Surgery we have had

Please indicate which operations/procedures you have had:

• Circumcision.
• Tonsils.
• Tonsils plus adenoids (if you know).
• Teeth removed, incl. wisdom teeth
• Appendix.
• Gall bladder.
• Hysterectomy.
• Hernia.
• Accident (such as a road accident or an industrial accident).
• Other (specify, if possible).

Which of the above involved general anaesthesia, i.e., you were put right under, and which used just local anaesthesia?

It would help if you could specify an age category for each procedure you had. (Suggestion: at birth, childhood, teens, young adult, middle-age, older.)

Now, an example. Using the above, I have had: 1 (at birth), 2 and 3 (childhood, under general anaesthetic), 4 (childhood under general anaesthetic; and young adult under local anaesthetic), 8 (middle-age, under general anaesthetic).

(Btw, I have a special interest in 2, 3, and 4. Would welcome offline discussion of it, i.e., via personal messaging.)

Thanks, everyone!

- Ken

I've had 2 hernia operations. My tonsils out and surgery on my wrist and hand

I had my tonsils taken out when I was around 2, so I have been told since I don't remember anything at all. Except I do have a morbid fear of having anything stuck down my throat, like say a probe for a bronchioscopy. I put that down to the memory of a bad tonsillectomy experience.

Then a pneumonectomy when 31, which was a rather major thing.

Finally a year ago I had an appendectomy of all things at my age, during the corona surge in filling-up-to-capacity hospitals. Never been so miserable in my whole life, but when I woke up I felt great and was back home in less than 24 hours after surgery. I felt like I was high for at least a week afterwards.

• Circumcision. Age 10 local anesthetic
• Tonsils. No
• Tonsils plus adenoids (if you know).No
• Teeth removed, incl, wisdom teeth Age 24 all four done two at a time two weeks apart. Local anesthetic
• Appendix. No
• Gall bladder. No
• Hysterectomy. No
• Hernia. No
• Accident (such as a road accident or an industrial accident). Just stitches.
• Other (specify, if possible). arthroscopic knee surgery full anesthesia
• needle ablation on my prostate age 55 local anesthetic and mild sedation
• ambulatory phlebectomy of varicose veins age 56 local anesthetic
• laser surgery on my prostate age 60 ful anesthesia.
• Double bypass heart surgery age 68 full anesthesia

Corneal transplant, 2004

Extensive cosmetic dental 2004-05

Reattached of retina, 2012

Tonsils and adenoids when I was about 8 appendix at about 13 wisdom teeth at around 16 Prostate removal at 66 Hernia at 68

When I was about 12 or 13 I broke my elbow and had surgery.

I've had:

Tonsillectomy at age 12 - general anesthesia (as far as I remember)

Caesarean section at age 33 - spinal anesthesia

Cataract removal/lens replacements at age 47 - local anesthesia with sedation

Carpal tunnel surgery at age 48 - local nerve block with sedation

Two knee replacements at age 54 - local nerve block with sedation

Second carpal tunnel surgery coming up but TBD

I’ve been circumcised and had a later cyst removed from my glans.

Circumcision was aged 20 and under general, cyst was removed under local at 38.

Tonsils

Bullet removed from my back; shrapnel from my leg (flew helicopters in Viet Nam)

Pilonidal cyst removed

Total knee (Right)

That's about it for me.

Hmm. agracier wrote (post #3 ):

I do have a morbid fear of having anything stuck down my throat, like say a probe for a bronchioscopy.

Identical, agracier! Same here - as l found a few years ago. I had a day-appointment at the local hospital for a brochioscopy, and thought l might almost enjoy it, given my ‘throat fetish’! Instead, l instantly choked up the minute the tube started to go down. The doctor dismissed the several medical staff in the room, and l was sent home in disgrace (it felt like)!

- Ken

Tonsil & adenoidectomy at age 8. I was given ether. In hospital with 4 of my siblings. I remember the stitches broke open & haemrrohaging (sic) & had surgery a second time.

Had all my wisdom teeth removed at age 21 under general anesthesia.

Had a tubal ligation at age 32 under general anesthesia.

Had a cyst removed at age 37 under local anesthesia.

Had both heels on my feet reshaped under general anesthesia.

Had a total knee replacement at 70 under general anesthesia.

And finally, had cataract removal a year or so ago with implants. No anesthesia at all

That's it!

Tonsils

Bullet removed from my back; shrapnel from my leg (flew helicopters in Viet Nam)

Pilonidal cyst removed

Total knee (Right)

That's about it for me.

And ToyPlayer …… thank you for your service.

Tonsils and adenoids when I was 4- general anesthesia and in the hospital for 3 days. Tubes put in my ears, I don’t know how many times, but general anesthesia and 3 days in the hospital. Tonsils grew back, got taken out again. General anesthesia. This was all up to about age 7.

I had some teeth pulled when I was 13, they knocked me out too. It was the only way I would let them near my mouth!

Then in 2013, I had a torn and detached Retina with 8 tears. They knocked me out for that one and I had the worst time waking up from it. I kind of remember a nurse saying she had never had so much trouble waking someone up! I was 45.

I have since had cataract removal in both eyes with lens replacements. To squeamish to do it awake and at the time my asthma was pretty bad so he was more comfortable doing it in the hospital. Took a long time to fully wake up but not as bad as before. I might have been about 46/47 yrs old.

I also had Carpel Tunnel Releases in both hands two weeks apart. They did the twilight sleep for that. The first again was hard to wake up from. The anesthesiologist said on the second one that she gave me a 5 year olds dose. It was still very hard for me to shake it off. Big naps after all of them once I got home! Probably 47/48 yrs old.

I think that’s all of them!

I had a day-appointment at the local hospital for a brochioscopy, and thought l might almost enjoy it, given my ‘throat fetish’! Instead, l instantly choked up the minute the tube started to go down. The doctor dismissed the several medical staff in the room, and l was sent home in disgrace (it felt like)!

I had 2 tries for a bronchioscopy and both times were a disaster even though I was stoked to the gills with valium or whatever it was they gave to calm patients down back then. But at the same time atropine is used to reduce saliva production and that causes elevation of the heart rate and feelings of anxiety. In any case, nothing came of either tries and I almost wacked the doctor and assistants with my flailing arms.

The first time the doc accused me of being a doped-up hippy (and my hair wasn't even that long …ha ha). Several years later a second try ended just as badly but without accusations as to supposed life-style … ha ha.

I don't remember operations when I was young (adenoids maybe ?)

Nothing when I was a teenager.

As a man (I'm 50), I only had one, last january : a colonoscopy. And it was with a general anesthesia.

And nothing else. I consider myself a lucky man when it comes to good health. Doesn't help much with my kink fetish of being naked in front of a female doctor, but I prefer it that way 😄

Tonsils out @5yo

appendix out while on vacation…@28 yo

2 hernias out..first one general anesthesia…second out using just local injections

C1 surgery to open spinal canal..50% normal diameter and no spinal fluid at 65 yo

C2-T1 opened all vertebra to relieve spinal stenosis….general anesthesia again

6 basil cell Mohs surgeries on head and body

cataract on both eyes….just a small calming Agent.

Basically kept functioning via cutting and sewing.

Appendectomy - teen

Not surgery but I’ll include giving birth 19-25

internal fixation of a broken ankle 30’s

tubal ligation 25

various moles excised 30’s through present

uterine ablation 48

colonoscopy first at age 40

endoscopy 56

I've had a lazy eye fixed when 2 or 3 years old. I don't remember anything of the actual surgery. I only remember it because of pictures of me wearing a patch over the affected eye.

Motorcycle crash 1968 , concussion ,head Trama , road rash about 60% of my body , . Road with club to L.A. Calif. into wrong “hood” took bullet to right lower jaw . Road with club to Oceola Florida . took two bullet's to chest and right leg and stab wound to right leg above the knee . 1973 new bike , on day one showing off hit rock wall on narrow country road at or about 80 M.P.H. broke left arm between wrist and elbow , broke left arm between elbow and shoulder , dislocated left shoulder . concussion , broke left leg below the knee . 1979 500lb interlake stitcher machine fell on me from about 5½ feet , broke l5 l4 l3 l2 l1 vertebrae , Married wrong woman , stab wound to chest . April 1988 explosion at work , took 79 chunks in various parts of my body from face to ankles . exposure to Metha bromide and cyanide , one man died at the work site one died next to me at the hospital . 2017 walking across a well kept lawn , right leg broke just above ankle . Yes I have made some bad choices and i am a bit accident prone .

Colon Cancer…….Penile Implant.

Motorcycle crash 1968 , concussion ,head Trama , road rash about 60% of my body , . Road with club to L.A. Calif. into wrong “hood” took bullet to right lower jaw . Road with club to Oceola Florida . took two bullet's to chest and right leg and stab wound to right leg above the knee . 1973 new bike , on day one showing off hit rock wall on narrow country road at or about 80 M.P.H. broke left arm between wrist and elbow , broke left arm between elbow and shoulder , dislocated left shoulder . concussion , broke left leg below the knee . 1979 500lb interlake stitcher machine fell on me from about 5½ feet , broke l5 l4 l3 l2 l1 vertebrae , Married wrong woman , stab wound to chest . April 1988 explosion at work , took 79 chunks in various parts of my body from face to ankles . exposure to Metha bromide and cyanide , one man died at the work site one died next to me at the hospital . 2017 walking across a well kept lawn , right leg broke just above ankle . Yes I have made some bad choices and i am a bit accident prone .

Sounds like Joe Btfsplk (from Al Capp's ‘Lil Abner) was following you around!! 😳😄 You’re lucky to still be here!!!! Try to be more careful!

@nytwatch1 I cringed for you reading that.

My list:

• tonsillectomy GA (general anesthesia) age 6
• repair of hand after finger bit off by a horse GA age 20
• D&C (dusting and cleaning) GA age 25 and 38
• wisdom teeth out GA age 38
• colposcopy no anesthesia (got to watch on screen) age 39
• endometrial ablation, cone biopsy GA age 39
• bronchoscopy supposedly under sedation but it didn't work age 48
• carpal tunnel release L hand local anesthetic and I watched age 55
• endometrial biopsy GA and 2 day hospital stay age 55
• endoscopy sedation with propofol but I woke up partway through it and was watching on screen until they put me out again age 56
• cystoscopy with local, watched on screen age 57

Going to have carpal tunnel release on other hand hopefully soon, it's been delayed a couple times. Gyn wants to do another biopsy but I keep putting it off. Foot surgeon wants to a partial amputation of big toe and they don't put you under for that here - it's done in clinic. I said no (for other reasons).

I had 4 teeth removed prior to ortododontic treatment at age 11. This procedure and the ortodonic did far more damage than good, even though it was concidered successful. Put simply: I did not need it, and the changes were more to harm than good.

3 teeth got extracted with simple extraction. The forth got removed with surgery in the jaw bone, but under local anesthesia. I remember nearly every moment of it, but it was not very painful, though.

I may have had suregy in my urethra at a very young age under general anesthesia. In either case I had some procedure there. I have a scar under the base of my penis that is difficult to explain otherwise. But I do not think I was hospitalized, but perhaps stayed a night in the hospital.

Yes I have made some bad choices and i am a bit accident prone .

Ya think ????

Hi to jonormal (post #26 ) and to a lot of other Zity-ers! I wish all of you would follow a protocol of establishing what preceding post you are referring to in a thread that isn't just one or two messages long. 😕😡😉

Thanks - Ken

• Tonsils plus adenoids at about 4yo. Very short general anaesthesia (15mn).
• Partial circumcision due to a phimosis (about 0.4in of my foreskin was cut) at about 6yo. General anaesthesia.
• First colonoscopy 6 months ago. General anaesthesia (45mn).
• Skin cancer removal 5 months ago. Local anaesthesia.

I‘VE had a BUNCH of surgeries.

1952 — (age 4) Had urethra bored out to help increase urine flow. Was put to sleep with an ether cloth held over my face. I was TERRIFIED! Later in life, scar tissue from this surgery has caused even more issues with a very slow urine flow. That’s why I just sit to pee as it takes so long to empty out!

1964 — (age 16) Had Pilonidal Cyst removed under general anesthesia. What a relief this was!

1968 — (age 20) Had all four impacted wisdom teeth removed in the hospital under general anesthesia. I was a patient for 3-days!

1988 — (age 40) Had BOTH Big, Severely Infected Ingrown Toe Nails Removed under local anesthesia. This was an interesting procedure to watch!

2006 — (age 50) Had brain surgery to alleviate pressure from spontaneous bi-lateral, subdural hematomas. Symptoms were no balance, whatsoever. Very scary! Of course, under general anesthesia! A day after two nickel-sized burr holes were drilled in the rear of my skull, I could walk again.

2007 — (age 59) Removal of RUPTURED appendix. Under general anesthesia. Had to stay in the hospital for three days to be filled with IV fluids to kill the infection.

2018 — (age 70) Had triple coronary bypass surgery (under general anesthesia) which failed — after just a month — when I had a mild heart attack. Then had to go back in the hospital — TWICE — later that month for the placement of three stents. During the last of these procedures, I bled profusely and ended up with a VERY LARGE grapefruit sized hematoma in my scrotum. Stayed in the hospital for several days with that! It was a month before the swelling went down and I could, once again, put on a pair of pants!

2019 — Had numerous urological procedures (biopsies, radiation, etc) for treatment of prostate cancer. Biopsies were done with mostly, ineffective, local anesthesia — OUCH !!!

I have also had many dental procedures for fillings, crowns, etc., all done with local anesthetics. It may sound weird, but I actually enjoy dental injections. Additionally, I’ve had three sigmoidoscopies, all done with No Anesthesia and two colonoscopies where I WAS “knocked out”.

My operations/invasive procedures list:

1- Lysis of preputial adhesions: 4 yo as outpatient procedure, no anhestetic

2- Medical dilatation of the prepuce: 5 yo at my pediatrician practice, no anhestetic

3- Excision of a parameatal cyst of the glans: 6 yo at my pediatrician practice

4- Excision of an epidermoid cyst of the scrotum: 15yo daycare surgery with local anhestetic

5-Trans Urethral US

6- Cystometry with penile and rectal catheters

7- Urethral Pressure Profilometry with balloon catheter: 21yo during a complete urological examination for admission in a ED drug experimentation

8- Removal of a wisdom tooth: 25yo in a private clinic

Good Lord I thought i had gone though some crap in the hospital . Some of what many of you have gone though I would just quit and waited for the end to come . My only claim to fame is there are no knife or bullet wounds in my back . But let me tell you unlike the movies if you take a knife or a bullet to the chest and live , you can't move you're left arm for at least a week . Although when it happens for about an hour you are VERY interested in preserving you're life at all cost and to hell with the cost to others . I have never had to be hospitalized for any defect of my body , although when they did my back surgery they did find a birth defect in my spine . But that wasn't what i was there for . So kudo's to you that can go though it that can , I now in my old age avoid DR.s and hospitals at all cost if I can .