Gory details please!

krashd · 30th October 2003, 10:12 AM

Who here has ever had an operation(s)? I want locations, symptoms, the lot.... mmmm...

I've had a big one on my gut for a hernia, a big one on my gob to remove my stubborn canines that wouldn't fall oot and a wee one on my wrist to reattach loads of tendons n' shit i tore when i was a wee man digging in a hole full of glass n' other stuff interesting to a 5 year old.

Spill yer guts, I almost did with that hernia

Flaming Toilet Bag · 30th October 2003, 12:32 PM

i had a burst appendix, which I almost died from, haha.

but um, basically if you're not a fanny (unlike me) you'll know when you have appendicitis - extreme stomach pain for days or even weeks, it varies. mine took 4 days, then it burst when i was watching cartoon network - i was well gutted.

went to the health centre, in extreme pain and passing in and out of consciousness - then last thing i remember is getting into the ambulance to go to ninewells, then I think I fainted.

next thing I know, I'm lying in a hospital bed and this munter of a nurse is asking me if I need to pee. as a result, I have a very nice scar.

oh, and then I almost died again a couple of days after the operation cause I had peritinitis, which causes your body to overheat due to the poison from your appendix being in your blood stream.

Tommy Sports · 30th October 2003, 04:16 PM

i used to have an extra tooth between my two upper middle ones i got it taken out without anesthetic, it took a few good tugs.

i also had an operation on my nose when i was 14 because the passages closed up and i couldnt breathe, i had to stay semi awake so i could keep swallowing while they stuck knifes up my nose and carved the excess bone and flesh away, my nose bled for two weeks non stop after it and then all this lumpy black and red discharge started coming out, it felt like i was giving birth thru my nose.
not the most fun i've ever had, the guy next to me in the ward was an old guy who got up every 5 minutes in the night to piss into these cardboard potty things, i woke up in the morning and there were about 10 of them all sitting by his bed.

Becca Bomb · 30th October 2003, 04:31 PM

*ouch*

No operations as such, when I was wee, I remember getting gassed to get a tooth out and the whole time I was under I seen a bee going round and round in my head , that was my whole dream. bizarre.

I broke BOTH of my arms at the same time and had to be put to sleep to set them in plasters, then the nurse had put them the wrong way so I had to get them redone!

But the worse fucking pain and this is a fucking operation alright - is giving birth!! 2 days of pain ya bastards. they gave me gas at first and it did fuck all, me and rob were trying to play scrabble in the social room thing in ninewells and every few minutes id have to reach for this gas cannister thing to take away the pain but it didnt! So i got a needle in my back for the epidural which was amazing. But pushing the bairn oot was hell on earth! heheh

dont do it kids.

Lindsay · 30th October 2003, 04:35 PM

i hate things to do with bodies. i can't take it. i like the idea of being pregnant and having a wee baby, but the idea of giving birth terrifies,

and the tooth thing...that gas always made me dizzy, i felt like my head was staying still + my body ws spinning round it. fast. + i've had 7 of those. which is why i can't go to the dentist anymore becasue i'm fucking terrfied.

.star* · 30th October 2003, 04:40 PM

I got 4 teeth taken out under a general anasthestic only after all 4 were removed they found out they were only supposed to take out 3.

I also got my tonsils out when I was 17 and as I came round from the anasthetic I found talking nonsense and making plans to go to the mardi with the nurse and her gay friend. Needless to say it didn't happen.

I also fell on marble stairs when I was in Yugoslavia when I was like 6 or something and split my head open but my mum refused to let them give me proper stitches because she saw some guy that they'd stitched up and he looked like Frankensteins monster.

Ooh I've also broken my collar bone twice, once it was the doctors fault, it was when my mum was in labour with me, i got stuck to the doc got forceps to uhh pull me out but he put them on the wrong way and broke my collar bone! the other time i just fell outta my bed!

gord · 30th October 2003, 05:08 PM

when i was ten i had to get some teeth pulled, as i was going under anaesthetic, to calm me down the doctor guy asked me what my favourite music was. i said michael jackson. so as i was going under, the last thing i heard was this 50-year old dude singing 'billie jean'

it was horrific

pixelsink · 30th October 2003, 05:12 PM

In chronological order:

When I was two I fell downstairs whilst playing with some clothes pegs (the big wooden ones). i ended up having it implanted in my forehead!!

I stood on a rake when I was 4 and instead of it coming up in a comedy style and hitting me in the head it went right through my foot. Had to have surgery to close the hole!

When I was 5 I had 6 teeth take out. You could still get gas at that point which was great. i still remember the woozy feeling. Not long after that they stopped the use of it

When i was 10 I was having a race on my BMX and I was in the lead...woohooo...until my foot slipped off the pedal (it had serated edges to keep yer feet on) and it took a huge bite out of the tendon at the back of my foot. Took months to recover from it, and I still have no feeling at the back of my foot 19 years on!

When i was 12 I had to get all 4 of my molars taken out as they were impacting. Not nice. However, an upside was that my wisdom teeth came in without a hitch and filled the gap.

Not had anything really serious since then. touch wood.

Col

grindpig666 · 30th October 2003, 06:05 PM

i suffer from an unknow condition, it pretty much feels like an ulcer, well from what other ppl have told me, plus everynow and again i wake up and cant stand up str8 for the extreme pain/cramp in my stomach, which then moves onto my back, can last days, and i cant sleep... loads of fun! nehoo, i went for sum tests, and had 2 get an endoscopy (i think thats how its spelt) basicly they took a big tube/camera and slid it down my throat into my stomach, while i was wide awake! then they poked about and took wee samples of my stomach wall... all while im tryin to eat the tube, and not choke 2 death... it would have been kewl if i saw the video... but i just drooled all over face

Jo Jo · 30th October 2003, 09:08 PM

never had any operations, just had my teeth out when i was 17 and i got sedated to get it done (cos they'd stopped putting you under general anasthetic the then). I remember coming to and being in the back of my mum's friends car singing 'The Vengabus is coming' at the top of my voice.

Gowans · 30th October 2003, 11:36 PM

I have a narrowing of the aorta to give it it's technical name ora narrow blood valve which apparently is quite important in getting blood round the boody. Anyways i had to have several opps which left me with a big f *** off scar practically half way round my chest. Not very nice to llok at but great for making up bullshit storys.

O and not forgetting ive broke both my legs, one of which got caught under a roundabout whihc was in full swing and came to an abrubt halt while in the processing of snapping my bloody leg, but hey i gto my photo in the paper for it!!! I think i broke the other one when i thought i could jump off the old wooden boats the use to have down at camperdown, funnily enough i was proved wrong.

o and i fractured my cheek bone when i flew over my handle bars whilst testing my new brakes.

Rosco the magnificent · 31st October 2003, 12:40 AM

ok here goes-

4 teeth pulled out without anaesthetic
A rather gruesome hernia op
Reconstructive surgery on my knee when i shattered my kneecap

God i'm unlucky

k^ra · 1st November 2003, 01:27 PM

some nasty stuff on here - beats mine anyway... I knew a guy who when we went on holiday to france did the whole rake-standing act, and aswell as getting a hole through the foot, the rake did indeed come up and smack him in the face :) we laughed until we noticed the blood leaking from his foot... The same guy is responsible for getting more injuries in one holiday than the rest of us have ever managed between us, mainly thanks to alcohol.

I had like, 8 teeth pulled out when I was small - probably should of had the dentist sued cos the fuckers pulled out 4, 2 of which were the wrong ones - then they did 3 more, of which again 2 were the wrong bloody teeth, and then a final one to get rid of the bad tooth. Thankfully they were all baby teeth else I'd have one hell of a mouth. Let me tell you, I was sick of goddam soup :)

I broke my shoulder about 2 months ago, but it's healed just fine without any surgery (I do have a cool lump from where the bones sticking up mind).

honey bunny · 1st November 2003, 06:42 PM

a few years ago i was at a perty and was walking about with no shoes on, stood on a wine glass and my foot was bleeding, we were all so drunk we just put a plaster on it, then i went to the toilet and saw all this blood, i just thought i was from the bloke who had hit himself in the head with a shovel earlier on in the evening, but then i looked at my foot and it was pouring with blood, had to call my grandad to take me to hospital, had to had the muscle scooped back into my foot and 7 stitches!

when i was 18 i had menengitis, had to go to kings cross and had a culture in my wrist(they get a fork like object and ram it through a bone to take marrow scrapings) and i had a lumber puncture(or spinal tap)they put this huge needle into my spinal chord and took fluid, my dad was watching and fainted!

30th October 2003, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
krashd Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kirktonia Posts: 2,064 Band: Crosby, Stills, Nash, krashd and Young	Gory details please! Who here has ever had an operation(s)? I want locations, symptoms, the lot.... mmmm... I've had a big one on my gut for a hernia, a big one on my gob to remove my stubborn canines that wouldn't fall oot and a wee one on my wrist to reattach loads of tendons n' shit i tore when i was a wee man digging in a hole full of glass n' other stuff interesting to a 5 year old. Spill yer guts, I almost did with that hernia

30th October 2003, 12:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Flaming Toilet Bag Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 2,537	i had a burst appendix, which I almost died from, haha. but um, basically if you're not a fanny (unlike me) you'll know when you have appendicitis - extreme stomach pain for days or even weeks, it varies. mine took 4 days, then it burst when i was watching cartoon network - i was well gutted. went to the health centre, in extreme pain and passing in and out of consciousness - then last thing i remember is getting into the ambulance to go to ninewells, then I think I fainted. next thing I know, I'm lying in a hospital bed and this munter of a nurse is asking me if I need to pee. as a result, I have a very nice scar. oh, and then I almost died again a couple of days after the operation cause I had peritinitis, which causes your body to overheat due to the poison from your appendix being in your blood stream. Last edited by Rossie : 30th October 2003 at 12:34 PM.

30th October 2003, 05:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,728 Band: Carbon	In chronological order: When I was two I fell downstairs whilst playing with some clothes pegs (the big wooden ones). i ended up having it implanted in my forehead!! I stood on a rake when I was 4 and instead of it coming up in a comedy style and hitting me in the head it went right through my foot. Had to have surgery to close the hole! When I was 5 I had 6 teeth take out. You could still get gas at that point which was great. i still remember the woozy feeling. Not long after that they stopped the use of it When i was 10 I was having a race on my BMX and I was in the lead...woohooo...until my foot slipped off the pedal (it had serated edges to keep yer feet on) and it took a huge bite out of the tendon at the back of my foot. Took months to recover from it, and I still have no feeling at the back of my foot 19 years on! When i was 12 I had to get all 4 of my molars taken out as they were impacting. Not nice. However, an upside was that my wisdom teeth came in without a hitch and filled the gap. Not had anything really serious since then. touch wood. Col Last edited by pixelsink : 30th October 2003 at 05:14 PM.

30th October 2003, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tommy Sports Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,673 Band: Juliet Kilo R.I.P., Gong Fei, Dormant Figure.	i used to have an extra tooth between my two upper middle ones i got it taken out without anesthetic, it took a few good tugs. i also had an operation on my nose when i was 14 because the passages closed up and i couldnt breathe, i had to stay semi awake so i could keep swallowing while they stuck knifes up my nose and carved the excess bone and flesh away, my nose bled for two weeks non stop after it and then all this lumpy black and red discharge started coming out, it felt like i was giving birth thru my nose. not the most fun i've ever had, the guy next to me in the ward was an old guy who got up every 5 minutes in the night to piss into these cardboard potty things, i woke up in the morning and there were about 10 of them all sitting by his bed.

30th October 2003, 04:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Becca Bomb Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: the ghost train Posts: 3,738 Band: The Leatherettes	ouch No operations as such, when I was wee, I remember getting gassed to get a tooth out and the whole time I was under I seen a bee going round and round in my head , that was my whole dream. bizarre. I broke BOTH of my arms at the same time and had to be put to sleep to set them in plasters, then the nurse had put them the wrong way so I had to get them redone! But the worse fucking pain and this is a fucking operation alright - is giving birth!! 2 days of pain ya bastards. they gave me gas at first and it did fuck all, me and rob were trying to play scrabble in the social room thing in ninewells and every few minutes id have to reach for this gas cannister thing to take away the pain but it didnt! So i got a needle in my back for the epidural which was amazing. But pushing the bairn oot was hell on earth! heheh dont do it kids.

30th October 2003, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lindsay eighties fan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,594	i hate things to do with bodies. i can't take it. i like the idea of being pregnant and having a wee baby, but the idea of giving birth terrifies, and the tooth thing...that gas always made me dizzy, i felt like my head was staying still + my body ws spinning round it. fast. + i've had 7 of those. which is why i can't go to the dentist anymore becasue i'm fucking terrfied.

30th October 2003, 04:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
.star* Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,186	I got 4 teeth taken out under a general anasthestic only after all 4 were removed they found out they were only supposed to take out 3. I also got my tonsils out when I was 17 and as I came round from the anasthetic I found talking nonsense and making plans to go to the mardi with the nurse and her gay friend. Needless to say it didn't happen. I also fell on marble stairs when I was in Yugoslavia when I was like 6 or something and split my head open but my mum refused to let them give me proper stitches because she saw some guy that they'd stitched up and he looked like Frankensteins monster. Ooh I've also broken my collar bone twice, once it was the doctors fault, it was when my mum was in labour with me, i got stuck to the doc got forceps to uhh pull me out but he put them on the wrong way and broke my collar bone! the other time i just fell outta my bed!

30th October 2003, 05:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
gord of the rings Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,728	when i was ten i had to get some teeth pulled, as i was going under anaesthetic, to calm me down the doctor guy asked me what my favourite music was. i said michael jackson. so as i was going under, the last thing i heard was this 50-year old dude singing 'billie jean' it was horrific

30th October 2003, 06:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
grindpig666 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Newarthill Posts: 2,162	i suffer from an unknow condition, it pretty much feels like an ulcer, well from what other ppl have told me, plus everynow and again i wake up and cant stand up str8 for the extreme pain/cramp in my stomach, which then moves onto my back, can last days, and i cant sleep... loads of fun! nehoo, i went for sum tests, and had 2 get an endoscopy (i think thats how its spelt) basicly they took a big tube/camera and slid it down my throat into my stomach, while i was wide awake! then they poked about and took wee samples of my stomach wall... all while im tryin to eat the tube, and not choke 2 death... it would have been kewl if i saw the video... but i just drooled all over face

30th October 2003, 09:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jo Jo DANG!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 3,297	never had any operations, just had my teeth out when i was 17 and i got sedated to get it done (cos they'd stopped putting you under general anasthetic the then). I remember coming to and being in the back of my mum's friends car singing 'The Vengabus is coming' at the top of my voice.

30th October 2003, 11:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
Gowans GINGER NINJA ! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,055	I have a narrowing of the aorta to give it it's technical name ora narrow blood valve which apparently is quite important in getting blood round the boody. Anyways i had to have several opps which left me with a big f *** off scar practically half way round my chest. Not very nice to llok at but great for making up bullshit storys. O and not forgetting ive broke both my legs, one of which got caught under a roundabout whihc was in full swing and came to an abrubt halt while in the processing of snapping my bloody leg, but hey i gto my photo in the paper for it!!! I think i broke the other one when i thought i could jump off the old wooden boats the use to have down at camperdown, funnily enough i was proved wrong. o and i fractured my cheek bone when i flew over my handle bars whilst testing my new brakes.

31st October 2003, 12:40 AM	#12 (permalink)
Rosco the magnificent ping-pong Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lenzieshire (for a little while) Posts: 4,143 Band: My Own Religion	ok here goes- 4 teeth pulled out without anaesthetic A rather gruesome hernia op Reconstructive surgery on my knee when i shattered my kneecap God i'm unlucky

1st November 2003, 01:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
k^ra Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 35	some nasty stuff on here - beats mine anyway... I knew a guy who when we went on holiday to france did the whole rake-standing act, and aswell as getting a hole through the foot, the rake did indeed come up and smack him in the face :) we laughed until we noticed the blood leaking from his foot... The same guy is responsible for getting more injuries in one holiday than the rest of us have ever managed between us, mainly thanks to alcohol. I had like, 8 teeth pulled out when I was small - probably should of had the dentist sued cos the fuckers pulled out 4, 2 of which were the wrong ones - then they did 3 more, of which again 2 were the wrong bloody teeth, and then a final one to get rid of the bad tooth. Thankfully they were all baby teeth else I'd have one hell of a mouth. Let me tell you, I was sick of goddam soup :) I broke my shoulder about 2 months ago, but it's healed just fine without any surgery (I do have a cool lump from where the bones sticking up mind).

1st November 2003, 06:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
honey bunny Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: none of your goddam business Posts: 1,232	a few years ago i was at a perty and was walking about with no shoes on, stood on a wine glass and my foot was bleeding, we were all so drunk we just put a plaster on it, then i went to the toilet and saw all this blood, i just thought i was from the bloke who had hit himself in the head with a shovel earlier on in the evening, but then i looked at my foot and it was pouring with blood, had to call my grandad to take me to hospital, had to had the muscle scooped back into my foot and 7 stitches! when i was 18 i had menengitis, had to go to kings cross and had a culture in my wrist(they get a fork like object and ram it through a bone to take marrow scrapings) and i had a lumber puncture(or spinal tap)they put this huge needle into my spinal chord and took fluid, my dad was watching and fainted!