How many

[DaddyTorgo]

i'm lucky. just 1 (appendicitis).

[Eaglesfan27]

I've had 1. A Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy when I was 3. Good luck with your decision.

[Coffee Warlord]

Knee scoped, and 2 different eye surgeries. The first to fix my "I Was a Stupid, Stupid Child" act, and the second was the lovely laser.

[SunDancer]

Thinking of my current medicial situation and undergoing surgery again soon,
How many surgeries have you guys have?

[Eaglesfan27]

There is a time stamp bug that has been playing Havok with the board. It's been prevalent in many threads.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by SunDancer

Why is this upside down in posting?

See my above post.

[SunDancer]

Why is this upside down in posting?

[SunDancer]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

I've had 1. A Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy when I was 3. Good luck with your decision.

Thanks, I have had too many to count. I could give a number (a good estimation).

[Suicane75]

Tonsil, gall bladder, kidney infection (i was very young, but they went up thru my pee pee to alieveate this

[EagleFan]

Appendicitis during the last week of 99, I got out on New Years Eve (got to watch a lot of the early celebrations from the hospital.

Had a tumor removed back when I was like 2 or 3 so I don;t remember that one.

[korme]

0

*knocks on wood*

[SunDancer]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Appendicitis during the last week of 99, I got out on New Years Eve (got to watch a lot of the early celebrations from the hospital.

Had a tumor removed back when I was like 2 or 3 so I don;t remember that one.

Nice. My surgery count has to around 35-40 in my near 21-years of life.

[sovereignstar]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

0

*knocks on wood*

mwuhahahahahahahahahahaha

[TLK]

none.... thank god....

[MacroGuru]

2 knee scopes (93 on the right & 95 on the left)

1 Shoulder Scope and a bone shaving (04)

Tonsils (87)

This next one, should hurt you all

Testicular Torsion, It was the summer of going into my 9th grade year in High School (88), I managed to get in a fight with a few College Freshmen, needless to say, After kicking the shit out of 2 of them, one of them precided to kick me in the nuts....I stood my ground, then passed out due to the pain. Walked around for a day with a nut the size of a baseball, finally, told my mother...took me to the ER...they rushed me into surgery. This is something I would never wish on anyone.

[tategter]

Brain transplant with someone named Abby Nermal

Actually just tonsils, appendix, and a severely infected trigger finger. The appendix one almost killed me becuase it had burst a few days before surgery.

[ScottVib]

1.) Ear Tubes and Adenoids
2.) Tonsilectomy
3.) Odontoma (Dental Surgery for tooth framents blocking the path of my adult teeth)
4.) Pectus Excavatum Correction (Essentially they go in, cut and shorten your ribs, fracture your sternum into more of a correct shape, re-attach everything)

[fantastic flying froggies]

None. (knocks on wood)

Now we need tk to read and post in this thread...methinks I'll PM her...

[Noop]

1) Broken ankle - Had to get screws put in. This happened last year in Sept.
2) Same ankle - I didn't do what I was suppose to and they had to replace those screws

[CamEdwards]

two, one on my feet and the lasik (which i'm not sure really counts).

Best of luck with your upcoming surgery, Sundancer.

[spleen1015]

That's start from the beginning...

1991 - Ruptured spleen repaired
1997 - ACL reconstruction left knee
2001 - Arthoscopic left knee
2002 - Apendix removed
2003 - ACL reconstruction left knee
2004 - Varicocele repair

My goal for 2005 is to go the whole year without being put under.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

That's start from the beginning...

1991 - Ruptured spleen repaired
1997 - ACL reconstruction left knee
2001 - Arthoscopic left knee
2002 - Apendix removed
2003 - ACL reconstruction left knee
2004 - Varicocele repair

My goal for 2005 is to go the whole year without being put under.

Kind of cool that spleen1015 actually had a ruptured spleen.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Kind of cool that spleen1015 actually had a ruptured spleen.

That's where the name came from.

[terpkristin]

Uh oh, fff pinged me to this thread...

1) 7/26/2001: Right shoulder Bankart repair with inferior capsular shift (open)
2) 12/20/2001: Left shoulder Bankart repair with inferior capsular shift (open)
3) 6/6/2002: Tonsillectomy (adult tonsillectomies SUCK)
4) 8/15/2002: Ankle surgery #1...open Crisman-Snook reconstruction of the lateral ligaments via peroneal tendon transfer
5) 1/29/2003: Hand osteotomy (re-break the hand and place pins in it)...don't punch walls
6) 8/6/2003: Ankle surgery #2...open debriedment, lateral ligament repair and repair of peroneus brevis and longus tendons
7) 12/24/2003: Ankle surgery #3....re-repair of peroneus brevis and longus tendons again, this time with a transfer of a tendon from the bottom of the foot to repair the brevis beause the cadeaver tendon wouldn't work...they had to re-route the tendon around the back of my leg and on the outside of my ankle.
8) 6/25/2004: Ankle surgery #4...ankle triple arthrodesis (fusion), with removal of sural neurectomy (removal of a portion of sural nerve) and re-re-reconstruction of lateral ligaments (in another Crisman-snook procedure).

Because of these procedures I have 2 tacks in my tibia, 5 screws in my ankle, a pin in each shoulder, and sitting in my room here I have the two pins that were used in my hand.

~tk

[Draft Dodger]

unless penis enlargement counts...none.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

Because of these procedures I have 2 tacks in my tibia, 5 screws in my ankle, ...

Y'think maybe you should consider just paying someone to kick ass as required, instead of doing it yourself? Sounds like you're well on your way toward wearing out an ankle completely.

Well, either that, or change your posting name to "Jaime Sommers"

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by indoorsoccersim

Testicular Torsion, It was the summer of going into my 9th grade year in High School (88), I managed to get in a fight with a few College Freshmen, needless to say, After kicking the shit out of 2 of them, one of them precided to kick me in the nuts....I stood my ground, then passed out due to the pain. Walked around for a day with a nut the size of a baseball, finally, told my mother...took me to the ER...they rushed me into surgery. This is something I would never wish on anyone.

As strange as it sounds I've been told by doctors that I'm prone to this. I was in 6th grade the first time it supposedly happened. I was in an immense amount of pain down there and was rushed to the ER. By the time I got there, the pain was mostly gone. The doctor said it looked like it had gotten twisted but that it fixed itself.

Next time was the summer after my freshman year of college. All of a sudden one day I just had immense pain down there sporadically. It cam and went. After about the third day I went to the ER. They told me that i had a hernia (I was working construction). A few months later I went to a urologist and he said he thought I may have had the testicular tortion, since I had had it before. He suggested stapling my boys to the scrote so they wouldn't jiggle around and get twisted. If they did, it could seriously f me up for life.

Needless to say, I said no thanks and haven't had any problems. Since its never actually been seen by a doctor (the cannodling of my boys), I don't particularly believe them.

Oh, and I've had my wisdom teeth out, is that surgery.

However, when the people in triage ask you to rate your pain, what do you say? I mean, yeah it hurts, but I mean, I take pain pretty well. Generally, I can't really rate anything above at best a 6 in my life. I mean, my balls hurt, but so does a paper cut the instance it happens... and having a socer ball graze your man hurts far more than a direct hit. Even when I broke my wrist, it never hurt. I kept playing football the rest of the day, and I only went to the doctor becuase people said it was really red and swelling. It never hurt though. Normally, I just have to lie to the people so they can understand how worried I am about whatever may be wrong.

[SunDancer]

Wanted to add my list:
I have had numerous of oral and maxillofacial surgeries (just had one in October, one in about eight weeks, and prolly two to three or so maybe in the next year or two after that eight week one), a number of hand and ear reconstruction surgeries, airway/trachestomoy surgeries, cleft palate repair when I was a baby, as well another thing I'm not too keen on sharing (nothing embarrassing )

[Loren]

Originally Posted by indoorsoccersim

Testicular Torsion, It was the summer of going into my 9th grade year in High School (88), I managed to get in a fight with a few College Freshmen, needless to say, After kicking the shit out of 2 of them, one of them precided to kick me in the nuts....I stood my ground, then passed out due to the pain. Walked around for a day with a nut the size of a baseball, finally, told my mother...took me to the ER...they rushed me into surgery. This is something I would never wish on anyone.

OH MY GODDD, even I crossed my legs and read that with a winced ewwey face!
umm never had any surgeries butt umm I did push out a 9 1/2 lb big headed child out a small orifice on my body, thats gotta count for SOMETHING!

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Loren

umm I did push out a 9 1/2 lb big headed child out a small orifice on my body, thats gotta count for SOMETHING!

Look, Shorty apologized for that...

[Loren]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Look, Shorty apologized for that...

I'm just bitter, cuz after all that work I did he's now gotten smaller

[Craptacular]

I think I've only had two: tongue surgery (to correct a speech problem), and a broken nose after getting an aluminum bat across the face.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Loren

I'm just bitter, cuz after all that work I did he's now gotten smaller

HA!

[SunDancer]

Originally Posted by Craptacular

I think I've only had two: tongue surgery (to correct a speech problem), and a broken nose after getting an aluminum bat across the face.

That had to hurt. I've prolly have had as many, if not more, surgeries as Joan Rivers.

[Craptacular]

Originally Posted by SunDancer

That had to hurt. I've prolly have had as many, if not more, surgeries as Joan Rivers.

It was my own damn fault. When I was five, I must have thought it was a good idea to run up behind the batter during a game of baseball my older brothers and some friends were playing in our front yard. My face has definitely taken the lion's share of bodily harm over my lifetime (maybe that's why I haven't posted in the what-do-you-look-like thread ). I also made a nice impression (literally) in the dashboard of a car with the side of my face when I was in sixth grade. I found out the hard way that you should always buckle up.

[Suicane75]

Karate class, spinning wheelhouse or roundhouse or some such nonsense.
Well I'm too close to the wall, and was im in the air with my leg outstretched it slams into the wall, breaking my ankle. Upon landing I have no support from my ankle and my knee proceeds to go in a very bad direction. I fall down and figure my kneecap has slid out of place (it had happened 3 or 4 times before, painfull but only for a moment). Well it had, but it didn't go back....imagine my shcok when i ran my hand down my leg and my kneecap is sitting about 4 inches out from where it should. Thats when the realization hits me and i begin to sense the pain, most horrible pain i've ever felt.

Karate teacher has no insurance and does not want to get sued so for some reason he tells me to walk it off. 20 minutes later one of the other students brothers decides to call the paramedics as I am sweating dizzy from the pain.

Full leg cast for 5 friggin months.

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Karate teacher has no insurance and does not want to get sued so for some reason he tells me to walk it off.

It's open season on him...and you.

[Suicane75]

Thats seriously what the dude was like. He was nice until the accident, then even when i came back to class he pretty much avoided me.

[JeeberD]

Wisdom teeth.

Oral surgury to pull down my canines since they didn't descend on their own.

That's it, thank the lord...

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Wisdom teeth.

Oral surgury to pull down my canines since they didn't descend on their own.

Dude, when they pull those down cause they dont descend, that aint oral surgery.

[LoneStarGirl]

Tonsils removed and my stomach scoped.
Never had any broken bones though.
*knocks on wood*

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

Dude, when they pull those down cause they dont descend, that aint oral surgery.

Eh, it was acutally something they did when I had braces. They cut away the gums from the canines, slapped some brackets on the suckers, and over a period of a few months dragged the suckers down.

They didn't get them down in a single day or anything...

[SunDancer]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Eh, it was acutally something they did when I had braces. They cut away the gums from the canines, slapped some brackets on the suckers, and over a period of a few months dragged the suckers down.

They didn't get them down in a single day or anything...

Was this the full-blown surgery, in the operating room, or was it the in-office thing?

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Eh, it was acutally something they did when I had braces. They cut away the gums from the canines, slapped some brackets on the suckers, and over a period of a few months dragged the suckers down.

They didn't get them down in a single day or anything...

You didn't get the joke.

Or maybe it just wasn't good.

[Radii]

Tonsils in the 4th grade and getting knocked out for a wisdom tooth, don't know if that even counts, I guess since I went under it would.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Y'think maybe you should consider just paying someone to kick ass as required, instead of doing it yourself? Sounds like you're well on your way toward wearing out an ankle completely.

Well, either that, or change your posting name to "Jaime Sommers"

Actually the shoulder surgeries were from swimming, karate, and rock climbing--my shoulders were just so loose they could more or less fall out of socket if I sneezed.

The initial ankle surgery was a result of a really bad soccer injury: went up for a head ball and came down on the outside of my foot, tearing all the lateral ligaments. The other 3 ankle surgeries were because that one (and each before the next) failed.

The hand. That was my own damn fault. I punched a brick wall. Bricks don't give. But I punched the wall because I don't believe in violence towards people. Go figure. If only I'd punched the professor I probably wouldn't have even had too much of a lawsuit to deal with (I had plenty of evidence of what a jerk this guy was). Oh well. Anyway, after 2 months in a cast it still hadn't healed properly so they had to go in, re-break, and set with K-wires. One of them is still sitting here in my room.

~tk

[FrogMan]

Not very many. Adenoids and tonsils on one shot, and almsot died on the other one. It was a maxilo facial surgery to kind of expand the palate of my mouth, since my upper back teeth were getting sort of closer and closer in the back (say the space from the right and left side was not wide enough on top compared to the bottom of my mouth). They said I would most certainly have trouble chewing when I'd grow older, and after 5 years of braces, it was still a problem. So off we go for surgery. They were basically going to saw my top jaw in three, pull the front forward a little, and both sides outward. Basic thing they said, except I had a reaction to some drug they give you to keep your face from blowing up like a balloon, to keep the swelling down to a minimum. As soon as it hit the IV, I started coughing, I blacked out, but could hear everyone around. I heard some panicky voice even say something like "very faint pulse, we're losing him". Gosh, I still get goosebumps writing about this... Anyway, they saved me, I guess it wasn't my time. When I finally could see something (I could hear more or less everything through it all), there were like 2-3 doctors around my bed (we had not moved to the OR yet), with about 4-5 nurses running around. My mom was in the hallway. She had come to wish me luck before they'd take me to the OR. She saw all the people around me and just about freaked out...

I don't remember what they gave me and they were unsure what caused it. I only wish never to live that again...

We went ahead with the surgery two days later, only without the drug and I had a big puffy face for like 2 weeks. I also woke up with my teeth wired and ate with a straw for the next 6 weeks. I was 17 at the time, thanks mom for taking care of me then.

FM

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by SunDancer

Was this the full-blown surgery, in the operating room, or was it the in-office thing?

Just in-office, but they knocked me out for it...

Originally Posted by Suicane75

You didn't get the joke.

Or maybe it just wasn't good.

I'm guessing it was a play on the term oral, but I ain't sure...

Edit: Oh, you were actually talking about balls, werntcha?

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by JeeberD

Just in-office, but they knocked me out for it...




I'm guessing it was a play on the term oral, but I ain't sure...

Your canines wouldnt descend, so they had to pull them down.................


I should of just let it be.