask. Oh, how I hated that thing. But, I got free ice cream and breakfast.
So, again, hope you get better.
Here's one free bunny...........for the support.
Contact a lawyer and tell them everything. If there's not a lawsuit in this then there is no justice in this world. First these people who are supposed to be professionals miss your vein TWICE? And not only that, but leave a needle inside you? My god, I'm getting angry just thinking at how bad your treatment was.Ice Storm said:
Sue these bastards for all they're worth and then some.
Ouch. That sucks, dude.
I went into the hospital recently myself, so I know how surreal it is to wake up in a strange place, too weak to move, tubes in every orifice and with a mouth like the sahara. It dawned on me pretty quickly what was happening, so I managed to skip the whole mindnumbing fear stage. But I can see how it might be scary. Especially when you've only gone in for minor surgery.
You've got my sympathies for the complications. It sounds to me like they are being pretty dismissive about this. But I tend to assume that of all doctors, every one I have ever been to has been completely incompetant.
You should look into legal action if this is not sorted out. I'm not saying "yurp durp sue everyone", but if these guys are really being as dismissive as it seems, something definitely needs to be done.
Again, my sympathies. Hope this all works out for you.
I went into the hospital recently myself, so I know how surreal it is to wake up in a strange place, too weak to move, tubes in every orifice and with a mouth like the sahara. It dawned on me pretty quickly what was happening, so I managed to skip the whole mindnumbing fear stage. But I can see how it might be scary. Especially when you've only gone in for minor surgery.
You've got my sympathies for the complications. It sounds to me like they are being pretty dismissive about this. But I tend to assume that of all doctors, every one I have ever been to has been completely incompetant.
You should look into legal action if this is not sorted out. I'm not saying "yurp durp sue everyone", but if these guys are really being as dismissive as it seems, something definitely needs to be done.
Again, my sympathies. Hope this all works out for you.
Yeah... I had a hernia, annoying, rather painful thing, tried to walk home with it, twice, a few kilometers each time (the first time it solved itself, don't know if you guys know how it works, but basically, it pushed itself back in, few years later it got out again).
So, I had to have surgery to fix that, no problem, a bit of memory loss of the time before the surgery, uncomfortable more than anything. Then I got home. And then I noticed I had a rather big hole in my stomach. A leaking hole in my stomach. Rather annoyed by this time we called a cab over, and got to the hospital, no sense calling an ambulance since it's only a few hundred meters. The surgeon on call walked in, took a look, and said "Oh, guess they used the wrong thread. It's split open."
Looking down I could see a rather nasty, bulging tear in my stomach, that was a quite unpleasant sight, and the scar is about three times as big as they said it would be. Not persistent bad side effects though.
So, I had to have surgery to fix that, no problem, a bit of memory loss of the time before the surgery, uncomfortable more than anything. Then I got home. And then I noticed I had a rather big hole in my stomach. A leaking hole in my stomach. Rather annoyed by this time we called a cab over, and got to the hospital, no sense calling an ambulance since it's only a few hundred meters. The surgeon on call walked in, took a look, and said "Oh, guess they used the wrong thread. It's split open."
Looking down I could see a rather nasty, bulging tear in my stomach, that was a quite unpleasant sight, and the scar is about three times as big as they said it would be. Not persistent bad side effects though.
Damn that is bad hope you feel better OP
But lets see i had wisdom teeth removed at around 12.
And at 13 I had my appendix removed.
No problems happened, but the doctor lied to me since he said the 3 cuts on my stomach for the removal of the appendix, would hardly be visible. Boy did he lie .
But lets see i had wisdom teeth removed at around 12.
And at 13 I had my appendix removed.
No problems happened, but the doctor lied to me since he said the 3 cuts on my stomach for the removal of the appendix, would hardly be visible. Boy did he lie .
I recently snapped my tendon and bone in the same moment.
Preparation was kind of ridiculous, i had to bring the screws, to keep the leg in place, for my own surgery.
After the surgery, it turns out, they mixed up my screwed with another patients, and my leg looks strange and bumpy because of the mismatched shape. In an equally hilarious move, they used the regular stitched for the inside of my leg rather than the ones that disolve into the blood stream, so they might need to go cut me back up again.
Nowhere near as bad as yours sir, but unpleasant nonetheless.
btw, if this sounds unorthodox for a stateside sugery, I'm an American living in Argentina.
Preparation was kind of ridiculous, i had to bring the screws, to keep the leg in place, for my own surgery.
After the surgery, it turns out, they mixed up my screwed with another patients, and my leg looks strange and bumpy because of the mismatched shape. In an equally hilarious move, they used the regular stitched for the inside of my leg rather than the ones that disolve into the blood stream, so they might need to go cut me back up again.
Nowhere near as bad as yours sir, but unpleasant nonetheless.
btw, if this sounds unorthodox for a stateside sugery, I'm an American living in Argentina.
First can I ask, once you're recovered a little bit, are they going to try and find the needle? Because that would be pretty high on my priority list.
When I was sixteen(I'm 22 now) I had pretty major surgery, but almost opposite of what happened to you. It was on my jaw, because I had something called an open bite, similar to an overbite, but when I closed my mouth all the way my teeth wouldn't touch. It made eating more difficult and after they figured out what was wrong with me my aversion to meat was suddenly explained: I couldn't chew it properly.
So the surgery basically consisted of them unhinging my jaw and filing down some of the bone so that I could close my mouth all the way (they took out my wisdom teeth too, since they were in the neighborhood).
I remember before hand they gave me a relaxing type of cocktail through the IV, but it took affect really fast, and freaked me out a little. Recovery was the worst though. I couldn't speak, or move my mouth at all really, and I didn't react well to the anesthesia so I was really out of it. The worst though, was when I sat up I felt something run down my nose--blood--so I press the nurse call button, and she comes in. I can't say anything so I just hold up my bloody finger and gesture to my nose, to which she replies, "oh that's not good, let me go get the doctor." Which is very disconcerting, when the staff gets concerned. It turned out not to be serious, just a result of them fiddling around with the sinuses and nerves (which might possibly be why you're coughing up blood since it's all interconnected). Six years later and I still don't have full feeling back in parts of my gums.
What sucks the most about having surgery on around your jaw though, is it limits your ability to eat. I couldn't have solid food for about three months, and that first week I lost fifteen pounds because all I literally had was gatorade and apple juice.
And I still have some metal left in me too, though mine was on purpose--a plate and some screws, so no MRI's for me.
Sorry for the long post, but I definitely know what you're going through, and hopefully your recovery goes smoothly, though I would definitely harp on them about that needle. Your face seems a bad place to leave one.
When I was sixteen(I'm 22 now) I had pretty major surgery, but almost opposite of what happened to you. It was on my jaw, because I had something called an open bite, similar to an overbite, but when I closed my mouth all the way my teeth wouldn't touch. It made eating more difficult and after they figured out what was wrong with me my aversion to meat was suddenly explained: I couldn't chew it properly.
So the surgery basically consisted of them unhinging my jaw and filing down some of the bone so that I could close my mouth all the way (they took out my wisdom teeth too, since they were in the neighborhood).
I remember before hand they gave me a relaxing type of cocktail through the IV, but it took affect really fast, and freaked me out a little. Recovery was the worst though. I couldn't speak, or move my mouth at all really, and I didn't react well to the anesthesia so I was really out of it. The worst though, was when I sat up I felt something run down my nose--blood--so I press the nurse call button, and she comes in. I can't say anything so I just hold up my bloody finger and gesture to my nose, to which she replies, "oh that's not good, let me go get the doctor." Which is very disconcerting, when the staff gets concerned. It turned out not to be serious, just a result of them fiddling around with the sinuses and nerves (which might possibly be why you're coughing up blood since it's all interconnected). Six years later and I still don't have full feeling back in parts of my gums.
What sucks the most about having surgery on around your jaw though, is it limits your ability to eat. I couldn't have solid food for about three months, and that first week I lost fifteen pounds because all I literally had was gatorade and apple juice.
And I still have some metal left in me too, though mine was on purpose--a plate and some screws, so no MRI's for me.
Sorry for the long post, but I definitely know what you're going through, and hopefully your recovery goes smoothly, though I would definitely harp on them about that needle. Your face seems a bad place to leave one.
ouch. Yeah not a good day for you sweetie. Im sorry you had to go through all that. Ive had surgery a couple times but nothing major, and nothing happened, but i did have a friend who had his wisdom teeth removed and got dry socket in all four, twice.
I had laser eye surgery to get my vision corrected. While the surgery itself was painless, I was unfortunately still awake by the time the numbing agent on my eyes wore off.The sheer pain, while I assume nowhere on the scale of OP's, was horrific. The best way I can think of describing it was as if someone branded my eyes. Add to that the fact that my mom decided to smoke in the car at the same time, and I thought I was going to die it hurt so much.
Man that is awful. You need to be in hospital now getting that shit fixed.Ice Storm said:
I have had a few surgeries (4 I think) and I really hate that feeling of waking up after a general anaesthetic - that woozy, where did the last 6 hours go, time to vomit, dry mouth, where the fuck am I, time to vomit again, just want to go back to sleep and not vomit again but I probably will feeling.
After one surgery (my first knee op) I kept falling asleep again. They must have miscalculated the dosage or something because about 8 hours post surgery I was still going in and out of consciousness. I was kept in for observation overnight because they were concerned. I was quite scared because when I was conscious I was quite lucid and could feel myself about to black out again.
Still your story is much worse. I am going to bookmark this thread - give us an update on how you get on.
My wisdom teeth were ripped from my skull last month, and I apparently had an unknown allergic reaction causing severe pain among other things to some of the medicines they gave me. Unfortunately, I therefore had no working painkillers as they could not determine the ingredient that caused the reaction.
That was a fun two weeks.
That was a fun two weeks.