# Let's play Operation! How many parts have you lost since you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003 "2023-04-01T20:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/41 "2023-04-02T15:40:43Z")
Circumcised and some of my adult teeth haven’t survived the journey but that’s it. Had my baby producing parts unplugged but they’re still there. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/42 "2023-04-02T17:36:35Z")
Of things I was _not_ supposed to shed naturally at the time or be subject to regular maintenance trimming: tonsils/adenoids, 3 wisdom teeth, all or parts of four others. Of things that should not be there: a few benign lesions including colon polyps, small skin growths and lipoma. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/43 "2023-04-02T19:49:08Z")
Tonsils and foreskin, although not in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/44 "2023-04-02T19:51:54Z")
Just so you’re not alone in the thread on the testicle count… (Same deal: cancer, but picked up at Stage 1 and from first visit to the family doctor on a Monday, was under the knife on Friday). That’s something I’ll always be thankful for - I can’t imagine living months on a waiting list with something ‘spreading’ inside me. Plus: adenoids, tonsils and one non-wisdom tooth. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/45 "2023-04-02T23:18:51Z")
Tonsils and adenoids two suspicious moles wisdom teeth both corneas (four grafts total) both internal lenses (twice) uterus, fallopian tubes and one ovary part of one breast (cancer, and after reconstruction, the girls are pretty perky) a few lymph nodes my appendix (in my fifties). That doesn’t count various biopsies or the “Roto-Rooting” of my spine. I hope I’m not the winner. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/46 "2023-04-03T16:01:10Z")
I’m only missing my uterus. I even have my wisdom teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/47 "2023-04-03T16:45:04Z")
I’m constantly losing my intestinal lining, but it miraculously keeps renewing itself! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/48 "2023-04-03T18:56:23Z")
Foreskin, tonsils (no mention of adenoids?), eye lenses, gall bladder, skin for analysis, small section of nose cartilage. I’ve got all my teeth, even two non-descended wisdom ones. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/49 "2023-04-03T19:28:47Z")
I don’t even have to read the thread to know that BeckerWreker is the ‘Winner’ > [@moes\_lotion](#): > > Tonsils and foreskin, although not in that order. I hope not at the same time! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/50 "2023-04-03T19:36:33Z")
I’ve lost my foreskin, baby teeth, wisdom teeth and the femoral head and some acetabulum bone from my left hip. I’ve also lost my sense of optimism but that wasn’t a ‘part’ I was born with. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/51 "2023-04-03T19:51:29Z")
Foreskin, baby teeth, 2 wisdom teeth, both upper incisors (they came in way too high), an ACL in the right knee, part of a meniscus in the left knee, and a cyst from my cheek are all missing. Plus I’d guess that the docs didn’t use all of the skin they took from my left thigh to use as a skin graft during my achilles repair. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003/52 "2023-04-03T19:53:16Z")
Baby teeth, wisdom teeth, part of a toenail. two ovaries, a bunch of endometrial tissue, and lots of bits of skin, nails, and hair over the years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-operation-how-many-parts-have-you-lost-since-you-were-born/982003.md?page=2)