If you had an operation (or surgery) when you were younger what were you told about it?

no operations...

No operation as a child. As an adult, 2.

Since I was two weeks old at the time, I doubt I was told anything.

"They're going to fix your ears! Look, here's a happy glittery unicorn!"
"Just count to ten, and you'll fall asleep."

I was told what they were going to do..and then on the day of the operation I remember saying,"Ok, I changed my mind. I don't want do this."

I might have had some kind of surgery I am not aware of and who knows?

I was told the truth.

I never had a surgery that i remember

I had surgery for a broken arm once, but I've never had any type of major surgery where I had to go under the knife.

It was an emergency surgery.

I was pretty much told as I was being wheeled in.

I had my tonsils removed when I was about 5 or 6. I was told that I'd have loads of ice cream. The ice cream was meant to soothe the pain, and it must've worked because I remember the ice cream part, but not the pain.

The "just count to ten" part I really love, when you feel the anesthesia doing its stuff, and you're on your way to la-la land. A major cool moment. I'd get surgery done just for that.

I have never had an operation or surgery. What's the difference between an operation and surgery, anyway?

I was told that aliens came one night and replaced my brain with a synthetic brain and that is why I am crazy.

No difference.

I didn't think so, but then I thought perhaps there was some subtle nuance I wasn't aware of.

I had an operation when I was about 13 so I was certainly old enough to know everything. Did you mean if someone was like under eight years old?

Perhaps a hysterectomy as a little girl I suspect at times

I was told that a magic fairy would come and send me off to sleepy bye land and then when I awoke I could have all the Jell-O and ice cream I wanted!

The really weird thing was that I was 37 at the time and I was getting a vasectomy!

This reminds me of the tooth fairy and a story being told about my tooth and leaving my tooth on my pillow and getting some money for it in plenty of purse change

> I was told that a magic fairy would come and send me off to sleepy
> bye land and then when I awoke I could have all the Jell-O and ice
> cream I wanted!
>
> The really weird thing was that I was 37 at the time and I was getting
> a vasectomy!

A double masectomy that is so funny' he he he oh my oh my what happened???

The nice man's going to knock you out and cut off that 3rd arm you have, there's absolutely nothing to worry about honey

I was told it was necessary and I should not be too concerned. The truth was that there was little hope for me but this was the only chance.

I really wish I remembered the feeling of the anesthesia kicking in, but it was years ago; I was getting grommets. I do remember some kindly dark man with thin rimmed glasses leaning over me, saying it though.

I only had dental surgery, but I had to go to hospital and have general anaesthetic. I got told what was hapening the whole time.

I had open heart surgery when I was 5 months old. I had a hole in my heart.

I've had 3-4 surgeries where I was put under, the last one being about a year ago, and I remember trying to fight the anesthesia, but quickly, and happily giving up. I wish going to bed every night were that comfortable. I'm not saying that I would drug myself to sleep, but if that feeling could come naturally, it would be bliss!

> I really wish I remembered the feeling of the anesthesia kicking in,
> but it was years ago; I was getting grommets. I do remember some kindly
> dark man with thin rimmed glasses leaning over me, saying it though.

What are grommets?

the operations were fine they really arent a big deal I had one of my ear and another one in my leg

They help to cure glue ear. I thought that it was some kind of hearing aid when I was little, but they're small tubes that are put inside children's ears to help drain away sticky fluid that is trapped there.
http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/Grommet.jpg

Oh ok. Yeah I know what that is. I've only known it as 'tubes'.

Younger? I was younger yesterday...

Hey, what kind of cake you got going on there...you gonna eat all that?

> Hey, what kind of cake you got going on there...you gonna eat all
> that?

What is it with you guys and the cake! Does SC make you crave cake?

Only when someone mentions there is cake, otherwise no.

never had one

I ate the WHOLE cake.. not just the once slice.. I ate pretty much 3 cakes in the last week.. dum dum dummmm 3 stone later....

I didn't have anything I couldn't figure out myself - like the time I got stitches when my brother accidently hit me with a golf club on the ear. I didn't need to be told anything about it - I kinda knew...

> I was told that a magic fairy would come and send me off to sleepy
> bye land and then when I awoke I could have all the Jell-O and ice
> cream I wanted!
>
> The really weird thing was that I was 37 at the time and I was getting
> a vasectomy!

That reminds me of the time Ben went under the knife for the same thing. As he walked out of the doctor's office, the nurse asked him something and he replied in a high, squeaky voice so that all the other men in the waiting room could hear him say that it didn't hurt at all. I nearly peed my pants!! God! He had such a wicked sense of humour!

I made up that story. The whole thing is a great big lie. Not a shred of truth in it.

I should have known... The procedure is done with a local anesthetic - I know 'cause my story was the truth and I was there!
It was funny because I asked the doctor if I could watch him but he refused because he didn't have an attendant to tend to me in case I fainted! So I sat in his office with a grim face watching him getting the stuff ready and then he realized that he had his sterile gloves on when he needed to touch a non-sterile bottle in order to fill the syringe... He smiled at me and asked me to help him. I happened to be dressed all in white that day so I kind of fit in the picture. I cringed a little when he started cutting "my jewels" but then became quite fascinated by the whole procedure; all the while the doc is telling me this and that like I was a med student and poor Ben was starting to feel like a bug under a microscope - we had forgotten that there was a man attached to them balls! All in all, it was an interesting day...

I don't remember. I was only 2. But I do remember the aftermath.

I broke my arm when I was 11 & they said they needed to go in to fix it because I broke it right on the growth-plate.

I really don't like thinking about the gory details...

Ben refused to go for the longest time because he didn't like it when we said that he was going to get his balls chopped off!

Yeah, I'm sure that would help.

A doctor noticed scar tissue and asked what I knew about it. I still don't know, but have my suspicions.