Had AC joint and rotator surgery in January, then 2 microdiscectomies, one in Oct and one in Dec, in the last year. Been a ****** year at age 31.
In the spirit of CFH, what surgeries have you had?
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Surgery on my right eyeball two weeks before I turned three. They popped it out of its socket, and it was just sitting on my cheek, attached by the optic nerve. (At least, that's what my mom said) It was to correct lazy eye, and I did wear corrective lenses for 20 years after, but...let's just say I should really get back to wearing them.
Ganglion cyst removed from my foot...twice. First time I was six, and boy, I remember straining against my mom and three nurses as they gave me the local anesthetic. Five shots like that in succession was not my idea of a good time. They had to do it again at 15 because they missed some plus the scar tissue would bug me sometimes. No thrashing by me then.
And obligatory wisdom teeth, with drilling through my lower left jawbone to get to one of them. Local anesthetic only. I think having braces for four years toughened me up.
Ganglion cyst removed from my foot...twice. First time I was six, and boy, I remember straining against my mom and three nurses as they gave me the local anesthetic. Five shots like that in succession was not my idea of a good time. They had to do it again at 15 because they missed some plus the scar tissue would bug me sometimes. No thrashing by me then.
And obligatory wisdom teeth, with drilling through my lower left jawbone to get to one of them. Local anesthetic only. I think having braces for four years toughened me up.
I feel terrible for all of you. I have never had any surgeries and even have all my wisdom teeth still intact at age 38. I boxed for 8 years (13-21) and have pretty much played basketball my whole life. Other than some minor nicks, cuts, and swelling and some torn ligaments in my ankle (no surgery required), I've never had to go under the knife or broken any bones.
I think I would be a total wuss about having surgery, as I'm the biggest baby whenever I get the flu, sprained ankle, muscle cramp, or anything minor. My hats off to all of you for going through some serious stuff. Much respect.
I think I would be a total wuss about having surgery, as I'm the biggest baby whenever I get the flu, sprained ankle, muscle cramp, or anything minor. My hats off to all of you for going through some serious stuff. Much respect.
Worst I have experience with was my daughter at age 22. She had both thigh bones cut and turned inward about 45° and all four leg bones cut and turned out about 45° to correct something appropriately named miserable misalignment syndrome. Full leg casts for quite some time. Hard to see your kid go through something like that.
Appendectomy
2 knee surgeries
Finger reconstructive after the 2005 Iowa Iowa State football game, broke my finger saving a girl from getting hit in the face with a football as my buddy was "fishing" for them. Made for a good sympathy and a fun evening with her...
2 knee surgeries
Finger reconstructive after the 2005 Iowa Iowa State football game, broke my finger saving a girl from getting hit in the face with a football as my buddy was "fishing" for them. Made for a good sympathy and a fun evening with her...
I agree. With as many procedures as I have had over the years, experiencing my sons having surgery was far far worse. Younger son had his jaw reconstructed to bring his lower jaw up to meet the upper jaw...they did that when he was 19 because he had to be full-grown first. Probably the same for your daughter?
My firstborn son had Pyloric Stenosis, with a surgical intervention when he was three weeks old. They nicked the inner lining of his intestines but caught the problem & stitched it back together. As a precautionary measure, they ordered no food by mouth for three days. He had an IV in his temple and they tied his hands together with a cloth tubing and pinned them to the mattress so that he wouldn't knock the IV out. I couldn't hold him...all they would let me do was touch his toes. He probably handled it better than I did...he was basically asleep 80% of the time.
Ulnar nerve surgery. It's where your ulnar nerve (funny bone nerve) gets trapped in the elbow joint. First symptoms were after a marathon drive back from Florida. Woke up the next day and my little finger and 1/2 of my ring finger on my left hand were tingling. Shook it off and it wouldn't go away. Didn't do much but continue to try to wiggle my hand to make it go away but it wouldn't. Then one Friday the tingling turned to pain, and the pain got worse. Woke up in the night and almost went to Emergency room. Doctor, Specialist, tests, more tests, then finally the surgery. Left a nice 6" scar on my left elbow. It's not really "right" (kinda numbish still) but no pain and full usage so not complaining. It was an out-patient procedure.
And cut my own left ankle the summer before 8th grade with a sickle. Cutting weeds and took a big ole swing and all the way 'round and whacked a good slice into my leg. Got to watch blood pump out and shoot across the field to the beating rhythm of my heart. Don't think I wasn't freaking out!
Colonoscopy and no sweat wisdom tooth removals, but I wouldn't have included either if I hadn't seen others do so.
59 years old and so glad to say that - other than being born - I've never had to spend an overnight as a patient in the hospital.
And cut my own left ankle the summer before 8th grade with a sickle. Cutting weeds and took a big ole swing and all the way 'round and whacked a good slice into my leg. Got to watch blood pump out and shoot across the field to the beating rhythm of my heart. Don't think I wasn't freaking out!
Colonoscopy and no sweat wisdom tooth removals, but I wouldn't have included either if I hadn't seen others do so.
59 years old and so glad to say that - other than being born - I've never had to spend an overnight as a patient in the hospital.
Glad yours worked first time around. I had a decompression done on the right (took out a 1.5" sliver of bone to make the nerve channel bigger). No osteoporosis here, because four years later I had grown the bone back.
Same procedure, second time around. same result. Last resort was transposition. So now, instead of going around the pointy part of my elbow and down my forearm, my nerve cuts to the inside just above the elbow, runs under the ligaments & muscles and goes back to its normal position about halfway down my forearm. Seems to have done the trick, as it has been over 8 years and I'm relatively pain free.
Had a tumor in my colon removed after my freshman year of college. Say hello to a yearly colonoscopy thanks to that. Thankfully it was benign.
