Title: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 07:33:25 PM
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 07:33:25 PM
I had a screw put in a bone in my foot when I was younger to help it heal. I was awake when they took it out. It wasn't nice at all.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: JOE on July 04, 2016, 08:43:17 PM
Post by: JOE on July 04, 2016, 08:43:17 PM
I believe the medical term is osteosarcoma.
...unfortunately, Brave Terry is no longer with us.
However I'm fortunate to have lived and kept my leg. I even outran a bear on that same leg over a 200 yard stretch which could've devoured me ta shreds, 'Real.
Ya need a bit a' luck to survive an' come back from a setback.
Some of us are lucky, some of us aren't. The ones that were - well they fit to survive. That's their only reward, eh 'Real?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2016, 08:47:45 PM
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on July 04, 2016, 08:47:45 PM
I was awake during my two emergency c-sections. The memory of the tugging and the pulling are not pleasant but necessary.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 04, 2016, 08:54:28 PM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 04, 2016, 08:54:28 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 10:33:51 PM
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 10:33:51 PM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 10:34:31 PM
Post by: RW on July 04, 2016, 10:34:31 PM
A nurse was collecting blood from me and for some reason she did not do it correctly my blood squirted all over the place.Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"
I was awake during my two emergency c-sections. The memory of the tugging and the pulling are not pleasant but necessary.
C-sections feel very strange.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 04, 2016, 11:00:28 PM
Post by: Renee on July 04, 2016, 11:00:28 PM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 04, 2016, 11:10:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 04, 2016, 11:10:47 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 12:11:11 AM
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 12:11:11 AM
My right thigh has a rod and 8 screws holding it together. Six months healing time another 4 months of daily physical therapy. I remember the doctor telling my parents that there was a chance that I would have a permanent limp. I said fuck that.....not going to happen.
So it was 4 months of flex training, one legged wall squats, leg lifts, leg curls, hydrotherapy....jumping jacks and jogging in chest deep water......Kinda difficult for me because I'm unnaturally buoyant.
Needless to say I don't limp.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 12:23:15 AM
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 12:23:15 AM
Other than that, 8th birthday, three and a half inches of someone elses rib grafted into my left tibia. Three grafts total, 8, 9 and 12 years old. 2 years in a cast. Fun times....
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 12:58:51 AM
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 12:58:51 AM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: JOE on July 05, 2016, 01:15:03 AM
Post by: JOE on July 05, 2016, 01:15:03 AM
Other than that three and a half inches of someone elses rib grafted into my left tibia. Three grafts total. 2 years in a cast. Fun times....Quote from: "kiebers"
What happened, kahbuzz?
Did you get into a fight?!?
...or was it contact sports?
Were you a WWF wrestler?
....oh my!
...give us the details, the highlights WHY it happened
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:24:11 AM
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:24:11 AM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: chuck wagon on July 05, 2016, 01:55:14 AM
Post by: chuck wagon on July 05, 2016, 01:55:14 AM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:58:23 AM
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:58:23 AM
Lumbar puncture aka Spinal TapQuote from: "chuck wagon"//https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbar_puncture
I was schedule to have one of those and they cancelled it. Sounds like I dodged a bullet.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: chuck wagon on July 05, 2016, 01:59:04 AM
Post by: chuck wagon on July 05, 2016, 01:59:04 AM
Lumbar puncture aka Spinal TapQuote from: "chuck wagon"//https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbar_puncture
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:59:54 AM
Post by: RW on July 05, 2016, 01:59:54 AM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Love Blob on July 05, 2016, 03:50:59 AM
Post by: Love Blob on July 05, 2016, 03:50:59 AM
Had my nose broken in a highschool fight. Pretty easy to deal with.
The most painful thing I've had happen? Fractured a bone in my wrist falling from a tree-fort when I was around 12 or so. The problem with fractured wrist-bones, is that they cannot really do anything about it. The most painful thing I've ever experienced.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: JOE on July 05, 2016, 08:19:05 AM
Post by: JOE on July 05, 2016, 08:19:05 AM
Don't ruin my thread please.Quote from: "RW"
Wasn't trying to.
It was an honest question.
How does somebody's rib or an impression of it, end up on someone else's tibia? This is the location of the tibia:
So it mustve been the result of a contact sport....maybe tackle football?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 08:32:26 AM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 08:32:26 AM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.:001_rolleyes:
Think yours is over worked?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 08:36:17 AM
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 08:36:17 AM
Don't ruin my thread please.Quote from: "RW"
Wasn't trying to.
It was an honest question.
How does somebody's rib or an impression of it, end up on someone else's tibia? This is the location of the tibia:http://www.innerbody.com/anatomy-images/Tibia.png
So it mustve been the result of a contact sport....maybe tackle football?
Non malignant fibrous tumors that ate the bone. Bone that was left was as thick as a sheet of typing paper. Broke the leg the day before 8th birthday. In surgery the day after 8th birthday. I never complained so no one knew there was an issue. I had lived with it since birth so I didn't know anything was wrong. Follow up grafts done with my bone dust taken from each hip.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 08:37:06 AM
Post by: kiebers on July 05, 2016, 08:37:06 AM
LOL
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 09:13:00 AM
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 09:13:00 AM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.:001_rolleyes:
Think yours is over worked?
Not according to my most recent echo-cardiogram and stress test.
Maybe you should've had the carotid artery in your neck replaced. Your's seems to be blocked.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 09:44:31 AM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 09:44:31 AM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.:001_rolleyes:
Think yours is over worked?
Not according to my most recent echo-cardiogram and stress test.
Maybe you should've had the carotid artery in your neck replaced. Your's seems to be blocked.
Carotid. Bet you had to google it? Howz yours? You are sort of a novelty to me. You do nutty things.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 10:03:45 AM
Post by: Renee on July 05, 2016, 10:03:45 AM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.:001_rolleyes:
Think yours is over worked?
Not according to my most recent echo-cardiogram and stress test.
Maybe you should've had the carotid artery in your neck replaced. Your's seems to be blocked.
Carotid. Bet you had to google it? Howz yours? You are sort of a novelty to me. You do nutty things.
No I didn't have to Google it.
The common carotid runs from the aortal arch up thru the neck and feeds blood to the brain. Anyone who took Advanced Bio or Bio 2 in HS should know that.
Why do you say I "do nutty things"? What's so "nutty" about me?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: cc on July 05, 2016, 11:47:24 AM
Post by: cc on July 05, 2016, 11:47:24 AM
Don't ruin my thread please.Quote from: "RW"
That's Joe's raison d'être
and the funny part is that he thinks he's helping threads
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 05, 2016, 11:50:03 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 05, 2016, 11:50:03 AM
I had stitches on my left hand and on my chin, but no other serious accidents.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 11:50:29 AM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 05, 2016, 11:50:29 AM
Had my aorta replaced. Defective from birth. 50 years later. Made me young again.Quote from: "Twenty Dollars"
Your aorta or your aortic valve?
Just go with it.:001_rolleyes:
Think yours is over worked?
Not according to my most recent echo-cardiogram and stress test.
Maybe you should've had the carotid artery in your neck replaced. Your's seems to be blocked.
Carotid. Bet you had to google it? Howz yours? You are sort of a novelty to me. You do nutty things.
No I didn't have to Google it.
The common carotid runs from the aortal arch up thru the neck and feeds blood to the brain. Anyone who took Advanced Bio or Bio 2 in HS should know that.
Why do you say I "do nutty things"? What's so "nutty" about me?
Back now. Had to do my people watch/surf check bike ride. You did tell me about some things about your life that struck me as odd, no judgements tho. I like athletic women. Beyond this fact, I am only interested in the good things that life offers. Why not?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 05, 2016, 09:57:57 PM
Post by: Annie on July 05, 2016, 09:57:57 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Hell on Wheels on July 06, 2016, 01:55:49 AM
Post by: Hell on Wheels on July 06, 2016, 01:55:49 AM
When I had my brain tumor removed. At first the surgeon said they would have to go in by the top of my head, by cutting the top of my skull off. I freaked, had a panic attack, started crying. The next morning he came to my bedside and said that he and another doctor were going to figure out another way. I worried for a few days until they said they would go through my nasal cavity while using a device that was measured and fit around my head. They got it all after a week in hospital with meds to get the brain swelling down and then another week until I went home. it took over 3 months to recover. Oh two days after surgery the nurse had me sitting up when a clear fluid started draining from my nose. It was my spinal fluid and I was not to be sitting up for at least a few days. My tumor was called a Pituitary Adenoma and it was right in the middle of my brain behind my eye sockets.Quote from: "Annie"
Damn!
Well, at least they didn't have to cut the top of your skull off! Christ!
Did you, or your friends and family, notice any behavioural changes in you after they dug through your brain?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 10:08:48 AM
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 10:08:48 AM
When I had my brain tumor removed. At first the surgeon said they would have to go in by the top of my head, by cutting the top of my skull off. I freaked, had a panic attack, started crying. The next morning he came to my bedside and said that he and another doctor were going to figure out another way. I worried for a few days until they said they would go through my nasal cavity while using a device that was measured and fit around my head. They got it all after a week in hospital with meds to get the brain swelling down and then another week until I went home. it took over 3 months to recover. Oh two days after surgery the nurse had me sitting up when a clear fluid started draining from my nose. It was my spinal fluid and I was not to be sitting up for at least a few days. My tumor was called a Pituitary Adenoma and it was right in the middle of my brain behind my eye sockets.Quote from: "Annie"
OMG Annie, thank God it all turned out okay.
I think you won this one.....I don't think anyone can top what you've been through. My broken leg, bad knees and multiple concussions are like hang nails compared to what you've had to endure.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 06, 2016, 11:49:24 AM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 06, 2016, 11:49:24 AM
When I had my brain tumor removed. At first the surgeon said they would have to go in by the top of my head, by cutting the top of my skull off. I freaked, had a panic attack, started crying. The next morning he came to my bedside and said that he and another doctor were going to figure out another way. I worried for a few days until they said they would go through my nasal cavity while using a device that was measured and fit around my head. They got it all after a week in hospital with meds to get the brain swelling down and then another week until I went home. it took over 3 months to recover. Oh two days after surgery the nurse had me sitting up when a clear fluid started draining from my nose. It was my spinal fluid and I was not to be sitting up for at least a few days. My tumor was called a Pituitary Adenoma and it was right in the middle of my brain behind my eye sockets.Quote from: "Annie"
OMG Annie, thank God it all turned out okay.
I think you won this one.....I don't think anyone can top what you've been through. My broken leg, bad knees and multiple concussions are like hang nails compared to what you've had to endure.acc_hugz
Multiple concussions doesn't sound good. I've never been knocked out.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 06, 2016, 12:02:09 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 06, 2016, 12:02:09 PM
When I had my brain tumor removed. At first the surgeon said they would have to go in by the top of my head, by cutting the top of my skull off. I freaked, had a panic attack, started crying. The next morning he came to my bedside and said that he and another doctor were going to figure out another way. I worried for a few days until they said they would go through my nasal cavity while using a device that was measured and fit around my head. They got it all after a week in hospital with meds to get the brain swelling down and then another week until I went home. it took over 3 months to recover. Oh two days after surgery the nurse had me sitting up when a clear fluid started draining from my nose. It was my spinal fluid and I was not to be sitting up for at least a few days. My tumor was called a Pituitary Adenoma and it was right in the middle of my brain behind my eye sockets.Quote from: "Annie"
I don't know anyone who has had to endure as many serious medical issues as you have faced..
You are an exceptionally strong lady.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 01:09:53 PM
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 01:09:53 PM
When I had my brain tumor removed. At first the surgeon said they would have to go in by the top of my head, by cutting the top of my skull off. I freaked, had a panic attack, started crying. The next morning he came to my bedside and said that he and another doctor were going to figure out another way. I worried for a few days until they said they would go through my nasal cavity while using a device that was measured and fit around my head. They got it all after a week in hospital with meds to get the brain swelling down and then another week until I went home. it took over 3 months to recover. Oh two days after surgery the nurse had me sitting up when a clear fluid started draining from my nose. It was my spinal fluid and I was not to be sitting up for at least a few days. My tumor was called a Pituitary Adenoma and it was right in the middle of my brain behind my eye sockets.Quote from: "Annie"
OMG Annie, thank God it all turned out okay.
I think you won this one.....I don't think anyone can top what you've been through. My broken leg, bad knees and multiple concussions are like hang nails compared to what you've had to endure.acc_hugz
Multiple concussions doesn't sound good. I've never been knocked out.
Of the four or so concussions I've received, I was only completely knocked out once and it was probably a blessing in disguise. You don't need to be rendered unconscious to suffer a concussion. You can also receive a concussion and not even realize it.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 06, 2016, 04:57:41 PM
Post by: Annie on July 06, 2016, 04:57:41 PM
Holy on the concussions, Renee. I've had several and know they are not fun.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 06, 2016, 05:06:10 PM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 06, 2016, 05:06:10 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 05:33:40 PM
Post by: Renee on July 06, 2016, 05:33:40 PM
Thanks everyone. I did and still do have cognitive problems, eyesight, hearing, minor balance problems, nerve damage and brain farts lolQuote from: "Annie"Holy on the concussions, Renee.I've had several and know they are not fun.
Well in my case that's what happens when you think your tough and you block the plate.
It taught me that there is always someone bigger , stronger and tougher than you are. But the flash of colors on impact and tunnel vision afterwards are pretty cool though....
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 06, 2016, 10:02:30 PM
Post by: Annie on July 06, 2016, 10:02:30 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Jeff Spicoli on July 07, 2016, 05:39:02 AM
Post by: Jeff Spicoli on July 07, 2016, 05:39:02 AM
Repetitive concussions are the real problem.
I had one concussion a few years back, at the skate park... Stunting on my bike, I hit the concrete essentially face first from about eight feet of height.
I still have scars to prove this.
No helmet was worn, and I was "brain shocked" if you will. Everyone came running, as my dome apparently made a clear "thud" on the concrete.
I was good! Rode home on my bike, with blood pouring down my face.
I knew then, already, that I cannot risk another head impact. Also, there is no doubt that the alcohol level in my bloodstream at that time helped me out.
I still have a scar on my face from that episode!
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:42:03 AM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:42:03 AM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: RW on July 07, 2016, 12:19:54 PM
Post by: RW on July 07, 2016, 12:19:54 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.Quote from: "RW"
You started it. Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answers to.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 01:40:50 PM
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 01:40:50 PM
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.Quote from: "RW"
I suppose knowing the cast on my leg after the first two grafts was 2 colors, white and blood red, doesn't help either. They both came off after about 2 and a half weeks. I do remember a few folks looking a little green after seeing that.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 02:27:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 02:27:22 PM
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.Quote from: "RW"
I suppose knowing the cast on my leg after the first two grafts was 2 colors, white and blood red, doesn't help either. They both came off after about 2 and a half weeks. I do remember a few folks looking a little green after seeing that.
I am feeling a little green after reading it kiebers.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 07, 2016, 02:36:54 PM
Post by: Twenty Dollars on July 07, 2016, 02:36:54 PM
Thanks everyone. I did and still do have cognitive problems, eyesight, hearing, minor balance problems, nerve damage and brain farts lolQuote from: "Annie"Holy on the concussions, Renee.I've had several and know they are not fun.
Well in my case that's what happens when you think your tough and you block the plate.
It taught me that there is always someone bigger , stronger and tougher than you are. But the flash of colors on impact and tunnel vision afterwards are pretty cool though....:laugh3:
Clarity can be really clear.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 03:20:28 PM
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 03:20:28 PM
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.Quote from: "RW"
I suppose knowing the cast on my leg after the first two grafts was 2 colors, white and blood red, doesn't help either. They both came off after about 2 and a half weeks. I do remember a few folks looking a little green after seeing that.
Second graft they took bone from my left hip to put in my leg. When they took the stitches out it popped open. You could see about an inch deep. They butterflied it and it healed...
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 03:57:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 03:57:59 PM
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.Quote from: "RW"
I suppose knowing the cast on my leg after the first two grafts was 2 colors, white and blood red, doesn't help either. They both came off after about 2 and a half weeks. I do remember a few folks looking a little green after seeing that.
Second graft they took bone from my left hip to put in my leg. When they took the stitches out it popped open. You could see about an inch deep. They butterflied it and it healed...
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:41:10 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:41:10 PM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too:laugh3: . The only concussion where I was knocked out was when I was pushed/fell down the stairs and broke my leg. It was probably good that I was out cold and remained that way until EMS got me up the stairs and into the ambulance. When I started to come around the pain in my leg was searing.
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Holy shitaki mushrooms, you're lucky to be here!
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:42:35 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:42:35 PM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too:laugh3: . The only concussion where I was knocked out was when I was pushed/fell down the stairs and broke my leg. It was probably good that I was out cold and remained that way until EMS got me up the stairs and into the ambulance. When I started to come around the pain in my leg was searing.
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Holy shitaki mushrooms, you're lucky to be here!
You too Annie.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:42:46 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:42:46 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:44:33 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:44:33 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:48:54 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:48:54 PM
Yep Herman, I sure am! Makes me appreciate things a whole lot more. Like when I almost cut my left thumb off. It went on an angle to the bone. If it had been level, the top inch would have been gone lol I think I posted it after stitches awhile back.....Quote from: "Annie"
That is nothing compared to the medical problems you have had.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:55:41 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 09:55:41 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:58:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 09:58:23 PM
What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!Quote from: "Annie"
The mind and will yes, but the body, no.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:00:39 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:00:39 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 10:06:33 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 10:06:33 PM
My body has taken a beating too. I've had a fractured hip, tailbone, broken ribs, fractured spine. I have a few pieces of spine that broke and are still "floating" around. When I move a certain way I can feel and hear the bones grinding.Quote from: "Annie"
A fractured spine? How did that happen?
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:16:14 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:16:14 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:20:19 PM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too:laugh3: . The only concussion where I was knocked out was when I was pushed/fell down the stairs and broke my leg. It was probably good that I was out cold and remained that way until EMS got me up the stairs and into the ambulance. When I started to come around the pain in my leg was searing.
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Holy shitaki mushrooms, you're lucky to be here!
Yeah, I probably am but like I said.....you win this one. You're the real lucky one. Whatever has happened to me or the rest of us, nothing beats surviving what you've been through.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:22:01 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:22:01 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:25:46 PM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 10:25:46 PM
Years of accidents and I have ankylosing spondylitis. I've fallen from a light pole, out of trees, on my head from a top bunk, rolled in a car with no seat belt. I guess it never healed properly and when I had an epidural with my son it just made it a whole lot worse. When I hear my neighbor complain of her sore toe I want to yell: "shut the hell up, you don't know what pain is!" lolol Oh and I destroyed my right knee while skiing. Went on a jump and landed on sheer ice. I looked down at my body, I looked like a pretzelQuote from: "Annie":laugh3:
Hey, speaking of knees, I got the word yesterday that I have to go for ACL surgery. Looks like it will be scheduled in two weeks.
This summer keeps getting better and better.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:37:16 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 10:37:16 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 10:46:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 10:46:01 PM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too:laugh3: . The only concussion where I was knocked out was when I was pushed/fell down the stairs and broke my leg. It was probably good that I was out cold and remained that way until EMS got me up the stairs and into the ambulance. When I started to come around the pain in my leg was searing.
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Holy shitaki mushrooms, you're lucky to be here!
Yeah, I probably am but like I said.....you win this one. You're the real lucky one. Whatever has happened to me or the rest of us, nothing beats surviving what you've been through.:thumbup:
I second that.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 11:00:15 PM
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 11:00:15 PM
Eww and holy moly Kiebers! That's a lot of surgical work. That must have been friggin painfulQuote from: "Annie":shock:
Had/have a high tolerance for pain. That bone had been eating away almost since birth. Never felt it until it broke. Dr was going to press charges on my mother because he just knew I had to be in pain, until he saw how I was while I was in the hospital for 2 weeks after surgery. And yep it was lots of surgical work. They told us ten years earlier and they would have just cut my leg off. 1961, 1962, 1965 were the years I had the grafts.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 11:00:39 PM
Post by: kiebers on July 07, 2016, 11:00:39 PM
Also the dizziness and head ache are pretty cool too!Quote from: "Annie":laugh: I've fallen on cement stairs as a kid, whacked my noggin on a swim locker, fell in the shower and been in a car accident, all each delivering me a nice concussion.
Yeah the dizziness is fun too:laugh3: . The only concussion where I was knocked out was when I was pushed/fell down the stairs and broke my leg. It was probably good that I was out cold and remained that way until EMS got me up the stairs and into the ambulance. When I started to come around the pain in my leg was searing.
The down side was the doctors had to wait 48hrs until my brain went back to normal (yeah, right) before they could attempt to operate and repair my thigh bone. And because of the concussion, they had to be careful of the pain meds they were giving me. So for two days I was completely immobilized and I got fed Tylenol for a broken thigh bone......worst 48 hours of my life.
Holy shitaki mushrooms, you're lucky to be here!
Yeah, I probably am but like I said.....you win this one. You're the real lucky one. Whatever has happened to me or the rest of us, nothing beats surviving what you've been through.:thumbup:
I second that.
Indeed
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 11:09:22 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 11:09:22 PM
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 11:13:54 PM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 11:13:54 PM
Oh ffs! That's shitty! But at least it will be fixed right?Quote from: "Annie"
That's the plan.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 11:14:40 PM
Post by: Annie on July 07, 2016, 11:14:40 PM
Oh ffs! That's shitty! But at least it will be fixed right?Quote from: "Annie"
That's the plan.
I hope it all goes well. And I hope your kids and hubby take care of all the household stuff so you can recover
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 11:20:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on July 07, 2016, 11:20:36 PM
Oh ffs! That's shitty! But at least it will be fixed right?Quote from: "Annie"
That's the plan.
I hope it all goes well. And I hope your kids and hubby take care of all the household stuff so you can recover:thumbup: When is this happening?
What did I miss.
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 11:25:51 PM
Post by: Renee on July 07, 2016, 11:25:51 PM
Oh ffs! That's shitty! But at least it will be fixed right?Quote from: "Annie"
That's the plan.
I hope it all goes well. AndI hope your kids and hubby take care of all the household stuffso you can recover :thumbup:
Yeah okay....
Title: Re: Worst Medical Procedure
Post by: Anonymous on July 08, 2016, 12:12:54 AM
Post by: Anonymous on July 08, 2016, 12:12:54 AM
Hey, speaking of knees, I got the word yesterday that I have to go for ACL surgery. Looks like it will be scheduled in two weeks.Quote
Hope you make a speedy recovery Renee.