When I was 14, I dislocated my knee and broke the lateral meniscus, which had to be surgically removed. This required a multi-night hospital stay.
On my 45th birthday, my gall bladder was removed due to a golf ball sized stone. This was an outpatient procedure and I was in and out in a few hours.
I’ve only been hospitalized once, at the age of 50, and just overnight: it was for a gastric bypass (my “other” surgery).
I’m also a member of the “had all four wisdom teeth removed at the same time” club.
Favor some auto brands, loyal to none.
I’ve never owned an Opel, but I felt somehow compelled to put it third on my list of car makers I’m most loyal to.
My auto brand loyalty is pretty much “any brand I’ve ever owned, not THAT one.” I like my current car, but Mr. Mallard and I bought it together, and their software cannot handle the idea of two equal owners, which causes headaches. (E.g. Finance wouldn’t let me talk to them without getting Mr. Mallard’s approval, even though my name is also on the paperwork and my bank account makes the payments. After five years, I finally got someone to list me as “secondary owner,” which kind of pisses me off.)
So despite its being a lovely car, never again. My last car was fine but not wondrous, nothing to inspire particular loyalty. All other cars have been used, often ancient. I had an amazing Nissan and a terrible Datsun, so they balance.
The Renault 12 is the best car that ever was and ever will be, or at least so says my inner 7 year old, whose family had one.
I’m “loyal,” relatively speaking, to Mazda, Subaru, and Ford. In all three cases, my wife and I have owned one or more cars from those manufacturers, have had excellent experiences with them, and the three brands will always be on our short list. We’re likely to be in the market for a new car in another year or two, and have already decided to get a Subaru.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t buy another Chrysler product under threat of torture. To quote young Luke Skywalker: “What a piece of junk!”
My “other” surgeries were a total thyroidectomy 10 years ago and a jaw reduction surgery when I was in high school.
I’m not sure what the jaw surgery is called. I was developing a bad underbite and the doctors removed a triangular section of my mandible on both sides, behind the last molars. (Thank goodness I was born without wisdom teeth.) My mouth was wired shut for six weeks and I still have a wire in one side.
My other:
When I was an infant, i had surgery to correct an intussusception. To this day, doctors always comment on that (they are impressed that I can spell it correctly).
I had all four wisdom teeth removed, but I went in in the morning, and went home in the afternoon.
I once had a broken thumb, and they had to cut my hand open and insert metal pins to get it to heal correctly.
Craniotomy: They cut my head open, vacuumed the blood clots out of my brain, and inserted a metal plate to hold the pieces of my skull together.
Hemicolonectomy: They removed a tumor from my colon, along with about half of my colon. A few weeks later, the stitches spit open (I literally spilled my guts!). Had to go back to get sewn back up, and spent a couple of weeks in the hospital while they monitored my condition.
But I’m feeling much better now.
I bought (as opposed to “inherited”) my first truck when I was 21. It was a Datsun King Cab. I have owned nothing but Nissans ever since. King Cab Frontiers, Sentras and my current Rogue. The courier service I ran back in the day used nothing but Sentras, and I can to this day do a complete brake job on one blindfolded. Every one of my Nissans has had 150 - 200K miles on it when I traded it in for something newer.
Most of us have had that. I also had an ingrown toenail removed. But they were all outpatient procedures.
I used to be loyal to Volvo (I had three, two were used) until they were sold to China and the quality went way down.
Never hospitalized overnight/admitted. Wisdom teeth, root canals (I wouldn’t count dental work). Bilateral mastectomies as a day procedure, chemo port in, chemo port out. A couple of in-office procedures like having a cyst or polyp removed.
I had my tonsils out when I was 9 or 10. Some procedure on my ears was done at the same time.
I had all four wisdom teeth removed when I was in my 40s or 50s. I woke up while they were still yanking on the right bottom one. It was out patient, so no hospital stay.
I’ve been hospitalized three times in the last 18 months or so. Twice for congestive heart failure, and once for RSV – over Christmas!
I love my current Mazda and I would get another one if I buy another ICE car. The only reason I wouldn’t get another Mazda is that they don’t make any good EVs, and I’m leaning towards getting an EV as my next car.
I think wisdom tooth removal (which i haven’t had) varies. If the teeth aren’t impacted, they can just be pulled. My father had this done when he was in medical school with just some Novocaine, over his lunch break. If they are impacted, you might need to have your jaw broken under anesthesia to have it done. It’s outpatient, but there’s substantial recovery involved, as well as needing anesthesia.
I’d call the latter surgery. I’d call the former dental work, like getting a filling.
I’ve had some moles removed and biopsied, but don’t think that counts as surgery.
I had the latter. All four were partially, if not entirely, impacted. I was under general anesthesia for an hour for the procedure, and my mouth was a mess for two or three days afterwards.
Forgot about the car question.
We bought a Saturn SC2 in 1992/3. When we moved to Europe, we didn’t bring it with us, as it would have been difficult to maintain. If we could have bought another one, we would have.
I have a soft spot for Volkswagon, as that’s what my parents, my godparents, friends, etc. had when I reached driving age. So that’s the only brand I drove for the first 5-6 years. I wouldn’t buy one now.
Now we have a Subaru. And we’ll probably stick with Subaru. We have very low mileage, and expect to keep this one for a while.
I now own two Mazdas (just bought the second one last week). I couldn’t be happier with the brand.
Pre-Mazda I was going to go Subaru, but the presence (Subaru) vs absence (Mazda) of the start-stop “feature” tipped the scales.
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Woke up during a dream where I called a Doper to discuss their post, hence my new question. (To call them, all I had to do was click on their avatar.)