Have You Had Any Major Operations In Your Lifetime?

Hi Janey, I had two major operations in my entire life. I underwent two Cesarean sections (CS). I never had any problem with pregnancy but always in giving birth. It was a 50/50 chances for me.

When I was fifteen I had to have my tonsils removed. Before hand the doctor warned my mom and I about all the things that could happen, and I went into surgery very nervous, but came out completely out of it and not being able to talk. It was normal until about a week and a half after surgery [you're supposed to be healed within two weeks]. Less than 5% of people who have that surgery hemorrhage... Guess who was in that five percent? Oh yeah. I woke up at nine something in the morning after my friend had been constantly texting me. I wondered why my pillow was so wet, so I sat up and looked. There was blood soaking my pillow, shirt, sheets, and some ran to the floor. I was still bleeding from my throat so I ran into the bathroom and called for mom as I hung over the sink so I wouldn't get blood on the floor. She was on the phone and told me to wait, to which I said "NO! Now!" So she came in and within the minute between me running to the sink and her coming in, the sink was half full of blood. Mom called the hospital in the next town, where I had my surgery, and they told her to bring me in, and not to pull out the large chunk of skin hanging from my throat. Right after mom hung up, it fell out on it's own. My bleeding stopped, and mom took me to the hospital. I had to go back in for a second surgery, so they could stop the bleeding, as the doctor told me that if they didn't go back in it would start bleeding again within the hour. They had to first pump my stomach, because I'd swallowed so much blood. The doctor estimated I'd lost nearly three pints of blood. Scary! But I healed fine, though hated the nasty liquid medicine they made me take! Yuck!

No, I haven't had any major operations before. I guess you could say that I've had 4 minor ones though. Back when I was a teenager I had my wisdom teeth removed. My husband on the other hand has had a few operations in his life so far. He's had repeated operations for one of his legs, as well as operations for his collar bone, hernia, and Achilles tendon. Poor guy has been put together again more times than Humpty Dumpty. LOL Okay, so I'm exaggerating a bit, but still he's had quite a few just the same. Hopefully neither of us will have to have any for some time to come. Happy mylotting!

Well major operation wise I have only had one which was surgery on my spine to fuse the L5 - S1 vertebrae. It's not a nice operation and was hopitalized thankfully for just a week after, although the actual recovery period was months. Unfortunately whilst the operation went ok the result of it has not been a success and required regular return visits for steroid injections and epidurals to try and assist in relieving the pain, which for me are nearly as unpleasant as the actual surgery. Due to the condition of my spine I already know that further surgery will be required in the future and so have that pleasure to look forward to, lol.

yes, i had two major operations in my lifetime...one, when i was only 18 yrs. old, i was diagnosed with ovarian tumor...my left ovary was taken out, and the right one also was cut and was left only 3/4 of it...my only consolation was that it was benign and not cancerous...and i still have children, a boy and a girl. the other one, when i met a car accident which made my bone from my upper right arm severely cut and need an operation to put it back with steel and screws...i still live my life normal...thanks to God!

3 months ago i had my tumor operation. Few days ago i had consultant with one doctor she said i have to one more operation. But i feel so afraid about this. My parents they don't know about this. I didn't tell them yet. Otherwise they will cry and will feel tense for me what i don't want. But whenever i remember i feel so scared. I feel cry my mind become so heavy.............

1 knee.. 3 foot ops.. 1 kidney removal because of cancer..parathyroid removal.. 2 hernia's just done last month at the same time and a few minor ones, pretty soon i'll be bionic

just the 3, my boob job, my right rotater cuff and my gall bladder - I guess if I live long enough either my left shoulder will go, my knees will go or my appendix will go

I had an injured disk in my neck and had surgery to fuse the two vertebra to fix the problem. It was considered to result in a 7.5% disability but I went back to work, tennis and bowling afterwards. Now 30 years later it only bothers sometimes mainly when I have to really crane my neck around to see to back out of my garage because of my crooked driveway.

Yes I was born with a digestive blockage which had to be operated on. I had that operation when I was 6 weeks old, as it took doctors etc. that long to work out what was wrong with me and why I was throwing up all my baby feeds and losing lots of weight. 55 years on, I still have a huge, deep scar down the middle of my abdomen. I've learned to live with it though.

I've had quite a few in my life. Major operation? I believe any time you're cut, it's a major operation. Good things that come with Major Operations are if sucessful you're better, and hopefully your Health Insurance paid for it. Be well

Not sure if this can be considered but the closest to an operation that I have ever had was when I had an accident with the electric fan in our living room. This was when I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. I was moving the fan so I'd get more coverage when it fell on top of my arms, chopping off a finger nail right out of my left ring finger, along with other cuts. I don't remember the pain, but I remember my aunt and big brother wrapping my hand with a hankie, and then us walking to where my parents were having dinner (in another house, in the same community). Next thing I remember was lying in the ER, and seeing my finger looking weird with what seemed like nerves sticking out! My finger was wrapped up for the most part of that summer, but luckily my nail grew back and I have only a scar to remind me of the incident.

I kinda answered this in my other comment on your discussion about scars. But yes, I was born with Spinal Bifida, and have had over 20 operations in my life. I actually lost track of the real number, and some were far more serious than others but I have spent more than my fair share of time in the hospital recovering from surgery.

I've had a few operations myself... starting with having my spleen out. It's funny but as a teenager I used to always say that I would never have surgery no matter what. I had a lot of fears growing up and being put under anesthesia was one of the many. Boy was I wrong... since I've now had 4 fairly significant surgeries. My spleen was removed due to having a blood condition called ITP. It basically means my spleen started working backwards. Initially they tried to stop this by putting me on steroids (prednisone), but needless to say, it didn't work. So... I am now spleenless. :) It makes for an interesting topic of discussion at times. Next surgery... tonsillectomy as an adult. Easily the most painful surgery out of all of them. It was horrid. They generally do not like to do tonsillectomies on adults due to the difficult recovery, but it was a necessity for me as I was getting strep throat at least once a month. Next!... Laparascopic (small incisions vs large incisions) exploratory abdominal surgery for endometroisis. For those who don't know, it's a female problem that causes quite a bit of pain. Surgery helped. Yay! :) And the final surgery... and hopefully the last for a long time... a gastric bypass. Almost two years ago. I've lost approximately 100 pounds and feel great! :)

I've had 3 major operations. 2 hip replacements and a cyst.

Hi Janey, No, not yet. I wish i don't have to do any major perations in my whole life. Because i know it's going to be very very pain. Maybe giving birth to a child will be the major operation in my life.

I hope I won't, except for giving birth in the future! Which I am not looking forward to! wahh!! hehehe

I have had many surgeries to my teeth, but that is only to keep them healthy. I did have toe surgery 2 years ago though, they put novacane into my foot and I could not even feel it after that.