what surgery's have you had?

[JLML]

Removal of 2 wisdom teeth (does that even count? <.<) and some orthopaedic surgery to fix an open radioulnar fracture (basically, both bones in the forearm broken and (in this case) one of them at least partially protruding from the skin). Might have had an incident involving getting a stick stuck in the eye (yeah. . . still see perfectly fine) but that was too long ago to remember.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

When I was younger I had some sort of emergency surgery on my mouth. All I was ever told was that my mouth was infected really bad. Not sure what they did but my mouth wasn't significantly altered in any way. I threw up blood and passed out for an hour every ten minutes after the surgery though.

And the Doctors lied to me about the anesthesia so I punched and kicked them a lot before going under.

My family has been too poor otherwise to get me any kind of surgery otherwise even though I've needed it in the past.

 

[Karlaxx]

Had surgery eleven months ago to correct my gynecomastia, which in layman's terms is manboobs. Painkillers made everything okay for the first five days, but then the had to pull the drains out of my chest through holes in my armpits, and let me tell you that was one of the most painful things I've ever experienced (they were extra-large or something like that); that part was over pretty quickly, at least. A month later I was cleared for all physical activites, but even now the feeling is off around the affected areas- nerves take a long time to regrow, if they ever recover fully, I guess.

 

[Myndnix]

I had an appendectomy back in 2009. While on holiday in the US. Not the best experience I've ever had.
I also have a minor surgery coming up next month, to get a small wart removed. No, you don't get to know where it is.

 

[Major_Tom]

Spinal tap, if that counts. Also, what's up with removing wisdom teeth? Is that a First World thing?

 

[Ebonrul]

Retinal Reattachment Surgery.

I used to compete as an amateur kickboxer when I was a freshman in college. At the time, I didn't appreciate the difference between someone who's fighting go get a colored piece of cloth or an approving nod from their teacher, and someone who's fighting to feed their family. While I technically won the fight, both retinas had become partially detached afterward. The "curtain began to fall" as the "screen" that covers the back of my eye started peeling away from the back of my eyeball. That monday I was in surgery.

I remember it because of the damage that was done, reattaching the retina was impossible using a laser. The retina hadn't detached cleanly, but was peeling away in shreds like a price tag. To fix this, they had to remove my eye from the socket, and use a cryo-wand to freeze the retina and shape it, then allow it to thaw/heal intact. Using lasers to reattach the retina would have caused so much scarring that the procedure would have been pointless.

Also, the procedure is performed under local anesthetic, like getting a cavity filled. This means I was awake the whole time for my eye surgery. I "saw" the doctor pull my eye from the socket (not much after that but blobs, but I saw the part that you don't want to see and I distinctly remember grabbing the arms of the chair as my field of vision suddenly "jumped" toward the ceiling) and remember almost all of the surgery.

Not really looking to trump that experience personally.

 

[MajorTomServo]

When I was born, I didn't have a hole in my wiener. They had to make one for me.

I'm really glad I don't remember that...

 

[Ebonrul]

Ground Control to Major Tom. You win.

 

[Cazza]

I've had surgery to add a shunt into my skull. (Lucky it hasn't failed. Shunts have a high failure rate.)

1 for an infected scrap as a kid. The odd cavity. I'll gotten away without surgery now for years so I count myself lucky.

 

[Lliustril]

Nothing major here, worst would be having my tonsils removed when I was 14. Apparently my throat was so badly scared from having tonsillitis so many times that they had issues removing them. The hole (where they came from?) was fun, I could stick my finger in it, once it stopped freaking me out.

That also lead me to the discovery that morphine really knocks me out. I was in hospital for 3-4 days and I was awake for a grand total of 4 hours. But that's better than my partners, he woke up as he was going into surgery (thankfully not during).

I've also had about half my baby teeth removed, which I refused to do unless they knocked me out first. For some reason very few of my baby teeth came out naturally. How ever some one made a boo-boo and I've got a gap were they must of pulled an adult tooth (next to my canine, toward the back, so not too visible). At about 16-17 they had to pull my canines (with-in a week of each other, I don't know why they weren't done at once)but that was just a local (I'd maned up lol (womaned up? lol (hehe spell check wants to correct to 'womanized')).

I haven't even had my wisdom teeth come through yet (I'm 21) but they do start to pop out to say hi every now and again. As in I teeth and the tops come out, then the go back. But I think I've got enough space to fit them, if they ever decide they want to stay out.

Smaller scale I've had the top of a finger reattached, but I suppose stitches don't count.

Also I should of had my nose realigned, but no one noticed it was broken (you'd think when a child gets hit in the nose and it bleeds you'd take her to the docs, just to check. But it seems not noticing that I've broken some thing is common with me. We I was about 10 I broke my toe, then walked 1km to the dairy and back (in barefeet)before I noticed it hurt. 3 different doctors, with 3 different answers. Turns out it was a hairline fracture, but the noticed too late and the end of my toe now grows at an angle.

 

[Skeleon]

Only minor stuff, including tonsils, wisdom teeth and whatnot, nothing major. Never had a broken bone as far as I know, either.

 

[Skeleon]

Spinal tap, if that counts. Also, what's up with removing wisdom teeth? Is that a First World thing?

They can mess up your jaw/the arrangement of your teeth when they are in a wonky position, that's usually why they are removed. They can push into your other teeth sideways, damaging them. They're superfluous for chewing but can cause quite a few problems, so removing them makes sense if they become symptomatic. Unfortunately it is quite a procedure in many cases.

 

[Siege_TF]

All 4 wisdom teeth at once, two had to be sliced out, localized freezing onry.

Circumcision. Medical reasons. None of my girlfriends have ever complained, so I'm not going to either.

Half my deltoid and all of my inner bicept were removed due to no-ncancerous tumours which were painful and restricting bloodflow. I cannot and will not be able to lift over twenty pounds with my right arm, but it's a small miracle that I can use it as well as I can, according to the specialist. Of course his other patients in the waiting room all looked to be over seventy five, compared to my eighteen, which might have had something to do with my drastic recovery. Still looks like I was mauled by a damn bear though (and makes for a better story).

 

[J Tyran]

I had a tracheotomy as part of intubation during a coma, lots of pipes and other things like dialysis and they had all the connections for a cardiopulmonary bypass on standby. Not sure exactly what else happened but I was falling to bits and the medical details get complicated.

 

[tseroff]

I had some surgery on my toe, which wasn't too bad. The crazy part was that I watched it. I had like four shots of some numbing agent (including one in the webbing, which didn't hurt but still makes me cringe) and then I got to watch the doc go to town on my big toe.

 

[rorororo]

You know what, I think may have won the thread.

My spine is partially titanium. Due to severe scoliosis, meaning that my spine was curved at about 65 degree in the middle, meant that I had to have surgery to straighten the spine out, and have titanium rods put in to keep it that way. I can no longer bend my spine at all.

Beat that.

Same, only I'm not sure what degree it was. It was, however, severe enough to warrant a surgery that involved inserting 2 titanium rods and the removal of ribs.

Besides that, I had a mole removed once, and that's about it.

Same. Spine surgery at 11. Two titanium bars, a couple dozen of screws, ribs shortened, two ernias removed. I can freely move though. The only lasting effect is that my torso never got to grow with the rest of me so I'm quite disproportionate - loooooonnnnng legs and arms. Not that bad though, I mean, it's better than being disproportionate in the opposite sense I guess.

 

[Dark5tar1]

You know what, I think may have won the thread.

My spine is partially titanium. Due to severe scoliosis, meaning that my spine was curved at about 65 degree in the middle, meant that I had to have surgery to straighten the spine out, and have titanium rods put in to keep it that way. I can no longer bend my spine at all.

Beat that.

Same, only I'm not sure what degree it was. It was, however, severe enough to warrant a surgery that involved inserting 2 titanium rods and the removal of ribs.

Besides that, I had a mole removed once, and that's about it.

Same. Spine surgery at 11. Two titanium bars, a couple dozen of screws, ribs shortened, two ernias removed. I can freely move though. The only lasting effect is that my torso never got to grow with the rest of me so I'm quite disproportionate - loooooonnnnng legs and arms. Not that bad though, I mean, it's better than being disproportionate in the opposite sense I guess.

I also recently had surgery for scoliosis. Has only been 6 months but trying to bend

 

[Wolf In A Bear Suit]

I was A C-Section, so that counts. Didn't want to come out the normal way you say. Hipster since birth. Just after birth I had surgery done on my messed up ear, bot sure why to be honest. Not really relevant but I also have a piece of tarmac lodged in my head since I was a wee lad.

 

[Psykoma]

I'm getting braces put in on Tuesday in preparation for getting my jaw broken into pieces and re-set in a non-underbite formation next year..
I'll probably also have to have my wisdom teeth out before the jaw breaking surgery.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Not sure if Wisdom Teeth Removal counts as surgery, but I've had that.

Spoiler warning: it sucks. I went under because I don't want to be awake when the docs are doing sensitive, delicate work; I'll just twitch and struggle. When I came to, the procedure was over and I felt HORRIBLE.

I was so out of it I couldn't even stand. I needed help to get out of the dentist's office and for the rest of the day, I was loopy, my lips were sore, I threw up a lot, and I couldn't speak.

It was without a doubt one of the worst days of my life.