# Body parts that you're missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922 "2005-10-12T18:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/41 "2005-10-12T21:34:13Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > All I can tell you is that my missing lymph node involves a cat, Ted Nugent, and my groin. :eek: Wow. My husband had the same problem. Missing the lymph node from the left groin area. \ Gosh darn, that Ted… ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/42 "2005-10-12T21:36:08Z")
Four wisdom teeth and two skin tags. Right now, I’m _adding_ body parts. To my baby, that is! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/43 "2005-10-12T21:39:38Z")
1.) Wisdom teeth 2.) Uterus, ovaries, etc. 3.) Small chunks from right breast and back (reconstructed) Not too freakish, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Otanabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Otanabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanabi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/44 "2005-10-12T22:20:36Z")
2 molars, an appendix, a gall bladder, a uterus, 2 fallopian tubes, 2 ovaries, and 1 entire colon. I figure the only thing I have left that could be removed and still leave me with “normal” life would be 1 kidney. ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/45 "2005-10-12T22:36:17Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > . . . two front teeth (don’t worry, I got new, fake ones for Xmas) Yea, me too! Many Xmas’s ago 😃 All four wisdom teeth, tonsils & adenoids, appendix, foreskin, and about 8 inches of large (no not that) intestine! ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/46 "2005-10-12T23:42:42Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Wisdom teeth, and one of my ribs. I was horrified when my chiropractor nonchalantly mentioned that I have twelve ribs on my left side and eleven on my right; I started a thread about it awhile back. As far as I know, that’s it, but I went for 27 years before anyone bothered to tell me about the missing rib, so WHO KNOWS? Me too on the rib. My mother found out from the pediatrician who wanted to know if I’d fallen or anything (like my parents smacking me around presumably). Apparently it was left out of the original blueprints. Other than that I’m missing tonsils, adenoids, bits of teeth, various moles and skin tags, and a large chunk of intellect. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/47 "2005-10-12T23:46:25Z")
Looking at my original post, I think I should have said “starting last January.” It does look a bit more intriguing if the 25 pounds seems to have made a suddent disappearance. Not sudden at all. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/48 "2005-10-12T23:56:59Z")
I’m Missing about 20cc of brain matter from behind my right eye. Upon reflection, I’m not missing it all that much. also two wisdom teeth, my foreskin and tonsils (I think). ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/49 "2005-10-12T23:59:20Z")
Two placentas, a chunk of abdomen and pubic-hair follicle bearing skin where I rotted after they sewed me up (ick, I have lopsided pubes! And what looks like two navels…) Two lenses, one from each eye, and a few cells off the retina of one. An appendix A chunk of thigh flesh, where there was a lump. The tips of my nails, on a permanent basis (nibble, nibble.) Am I the first one to think of that? ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/50 "2005-10-13T00:05:04Z")
All baby teeth, all 4 wisdom teeth, some bits of other teeth that were drilled out to make room for fillings. Outside my mouth I’m still “as issued”. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/51 "2005-10-13T00:06:18Z")
Most of my ability for enjoyment. Seven or eight skin tags (nipped 'em off myself.) Four wisdom teeth. Minor pieces from inside my left knee. Tonsils and adenoids (I guess that means I can’t sing in barbershop quartets.) ---
**Author:** ![Randi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@Randi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/52 "2005-10-13T00:07:27Z")
4 wisdom teeth 2 tonsils 2 adnoids 6 moles 1 gallbladder 1 uterus 2 ovaries 2 fallopian tubes 1 appendix 1 ganglion cyst 1 fibroid And I don’t miss a one of them. Hmmmmmm…no wonder I am lighter today than 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/53 "2005-10-13T00:08:28Z")
My ex-girlfriend’s ass. Oh, that thing was like a firm peach. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/54 "2005-10-13T00:24:36Z")
Tonsils and left Femur. Can’t say I miss wisdom teeth because I never had 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/55 "2005-10-13T01:10:42Z")
> [@Little Bird](#): > > I, for one, would really like to hear some back stories, especially from cher3 and Darwin’s Finch. Short version: I drank hydrochloric acid when I was four years old. Major re-arrangement of internal plumbing, and the insertion of an artificial philtrum, ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/56 "2005-10-13T02:02:54Z")
**BMalion** , you’re missing a FEMUR? Nothing here has been artificially removed, but I am congenitally without an adult tooth (the one between the front tooth and the canine) as well as all my wisdom teeth. ---
**Author:** ![TwoOnSunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TwoOnSunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnSunday)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/57 "2005-10-13T02:08:00Z")
> [@Giant\_Spongess](#): > > You know that flap of skin that connects the inside of your upper lip to your skull? Well, mine is gone, completely destroyed in the process of breaking my jaws and shifting them around. I think we had the same surgery. Don’t worry, those fifty million lovely stitches (which will fall out at all the wrong times) will reattach your lip to your gums instead. You’ll never miss it. Me = one tiny lip flap (see above), 2 wisdom teeth, 2 permanant teeth, the portion of jaw they cut away and the mercedes I spent on it all. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/58 "2005-10-13T02:22:25Z")
I’m missing my wisdom teeth and two extra teeth that decided to grow between my baby and adult teeth in the top front. Those were removed when I was in grade school. I’m missing a small section of my middle left finger tip. About .25cm across the fingernail. The tip was cut off but they sewed it back on minus the nasty parts. You wouldn’t know unless you gave it a close look. I’m missing parts of my sinus, septum random bits of flesh from the general nose area. Cartilage from both ears have been cut out and moved so I’m missing some of that as well. I’m loosing the toenails on all my toes except the big ones. Not really missing yet but I expect to wake and find them gone any day now (good thing too. All eight are bastards really) And my foreskin - but I wouldn’t say I miss that much. I never had a chance to know it. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/59 "2005-10-13T03:29:20Z")
> [@Darwin's Finch](#): > > Short version: I drank hydrochloric acid when I was four years old. Major re-arrangement of internal plumbing, and the insertion of an artificial philtrum, ensued. Dear Lord! You must have been lucky to live! Well, glad that you made it. I’m missing one ovary, one 10-centimeter diameter dermoid cyst attached to said ovary, all of my wisdom teeth, two front teeth (damn door), two 8-inch strips of skin on my chest, and a couple of moles and assorted skin bits. mischievous ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-parts-that-youre-missing/325922/60 "2005-10-13T03:52:52Z")
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