Another lazy eye here… I’ll offer my take on this question.
Both eyes. Left at five, right at fourteen. They still aren’t perfect, but at least you wouldn’t likely notice it if you were talking to me face to face. I have no depth perception. Don’t even know what it should look like. Can’t see a darned thing in those posters that you are supposed to gaze at from a few inches away and see great wonders. I just choose which eye to concentrate with for a given task. I don’t parallel park large vehicles very often.
Oh yes… I had a big fat instrument with a retractable scalpal in the tip shoved down the length of my johnson (into my bladder) in the Navy. No, it’s not what you’re thinking – just was getting a urethral stricture I was born with opened up. I was glad that they offered a spinal accompanied by really good drugs for the procedure.
1- Neck, 10 months old, cyst in the right side
2- Left Elbow, closed reduction, broke it at age 2
3- Left elbow, 5 yrs old, healed crooked from a break 3 years earlier
4- all 10 toes, multiple times over the last 21 years, I’m a natural born klutz, they do closed reduction on them so many times, that I’ve gotten to the point where I can do it myself…pop…tape, on we go.
“Lucky” crossed-eyed person checking in. Fortunately glasses correct the problem, which I have worn since I was three years old. Eye surgery :eek:
Let’s see, Roman Catholic male born in in mid 1950s so there’s the circumcision thing.
Child in the early 60s so my tonsils and adenoids were removed.
Surgery on ingrown big toe about week before high school graduation, actually very painful. The toenail and surgery were painful, not high school graduation. High school itself was painful, though.
Probably could get the knees 'scoped, and look at new hips one of these days.
Two operations on my left knee, one reconstructive and one for clean-up. Both before the age of 17, so I think I’ll be paying for that later in life.
Surgery on my right ankle to remove bone spurs and chips.
Various trips to the shop to get sewn up, mostly with sutchers. The worst of those also required insertion of a tube under my left arm to restore a collapsed lung.
Thank you for the imagery of ocular surgery. I’m one of those folks that can’t let another person within 6" of my eyes without freaking out (Eye exams are FUN), so I believe I’ll be having nightmares about getting surgery on my eye for a week. Wee, fun!
shudder
But it’s all in the name of learning, so I read it anyway, heh.
Left eye (aged 4)
Left and right eye (age 6)
Left eye (again, this time free of charge) (aged 12)
Left eye (damn it - fix it this time) (aged 35)
The last time the Dr. also wanted to remove some scar tissue that had built up from previous surgeries. This was done under a local in her office. Yes, I’ve had a hypodermic needle stuck into my eyesocket while I was awake. I don’t recommend it.
I can’t use a stereo viewer or see the images in 3-D posters either, but I don’t have to concentrate on focusing my left eye as much (which gives you the mother of all headaches).
I happened to catch a Health Channel program a couple years ago where they were doing surgery to correct lazy eye. Watching what they had done to me was fascinating.
Reconstruction on knee (torn anterior cruciate ligament and miniscous)…
Had nerves in pitching elbow transposed at 18 yrs old. Pain never ceased and immense sadness ensued. Attempted a comeback 7 years later in competitive summer league and was great for about 5 games. Began to get velocity up again, but elbow was swollen and painful. Went to Doc who assisted Kerry Wood in his Tommy John surgery (Heber Crockett) and discovered that Tommy John surgery is, in fact, what I need. He won’t do it, however, unless my arm “made me millions of dollars”. . .what a bastard. Another dream shot to hell.
Removal of all four impacted wisdom teeth at age 17.
Oh, that was fun. They nocked me out good, and I came to while laying in my mother’s bed later that day. I have no idea how she got me home.
Cervical cerclage at age 20. I was 20 weeks into my pregnancy when my cervix decided that it had had enough already and dialated. By the time L&D did a cervical it had dialated to 4cm. I was then rushed into surgery, had a spinal (they tried to get the needle in four times before sucess. I have a little scar there, too) and had my body placed in an completely undignified position while the nice doctor reached into my…cooter and stiched me shut. Nice. I then spent three weeks in the hospital in a Trendelenburg bed (basically head to the floor. Theories of gravity and all). I didn’t have a very good time, but then neither did my daughter when she was born at 23 weeks, 1.5lb. and then spent the next five months in the NICU.
I have seen pictures of a little boy who was born at the same gestational age as my daughter. He was two years old when the photos were taken, and was at a three month developmental age. He wasn’t expected to improve beyond that, and was receiving intensive therapy.
I am very lucky to have her. I am very lucky that now she is a relatively normal little girl. I just wish I had been able to spend the rest of my pregnancy in that damned bed.
Right eye: ~4 months, I believe.
Right eye: ~7 years old. Currently have a difference of about 3.5 whatever-unit-eyeglass-perscriptions use between my"good" eye and right eye. Have never been able to thread a needle (depth perception) or see those stupid ‘magic eye’ posters. Never realized until recently that most people couldn’t select which eye they see out of while both are open.
2- Tonsils and Adnoids out.
tubes in (2), out(3), in(6), out(7), in(8)
Yes, my eartubes were surgically removed, none of that falling out crap. The last time they were put in (around age 8) they also went in and removed more adnoid scar tissue with a laser.
Ear tubes are only supposed to be in for about 6-12 months, so when I was 16, my ear tubes were taken out, and my right ear drum had a fat graft placed on it. I then had a followup surgery to remove skin tissue that had grown befind my left ear drum and formed a cyst that was cutting off my hearing. They cut behind my ear and went in through an incision that bent my earlike a hinge Have a great Frankenear scar from it. They then put a fat graft over my left ear drum.
And tomorrow, I’m going to have three wisdom teeth removed!
had part of each jaw removed to correct underbite… four small screws to cinch it up
can’t feel any of my lower lip and part of my chin… the electricity went out in the middle of surgery… they won’t admit they clipped a nerve… feels like novcaine but I can still move it… hardly notice anymore
oral surgery when I was in junior high… had a tooth that wouldn’t come down on it’s own they wrapped a wire around it and connected it to the teeth on the bottom with a rubber band… every time I opened my mouth it pulled it down… much fun…
Interesting, I had elective jaw surgery as well nearly 5 years ago. They brought my lower jaw forward (have some screws as well), lifted my upper jaw and widened my upper palate.
Cosmetically, it looks 100% better, I actually have a chin now! (I had a pretty bad overbite)
The doctors did warn of the risk of permanent numbness and I was affected as well. I have some numbness on the left side of my chin and the left side of my mouth. The left lower lip is particularly numb. The surgery also screwed up some wiring in my mouth. For instance, if I press down behind the last tooth on the bottom right side, I can feel pressure on the right side of my tongue.
I have to agree with another previous poster, the swelling was hilarious, I looked exactly like a chipmunk.
I had two ear surgeries for tubes. The second time around I was about 7. They swapped the first set for a nice, shiny new pair. Since then I have also had a nice ringing in the right ear.
I had my wisdom teeth extracted when I was 14. I think I win the prize for being the youngest to have that done.
March of this year I had an appendectomy after suffering from an infected appendix for 7 weeks. I had chronic appendicitis, so the symptoms were a little different from acute. Still unpleasant though.
Six weeks ago, I had a Colonoscopy to check for Crohn’s Disease, which fortunately was negative.
And good luck with your surgery Lynne.
Ripped my lower lip off when I was a toddler. Had it reconstructed by a pediatric plastic surgeon. No anesthetic - none - because a local would have puffed it up, and a mask over my nose and mouth obviously wasn’t an option, and various other reasons. They had to strap me down (screaming) to the operating table. I don’t know if they ever gave me any IV sedation. Anyway, I’m left with a very thin and slightly crooked lower lip.
I had an appendectomy. I had abdominal pain and fever for several days, but the pain was on my left side. I went in for tests and scans—they discovered my appendix was on my left side instead of my right, and it had perforated. Needless to say I was rushed in to surgery right away. Surreal experience.
Have a great Frankenear scar from it. They then put a fat graft over my left ear drum.