They say everybody has one.

jumpguy · 28-11-2009 11:24PM

Davidius wrote: »

Got an operation on my penis. They say it was too big.

The best part is there's a slight bit of truth behind it.

The truth is you got an operation on your penis. The lies is that it was too large.

WeeBushy · 28-11-2009 11:25PM

Broke my hand in a rugby match and had to get a pin put in.
Wasn't helped by the fact that when it happened I thought it was just a dislocated finger so tried to pop it back into place myself... didn't work and I spent 6 weeks before my leaving cert in a cast.:o

lucky-colm · 28-11-2009 11:27PM

i havn't read any of this thread or the op's original post cos my thinking on this is that this is a guessing game

so... i think he is on about a willy

CCCP^ · 28-11-2009 11:28PM

Had an operation as a child to correct a slipped muscle in my eye that was causing me to be cross-eyed. I remember going to the Eye and Ear Hospital on the South Circular to have it done, I remember the Fog around Dublin at the time. Actually it wasn't Fog, it was Smog. I remember staying there for maybe about a week. I remember the play room with lots of toys, the long room we stayed in with other kids, how smooth and clean the floor was and the nurses station at the end of the room.

I remember the foul stuff they gave me just before my operation to knock me out, I haven't tasted anything as awful since. I remember a girl being led away for either an operation or exam or prep before me who was crying for her Dad and feeling very apprehensive and afraid.

I remember waking up the next day, my mum beside me, she had bought me a Ghostbusters toy. I had to wear glasses for a few years, still do when I read or play games or watch tv, but I'm alright now. Glad I had the operation and very thankful to the state for it.

Sofiztikated · 28-11-2009 11:31PM

Beasty wrote: »

14, including (in no particular order):

Broken leg reset
Tonsils removed
skin graft
knee cartilage operation
2 x eye operations
2 x sinus operations
4 x back operations

... and I'm fitter now than I have ever been:)

We can rebuild him, we have the technology.

wwwnnnnnnnnnnggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh. Sorry, that popped into my head when I read that.

How many have I had? Em, lots. Crumlin were glad to get shot of me at 21, I had 7 files filled to busting!

As for exactly how many, I can't remember, but I was in Crumlin when I was 4 hours old, and that was the first, the last was at 15. And had 1 or 2 procedures a year between that. Some times none, some times more.

The last major operation I had, I was one of the first in Ireland to have it successfully, it was longer than open heart surgery, but not just as risky. Then when I was recovering from that, had to have another one to unkink a bowel, as I hadn't eaten in 3 weeks. That was fun.

Odysseus · 28-11-2009 11:36PM

I had a crash on my bike nearly 20 years ago compound facture tib & fib, had one op each week aver a period of six weeks. Ended up with a nial in my tib going fron my knee to my ankle, I have had no long terms problems with it. I'm a ultra runner and it causes my no issue except at airports. Still ride bikes though, I even got picked up from the hospital on my mates bike.

Sleipnir · 28-11-2009 11:43PM

Emergency sisterectomy.

Also had a tiny steering wheel removed from my jap's eye.
The relief was great; it was driving me nuts :pac:

cute_cow · 28-11-2009 11:46PM

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Going in shortly for a septoplasty.

my dad's just had that done last week.

No operations but was in hospital once about 6 weeks ago with ruptured ovarian cyst.

dolliemix · 28-11-2009 11:47PM

Vanbis wrote: »

I got my appendix removed when i was 8yrs old and i have a scar about 5inches to prove it.

+1

My mum let me get my ears pierced after cos I was so brave!

I also kept my stitches for years after in my jewelry box. The nurse put them in a little test tube type thing - dried blood and everything attached - and gave them to me to bring home.

Pretty gross when I think about it now

ConmanTheKiller · 28-11-2009 11:49PM

Had a Pyeloplasty(operation to remove an obstruction from the kidney)apparently when i got the op the scar was only an inch long, its huge now, which i had when i was 11 months old(18 now).

Also gromits when I was 4.

Mint Sauce · 28-11-2009 11:52PM

Appendicectomy when i was two

Tomebagel · 29-11-2009 12:04AM

just 1,

had a tumor removed when i was a week old:eek:

rainbow kirby · 29-11-2009 12:05AM

Never had any, and hope I never have to.

Aodan83 · 29-11-2009 12:22AM

I had an ingrown toenail. Don't think it even counts though...

candy-gal1 · 29-11-2009 12:24AM

never had, and hopefully will never have to!

Arnold Layne · 29-11-2009 12:30AM

smiley girl wrote: »

I've had a few operations when I was a kid. All on my ears. Can't remember how many I had!!

Surely you have childhood photos that show how many ears you had before the operations?

smiley girl · 29-11-2009 12:32AM

brummytom wrote: »

Erm.. ok

Are you allowed to get water in your ears while you have grommets? I had them in a few times and had to put cotton wool and vaseline in my ears when washing and swimming.

Aoifums · 29-11-2009 12:44AM

None. Was meant to get gromits, but I was knocked out and they decided I didn't need them... Was pretty pissed.

Davidius · 29-11-2009 01:17AM

jumpguy wrote: »

The truth is you got an operation on your penis. The lies is that it was too large.

In other news, fire is hot.

SmashingPilot · 29-11-2009 01:34AM

I've only had one operation, five years ago, to remove a Ganglion from my wrist....Missed my 3rd Year Christmas exams, so it was happy days. :rolleyes:

Duggy747 · 29-11-2009 02:04AM

I forgot I also had to remove a dodgy looking mole on my back.

Better safe than melonoma! Though I have a scar that resembles a gunshot wound, something to tell the ladies

Dravokivich · 29-11-2009 02:21AM

was in hospital for a bit when i was a kid for some burns...

.. honestly dont know how bad they were or if it was a shock thing...

so not sure if i even went through any kind of surgery or operation...

- Drav!

TimTim · 29-11-2009 02:25AM

Only thing so far was getting my appendix out

The Big Red Button · 29-11-2009 02:34AM

Got a couple of broken bones in my arm reset when I was 11, that was about it so far!

amacachi · 29-11-2009 02:38AM

Just the one on my nose. Long term seems to have made it worse so I'm guessing I'll be spending a fairly large amount of money on it in the future.

dimejinky99 · 29-11-2009 02:39AM

Had a TB growth in me kidney removed when I was 13..8 bloody hour operation in temple street.
an ingrown hair in me bum crack(a pilinoidal cyst) removed a few weeks ago, well the infection was removed, back into hospital this week comin to get the lump out. general anasthetic all that. not fun at all. and sore as hell.

o1s1n · 29-11-2009 02:46AM

Ingrowing toenail left foot - nail removed
Ingrowing toenail left foot (Second time) - nail removed & nail bed cut out. (Now have no nail on that toe)
Ingrowing toenail right foot - chemical used to burn root. Came back again (Not arsed getting it fixed again)
Crohn's disease - Foot of my intestines removed. 5 inch incision across my stomach and two keyhole incisions.
Dislocated knee cap - popped back into place..not really surgery but fairly ****ing traumatic all the same.
Broken Tib and fib in left leg - Bar put through my leg from just under my knee to ankle with a load of screws (The xray looked insane). 5 inch incision on my knee, keyhole on the knee and then two keyholes on the ankle. This has just developmed into an extremely bad DVT. Which I'm currently on Warfarin for.

I'm convinced at this stage there's a voodoo doll of me somewhere.

robbie_998 · 29-11-2009 02:49AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Ingrowing toenail left foot - nail removed
Ingrowing toenail left foot (Second time) - nail removed & nail bed cut out. (Now have no nail on that toe)
Ingrowing toenail right foot - chemical used to burn root. Came back again (Not arsed getting it fixed again)
Crohn's disease - Foot of my intestines removed. 5 inch incision across my stomach and two keyhole incisions.
Dislocated knee cap - popped back into place..not really surgery but fairly ****ing traumatic all the same.
Broken Tib and fib in left leg - Bar put through my leg from just under my knee to ankle with a load of screws (The xray looked insane). 5 inch incision on my knee, keyhole on the knee and then two keyholes on the ankle. This has just developmed into an extremely bad DVT. Which I'm currently on Warfarin for.

I'm convinced at this stage there's a voodoo doll of me somewhere.

They were on sale for €1.99 each :pac::pac::pac:

Senna · 29-11-2009 02:57AM

Had a detached retina when i was 10yr's old, was in hospital for a week, eye out of my head for 2 hours, had to wear an eye patch for a month after and 4 drops a day for another 3 months.
The eye specialist in the local hospital didn't diagnosis it properly, he kept saying it was a lazy eye, it took my 70yr old grand-father (a builder by trade) to ask if it could be a detached retina (common in boxing and he loved boxing).
Anyway, because of the specialist's incompetency i only have 50% sight in that eye and if he had of caught it in the first/second appointment i would have 90-100% sight.

29-11-2009 03:13AM

My earlobe split from someone yanking an earring out of it when I was about 9 and I had to get plastic surgery to fix it. That is all.

They say everybody has one.

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