Medically, nothing major has ever happened to me - besides pneumonia as a kid. No broken bones, no surgeries.

I've had 5 knee surgeries, my tonsils out when I was a kid, lap band and lasik (if you really count that as surgery?). Wow, when I see it written out it looks like even more.

Just had sinus surgery last week.

I had tubes put into my ears when I was a little kid because of chronic ear infections, but it was a relatively small surgery.

I had my tonsils out when i was a kid and a laparoscopy (sp?) a few years ago.

Yes ... it's kind of gross. Basically, one of my wisdom teeth was pushed up into the orbit of my left eye by a cyst in my maxillary sinus. The cyst was about the size of a ping pong ball and quite hard (sorry, TMI!) so it gradually pushed the tooth further and further up over the years and I didn't know until I started having chronic sinus infections and needed an x-ray from an oral surgeon one day. The xray looked really funny because I had just had my braces taken off so all you could see were two rows of perfect teeth and then a crazy tooth up right under my eye. Of course, it wasn't so funny when the doctor then ingeniously suggested that I have all three other wisdom teeth taken out at the same time as this errant one along with the cyst. I'm just so lucky that I don't have any scars on my face from the surgery, as they did everything from underneath (sorry, again TMI).

I also had the tubes-in-ear surgery as a kid, and a few years ago I had my wisdom teeth extracted. Nothing major.

just some wisdom teeth removal and hopefully no more for a while!

ugh - i've had quite a few surgeries - and they really aren't all that much fun. the worst was about 3 years ago - i broke my knee while i was on a business trip (luckily i was in NYC - and my mom's in NJ) but i had to have my knee completely put back together - and i was in the hospital for 10 days with that one. NOT fun - and the whole thought of surgery and anesthesia and all that was kind of scary. the worst is that they gave me a spinal anesthetic and i woke up during surgery - but luckily i couldn't feel anything. it was just creepy to see what they were doing and then to be put back under. i still remember it - and it's kind of gross - but oh well. if only that were my only surgery - i guess I'm a bit accident prone cause - but hopefully that's all in the past now.

I had gromets (the tube things) in my ear when I was a kid. I also had an eye operation and my adenoids removed.

I only had a couple of pneumonias as a kid (athsma - spent A LOT of time in the hospital) and I mesed my MCL on my knee but since it happened when I was young they said there was no need for a surgury.

I had tubes surgically inserted into my ears and removed multiple times. And I still get ear infections, although luckily nowhere near as often as when I was a child.

I've had my one and only surgery last summer. I had sinus surgery, my severely deviated septum fixed and my turbinates trimmed all at once.

I've already had three and I'm 20. Bad luck, I guess.

i broke my neck when i was 12 yrs old- i had an "operation" (not really surgery) to install a halo to hold my neck straight- but when they took that off 2 months later they realized it hadn't worked at all- my neck was still completely broken, so i was scheduled for surgery. the surgery was to remove the broken bone (c-5), replace it with a donor bone and hold it in place with a plate and 5 screws.

i also had kidney stone surgery about a year ago- they had to go up and into my urethra and get it...talk about unpleasant!!

When I was about 5, I had surgery on my eye(s). I had a bad lazy eye and it was before laser surgery, so I later found out that they had to take my eyeballs out of my head to operate, kind of gross, but hey, I don't have a lazy eye anymore!

I've also had minor leg surgery and Lasik, which I really wouldn't call surgery.

plastic

this question is such a jinx... (me knocks on wood three times)

i had surgery for an infection in my wrist when i was 6 mos old, i had my tonsils & adnoids out when i was 5 & then wisdom teeth a few years ago.

i just had major surgery in January for a cyst in my femur. it put me practically immobile for two weeks and on crutches for a month. the doctor gave me the option of removing my the hardware in my leg but i'd rather not go through that again!

I broke my knee doing snowboard ouch! the surgery was terrible like Ilanac13 said but my knee is perfect now.....oh and plastic he.....

I dislocated my shoulder in my early 20s, and then it kept dislocating. The last time my shoulder went out I was playing ultimate frisbee and that is when I decided to get it fixed. It was the best thing I ever did. My shoulder hasn't gone out since!

I had shoulder surgery after many years of softball, 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed and part of my cervix removed...all of this in a two year period! It kinda just hit me all at once. I honestly HATE having surgery but I love the attention I get after

In addition to knee surgery, I had heart surgery almost two years ago. I woke up in the middle of the surgery which was very disturbing. The aftermath was also the worst physical pain I have ever experienced. In the end it was all worth it as I stopped having heart attacks and am now able to lead an active lifestyle.

Jaw surgery. It sucked.

No, unless wisdom teeth removal counts.

I had a lamenectomy in July 2007 to drain a cyst in the center of my spinal cord.

Yes I have had surgery.. One 'elective' and one, not so elective. I shattered all the bones in my leg and ankles (tibia, fibula, talus, toes, pulled some ligaments etc) in a freak accident and had to have surgery. On one side of my ankle I had a plate, 7 screws, and 23 stitches and on the other side, I had a plate, 3 screws, and 10 stitches. It's now two years later and I'm still not the same. I can't run like I use to and when the weather changes, I can DEFINITELY feel it. It swells alot and I have a 'cankle' (lol) alot of times.. I was stuck in a wheelchair for 3 months to let the swelling post-surgery go down and then on crutches for 6 weeks. NOT FUN

When I was 4 I had an appendectomy

I had one of my front top teeth (third from the middle) removed when I was about 12, it would've grown in behind my front two teeth so they peeled back the roof of my mouth and took it out. Five years later I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed and less than a year after that I fell down and put my left hand out which snapped the ligament that holds your thumb to your hand. $7,000 and one tiny steel tack later I now have a lovely jagged scar on my thumb.

i have to have my deviated septum fixed in a couple of years but thats about it..i hope

fitness blog and so many surgeries.

Double hernia (scars are nicely hidden now, except for after a bikini wax haha), tonsils, and wisdom teeth – which I definitely count as a surgery since I got knocked out

Considering laser eye, but honestly chicken sh*t... maybe if they'd knock you out... or some nice drugs. *shudder*

I had my first major surgery this year, in February, a breast reduction. Prior to that, I'd only ever had dental surgery.

Three sinus surgeries (one sinus was completely closed and the other had polyps blocking 80% of it) before I was age six, reconstructive jaw surgery at age 17- one side was growing longer than the other, I had a huge underbite, and class 5 (the worst!) TMJ. After that surgery my jaw is great, even though I still end up getting sinus infections when I'm sick. I'm currently recovering from "elective" surgery. Let's just say I can't lift my arms. But I love my results and I feel very content, regardless of all the hospital/operating room time!

Yes, ugh. Had my wisdom teeth (all 4) taken out about 4 years ago, my tonsils taken out 2 years ago (and let me tell you how much fun it is to hear a doctor saying it should've been done when you were younger, it would've hurt so much less - but I DID lose 20 lbs). And periodically, my body likes to produce bumps that need to be removed (like sists and calcium deposits). Not sure if that would be considered elective or not, cause I suppose I didn't really need it.

I had surgery on my neck when I was 15 to have a tumor removed. They did a biopsy on it, cause they thought it was Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but it came back inconclusive. Luckily after they took it out and did whatever tests on it, it came back benign. They used dissolveable stitches and this weird glue to close it, it was bizarre.
Then 7 months to the day of my neck surgery, I had surgery on my big toe. Sounds silly, and it was, but I had ripped the tendon out of my toe and didn't even know it, until I started having pain in my foot. I had 5 stitches in my toe and had to wear a hard cast up to my knee, and my toe was hanging out... I never understood that!!!

I had a breast reduction, too.

I've had to keep a list of my surgeries so I don't forget the dates and the kind of surgery it was. For my age I feel pathetic with how many surgeries I've had. I just had surgery June 25th of this year and I believe that was number 12. I guess we all go through bouts of bad luck, huh?
Positive things do come out our struggles though; I work in General Surgery at a large hospital- I'm able to put myself in the patients shoes and spend as much time with them as I can and offer them real compassion becaue I've been there. I wish I could say the same about some of the nurses I've had in the past during those trying times.

Sorry- * positive things do come out OF our struggles*
Have to love our typos!!!!!

I had my appendix out at 12 (right at the start of summer vacation, so I couldn't go swimming for a long time!), and during my freshman year of college, I had all 4 wisdom teeth out.