Four.  Vasectomy being my least favorite!!!!!

Tonsils as a kid

Two neck surguries in 2001 first a fusion and then six months later a laminectomy

2012 Shoulder surgery: distal clavicle excision and acromial resection

Right now I am two weeks post surgical anterior/posterior fusion of L4/L5 and L5/S1

1 Gallbladder removed in march.

im 46 and i have had my balls snipped. thats the only surgery so far.

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I got my little finger crushed off as a small child.....Re-attached

I cut my right arm in an accident that severed two tendons....Fixed

I've  had 8 sets of tubes in my ears, tonsils taken out, I think that's it

I was circumcised when I was born.  Does that count?

Impaled by tree branch in a crash (had dime sized chunk of wood removed from neck)

GSW to left thigh

Drill bit broke off in right foot (cordless drill dropped from roof and went through boot. Came within two inches of my head)

Slashed by knife to my left hand

None Thank God.

I had my tonsils out when I was five.

I severed my biceps tendon and had it reattached.

4 general anesthetic surgeries (read: knocked out). 2 knee surgeries, 1 hernia, 1 oral surgery.

Zero.

This. 36.

3 (in the last 2 years)

Gall bladder removed
Shoulder repaired
Tonsils removed

By far the worst was getting the tonsils out this year; at 40yo.

I consider the numerous surgeries that I have received proof that I have not lived a sedentary uneventful  life.

I'm 58. Several due broken bones that required plates, screws, etc. plus removal of said hardware. In the last ten years of so I've had sinus surgery I should have had many years before I did. Since 2011 I've had three eye surgeries. Scleral buckle for a detached retina and laser to repair tears in the other eye. Cataract surgery, they wake you up and you get to watch them do most of this one. Epiretinal membrane peel to remove scar tissue. Another one where they wake you up after the initial work to put the trocars in place. Nothing like talking to someone while they muck about inside your eye.



Here's a video about the buckle surgery. Its not for the squeamish. It puts new meaning to don't run with scissors. All three eye surgeries leave you looking like you were on the losing end of a beating.

I have had one that I count, just over two months ago.
It was back surgery and I am still recovering from it.
If you want to count everything I guess a total of 4

Just the FOD removal from my right eye, not ever sure that really counts. It hurt plenty though.

3 brain surgeries and 1 carpel tunnel.

All before I was 30

1. Wrist
2. Shoulder reconstruction
3. Shoulder re reconstruction
4. Hip and femor (2 rolled into one)
5. Maxillofacial
6. Back

1 minor procedure
1 major procedure that consisted of a right hepatic (liver) lobotomy, wedge resection of the left hepatic lobe, colonectomy, appendectomy, and my gall bladder removed all at the same time.

I'll be going back under the knife again here pretty soon.

Three, a foot surgery and two c-sections.

at least twice a year from 6-16, then a bunch of other junk. if you count wisdom teeth, and regular tooth removal it goes up. then in patient stuff too.

so yeah, 8+

Four.

Hernia repair when I was 2.

Broken hand - 1 to insert pins and wires, second to remove them

Wisdom teeth

3 so far. I need at least 2 more, although 4 is more likely.

Left foot, left knee, right knee, left wrist, left elbow, right elbow....right shoulder will be next.

One - ACL surgery 11 years ago.

2 this year on my knee.  MRI results from last week looks like it might be surgery number 3 on the same knee soon.

Three.  Lens implants in both eyes a couple years apart and a reconstructive hand surgery after I stuck it in a table saw.

ETA: I can't believe I forgot the best one: my hysterectomy.  I've never been so glad to get rid of anything in my life.

1 Gallbladder



2 Stent for a blocked bile duct from #1



3 Take the stent out



4 Titanium plate in my leg
I'm thinking that's more than enough for me

Me too!!
Did you figure out the hard way the first in didn't work like I did?

One. I had to have some kind of growth removed from my neck when I was two years old. I have a slight dimple in my neck to this day (age 23).

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Had finger reattached when I was 4 yo
Knee Scope when I was 23

That doesn't count various times I have gotten stitches or ingrown toenail removal and such. If you aren't asleep it doesn't count.

Seven for me.  I was hard on myself in my youth.  My body was not meant to play sports and lift heavy things I guess.

ERic

Just tonsils removed when I was 6.

1. Laser in eye to repair a torn retina.  Had to be done without any pain killer and it HURT!!!!!!

2. Heart Attack, Cardiac Arrest, and immediate Cath to my widowmaker artery.  The HA was a 11 on a 1-10 scale.I've gon over how I survived it several times here.

3. Gall Bladder with Gangrene a month later.in hospital for a month.  Little pain as I was on dilaudid for the whole time.  No pain but I came out an opium addict.

Need a complete reverse shoulder surgery that I'm going to decline until I can't stand it.  My muscle rehab on proper chest and back muscles is working and I've reduced pain 25% or so in the past week  

Open heart surgery to replace a defective aortic valve and part of my aorta.












 

Bone tumor in collar bone removed
ACL and MCL surgery
Esophagus surgery

All before age 25. I got my issues fixed early so I can be a healthy old man.

6 and I'm 29 years of age

I have had 2 majors just since july of this year( cervical fusion and left shoulder for a bunch of things), and I should have 1 more surgery before the end of december on my left wrist..all from a fender bender 20 months ago..before that..theres been a few surgeries..including skin surgery on the neck for cancer, fingers reconstructed from a motorcycle sprocket, for in the eyes a few times(I am a mechanic/fabricator..shit happens), knee scope, and some other small stuff........most likely going to need more spine surgery down the road as well..my body wasn't as tough as I thought it was before this accident..............whats left of my Denali pickup.....

1-metal plate on my collar bone
2-ACL

L knee
R knee
L shoulder x2
Umbilical hernia
Gallbladder
Low back
Ruptured appendix
Vasectomy--scary one, one slip and damn
Impacted canine tooth that was sideways and up at the base of my nose. Needed good anesthesia

Not counted four wisdom teeth.

Need, shoulder replacement, Each knee redone

7 for me....

Vasectomy
Facial reconstruction/plastic surgery when I was 4 from injuries in a car accident
5 back surgeries in my lower back including 2 fusions

All before I turned 40.

1.  broken leg.  First doctor told me it was the worst break he'd seen 7 or 8 years.  He called the ambulance to come take me to the hospital.  They told me (one of the largest hospitals in the Richmond, VA area) that they didn't have the people or materials to fix it that day.  They put a awkward ass soft cast on it, sent me home, set an appt. for 3 days later when they could get their stuff together to fix it.  Surgery went 3 times as long as they predicted (scared the crap out of my wife, she thought I'd died or something).  Still have two plates and 7 screws in my leg (doctor refused to take them out after it was fully healed).  You can see one screw head sticking out in a bump below my knee and pressing on the skin shows the outline of one of the plates.  I'm really lucky because the only time it bothers me is if I bump that screw head on something solid.  Goes straight to the bone with a real jolt.

2.  possibly due to the strain on my left knee (due to the way I walked while recovering from the surgery on my right leg) I tore/split the cartilage in my left knee and had to have some of it removed.  That was relatively minor and only took have the time to recover as #1 (2 months vs. 4 months) before going back to work full time.

3.  while being x-rayed for possible pneumonia a couple years back they found a 4" diameter tumor in my chest between my heart and right lung.  Took 2 months to recover (get back to work) after that one, too.  I don't smoke, never have.  It wasn't a tumor in my lungs, but in the chest cavity itself.  That one was a rush job, too.  Found it on a Thursday, ran extra tests, operated 11 days after they confirmed the tumor through an MRI and got me off the blood thinner I take to keep me from getting blood clots.  That was the reason for adding a week to the delay, getting the blood thinner out of my system.  I took a couple extra days off from work before that one.  Wanted to spend time with my wife/kids and drive my Coupe a few times just in  case something happened on the operating table and I didn't come back.

Hope I don't have anymore.  My left shoulder has been messed up for years and will probably stay that way.  I have a blood clot in my right leg the doctor won't operate on because "it only blocks 1/3 of the blood flow from my lower leg back to the heart".

Well damn. Good thoughts and prayers man.

2 surgeries on my foot/ankle after a motorcycle accident - I was 23 at the time. Im 27 now.

Last Monday I had a fusion at C6/7 which also included a plate and screws mounted to my vertebrae.  I'll be out of work for 5-6 weeks.  I figure during these weeks, I'll likely double my post count before being struck with the perma ban hammer.  

Prior to this, I had a fusion at C5/6 roughly 17 years ago.  It's all a result of an auto accident and has been a real pain in the neck for many years.

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Arthroscopic Left Wrist - 1991
Broken Right Heel - 10/1994, 12/1994, 2/1995, 3/1997
Double Hernia 2010
Plantar Fasciitis Release Left Foot - 2011  
Vasectomy - 2012
Deviated Septum Repair - 2013