Surgeries!

[dknise]

Everyone's had one! What's your story?

A little of two years ago, I ruptured 3 discs in my lower back. Before that, I was a lean 195 pound muscle machine. I ran 5 miles a day from the time I hit high school till the time I left my first year of college. As a freshman, I made it on to varsity crew with no experience and eventually dropped it to start lifting weights again. I was in goooood shape.

Two and a half years later, I still weigh 195! But about 30 pounds of that is now a gut, I'm a huge computer nerd, and I spend the majority of my day sitting instead of standing. Before I got injured, I was a night club promoter (like every kid is at my age hahaha) and couldn't do it anymore when I hurt my back. I couldn't walk 100 feet without losing my vision.

After rounds of steroid shots, physical therapy, and several mri's, enough was enough so I got spinal decompression surgery done by a neurosurgeon. I went the neuro route per advice of many other's in the horrors or orthopedic surgeons. I couldn't be any happier with my results. I still get a huge knot on my left glute over the sciatic nerve, but nothing that can't get rolled out.

The irony of the whole ordeal... combined with a pre-existing spinal disorder since birth (that was revealed in my mri), all of that running and getting into shape is what sealed the deal for my own destruction!

2 months after my surgery, I ended up getting my tonsils out haha.

So what's your guys' stories? I'm a youngster so I always like to joke to older people about back problems by saying "when you get to be my age..."

 

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[Lights]

I never broken a bone in my life.

But I did get MRSA, and anyone can get it just by touching a doorknob. So disturbing.... so disturbing.... it was painful too. I am now paranoid about diseases. Luckily I caught it early, so there's no scars. This is not an STD.

 

[rocksolid]

My eyes, my eyes......thanks for the picture lights, I threw up in my mouth a little. Here is my story. When I was 5 yrs old I went to my Uncles house for Mother's day. I was in the back yard running around play when their dog started to chase me. I ran away looking behind me at the dog following. Then I stopped dead in my track and everybody thought it was because I saw the row of bushes in front of me. Well...... I did not see the bushes and when I swung my head around one of the branches tore my eye lid and pocked my eyeball out ( don't work I have no pictures lol) Next I saw my grand father running at me ( I saw nothing out of the other eye that was hanging out) he cupped my eye and the next thing I remember we are in a car rushing to a hospital. I keep asking for a band aid saying I would be fine. I got matched up for another eye just in case they could not save my eye. Since I had just eaten they did not want o put me under since I could choke on my own vomit. It got late and the doctor said if we don't try to operate now I would lose the eye. I am told that during the operation I sat up, vomited on the floor and asked if he was almost done. I was very very lucky and had 20/20 vision until I was about 25 and now where glasses.

 

[dknise]

My eyes, my eyes......thanks for the picture lights, I threw up in my mouth a little. Here is my story. When I was 5 yrs old I went to my Uncles house for Mother's day. I was in the back yard running around play when their dog started to chase me. I ran away looking behind me at the dog following. Then I stopped dead in my track and everybody thought it was because I saw the row of bushes in front of me. Well...... I did not see the bushes and when I swung my head around one of the branches tore my eye lid and pocked my eyeball out ( don't work I have no pictures lol) Next I saw my grand father running at me ( I saw nothing out of the other eye that was hanging out) he cupped my eye and the next thing I remember we are in a car rushing to a hospital. I keep asking for a band aid saying I would be fine. I got matched up for another eye just in case they could not save my eye. Since I had just eaten they did not want o put me under since I could choke on my own vomit. It got late and the doctor said if we don't try to operate now I would lose the eye. I am told that during the operation I sat up, vomited on the floor and asked if he was almost done. I was very very lucky and had 20/20 vision until I was about 25 and now where glasses.

Wow! losing one of my senses has got to be one of my biggest fears!

 

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[Lights]

My eyes, my eyes......thanks for the picture lights, I threw up in my mouth a little. Here is my story. When I was 5 yrs old I went to my Uncles house for Mother's day. I was in the back yard running around play when their dog started to chase me. I ran away looking behind me at the dog following. Then I stopped dead in my track and everybody thought it was because I saw the row of bushes in front of me. Well...... I did not see the bushes and when I swung my head around one of the branches tore my eye lid and pocked my eyeball out ( don't work I have no pictures lol) Next I saw my grand father running at me ( I saw nothing out of the other eye that was hanging out) he cupped my eye and the next thing I remember we are in a car rushing to a hospital. I keep asking for a band aid saying I would be fine. I got matched up for another eye just in case they could not save my eye. Since I had just eaten they did not want o put me under since I could choke on my own vomit. It got late and the doctor said if we don't try to operate now I would lose the eye. I am told that during the operation I sat up, vomited on the floor and asked if he was almost done. I was very very lucky and had 20/20 vision until I was about 25 and now where glasses.

Scary... luckily for you that you made it through.

Good thing your grandpa did the right moves too.

 

[PatrickP]

Nothing too major.

Hernia and lasix. Both were pretty easy.