Have You Had Major Surgery

[lunitunez]

i have to get some foot surgery im guessing on my left foot, its all fucked up if i stand on it for like 6 hours or more (work) it gets all sore and if I sit down it has a chance to swell so then I start walking like a retard till I walk on it for like 5 minutes to loosen it back up again.
Anyone been through some major surgery on here?
Can anyone drop some knowledge on shit to look out for.

 

[MeloTrauma]

I had my gallbladder removed last summer. I had gall stones and those bitches gave me some monsterous stomach aches. I swear it was the worst pain I ever felt. Women who have given birth say gallstones are more painful than being in labor.

So when they said they needed to remove it, I wasnt trippin. I was like rip it out of me already. The only thing that tripped me out is that they had to put me to sleep. I never had to do that before so I was kind of leary. But when they did knock me out it seemed like a surgery never happened, just instant. Then two weeks recovery, which was a bitch, but the painkillers are nice.

What condition have you been diagnosed with? Are they gonna knock you out?

 

[mustynutz]

good luck wit you dogg, the surgery will prolly go cool...its the physical therapy and rehab thats a pain

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

I was chillin in Mexico and I was about to come back when I got sick and went to the hospital and next thing I know the doctor is taking out my appendix. I am full blooded Mexican, but i didnt trust those motherfuckers since the hospital looked all trashed up and shit. They gave me like 2 or 3 morphine shots and I was out for like a day. It all turned out good, but i was scared and I will never go back to a Mexican hospital.

 

[lunitunez]

i believe what i have is called torsal coalition, some wierd shit where the insides of my foot didnt separate correctly while i was in the womb, and it only started to affect me recently after putting in long hours at work. i guess they have to cut a bone in half and put some cartalidge inbetween so it doesnt fuse back together

 

[shadow]

had open heart surgery, 3 years ago. i have a fake Aorta. They put in a titanium one. If they would of let it go, i would up ended up like Reggie Lewis. and my valve would rupture and if that happened, there was a 40% chance of living. there was a 94% chance of living with the surgery. so i was like "lets do it". was in surgery for 9 hours or so. Broke my chest plate in half and broke a few ribs to get my chest fully open. stopped my heart for 20 minutes, and woke up like 16 hours later, with the feeling of 1000 pounds being pushed onto my chest. was in the hospital for 5 days i think, took me 2 months to recover and a month before i could walk. didnt eat for 3 weeks, was high on morphine for a month. had horse sized pain killers. had a caphater (sp) (A tube up my dick hole) a chest tube in me, which was a tube the size of a garden hose put in right under my chest plate, about a foot in me. and when they took it out, it was worse than when they took the tube out my dick. hurt like shit. i have a scar the whole way down my chest with staples embedded into my chest plate. have to take blood thinners everyday for the rest of my life, which cost $40 a month, and have to go get my blood checked every month which costs me $30 a month. I bruise hella easy and and when i get a bruise it will last 3 weeks or longer. If I cut myself it will bleed a lot, and for a long time. I can cut my self shaving and loose a lot of blood. so i have to be carefull with that. Im at HIGH risk of blood clots. and that would cause a stroke. So yea, I have had major surgery

 

[shadow]

Oh yea, and I'll probably only live to 60 or 65, so shit sucks. I asked my doctor if I'll live a full life, and he said I had a chance, but it was slim

 

[MeloTrauma]

^^^ Look on the bright side, after 60 your just dying anyway. What condition did you have homie and what were the symptoms... Ive been going to the docs recently for chest pains.