Any one every have an operation?

For me....the removal of a pilonidal cyst which was 5 inches deep and diameter of 10 cent coin. Not very nice with about 3 month recovery time. Bandages changed daily which was rather painful.
Wisdom tooth by the dentist. Took about 2 hours. He said afterwords it should have been done under general anesthetic. All the roots were curled inwards, so he first had to saw off the top of the tooth and then remove the individual roots. This is after him trying to pull out the entire thing. Extremely painful.

My mam...wisdom teeth under general anesthetic. But they had to dislocate her jaw to be able to get in at them. From what she has said its not a nice thing to go through.

ETA: about 6 months later a root the dentist never pulled came out. No pain but pretty bizarre.

ryanf1 wrote: »

A dry socket is another problem entirely and can be quite an emergency.
What did he take to open his bowels? Im not the most regular at the best of times and I know all about the sore bum you can get, meant a quite embarassing visit to my GP even though I'd trust him with anything.

I have no idea what it was called but he has been back and forth to the doctor taking all sorts since the surgery. He had to take some kind of laxative and then he had some kind of cream/ointment for his .. delicate areas shall we say.

His oral surgeon wouldn't prescribe any painkillers for him, told him just to take neurofen and paracetamol which I was not impressed at - that's what caused all the problems I think. He was taking them for 2/3 weeks until they got the problem with the socket sorted out.

Best of luck anyway!

I had one to put screws in my leg and get patched up after a motorbike crash.
Remember feeling drowsy beforehand after the anaesthetic, then I thought I blinked and turned to the nurse and asked her "am I going in now?"
She says "no, we are all done now! You are coming out!"
I looked down and saw patches on my shoulders,elbows,hands and legs and a cast on one leg!
Felt like a right Dopey F*cker!:pac:

Dexter Bip wrote: »

Same here. Misery for a few days but longtime relief. Had general anaesthetic a few times. Chainsaw accident/abdominal surgery/septoplasty/tonsillectomy/wisdom tooth. You never get used to the sensation of going under or how quickly you come to afterwards.

Im having all 4 of mine out next Thurs. Only 2 are a problem but surgeon wants to take them all because she says they will become a problem in the future.

Woshy wrote: »

I have no idea what it was called but he has been back and forth to the doctor taking all sorts since the surgery. He had to take some kind of laxative and then he had some kind of cream/ointment for his .. delicate areas shall we say.

His oral surgeon wouldn't prescribe any painkillers for him, told him just to take neurofen and paracetamol which I was not impressed at - that's what caused all the problems I think. He was taking them for 2/3 weeks until they got the problem with the socket sorted out.

Best of luck anyway!

He's still suffering with it? The cream will have been Daktacort: green and white tube that you keep in the fridge. Ive been given fairly strong painkillers and I just discovered one causes constipation and the other Diarrhoea so my hope is they will counteract each other and my bowels will move normally, not optimistic though

ryanf1 wrote: »

He's still suffering with it? The cream will have been Daktacort: green and white tube that you keep in the fridge. Ive been given fairly strong painkillers and I just discovered one causes constipation and the other Diarrhoea so my hope is they will counteract each other and my bowels will move normally, not optimistic though

Lets just say the original constipation caused further, more painful bum problems! Hopefully your drugs won't cause too many problems anyway

Yeah, the constipation is not nice.

A friend of mine was in hospital one time for an operation of the nether region :eek: The orderly came to him on the morning of his operation armed with shaving foam and razor I'm here to shave you he said my friend said that's grand I already shaved I need to shave your pubes the orderly said

boobar wrote: »

I had surgery for the very same hellish ailment 3 times. Definitely makes one feel very grateful to have health.

Other surgery included removal of appendix (straightforward) and surgery for a torn Achilles tendon (this time last year) So hoping for an accident free 2014, do far so good, hope I've not just jinxed myself

Having been very ill and in hospital recently I've really realised how true it is that your health is your wealth. I was completely debilitated for about two months but it was pregnancy related so for a particular reason and for a finite time. My heart really goes out to anyone suffering from a long term illness that has to live like that permanently.

ryanf1 wrote: »

Cue the most massive erection he'll ever have!

The orderly was a man and so was my friend who isn't merry.

KimmyKims wrote: »

Radical hysterectomy in 2012 for Cervical Cancer. What a fun time...

Had surgery last Tuesday to remove some other stuff so recovering from that now. Not going particularly well but ive been through worse.

Hope all is well

Your very young to have surgery like that. I know there wasn't really any other option but women 20 years older than you go into that operation reluctantly. My mum had it age 40, not cancer but it was a last resort and Doctors had been putting it off for years and in the end only did it because there was no other option.

As a boy of about 12 was refereed to the Eye, Ear and Throat hospital for acute tonsillitis, about a week later I arrived at admissions and the doctors declared me fit and did not admit me.

A few years later I was sent in with symptoms of appendix, again sent home and not admitted.

Fear of the hospital seemingly cured me.

However, after 50 more years of self curing, I've had a month in patient and a triple heart bypass and all that goes with that, and last month had my eye cataract removed, so now I see the world in crystal clarity.

I guess you are better by now?