had open hear surgery when i was a baby!! the doctors didn't think i would make it!! they said it was an miracle that i lived! i was born July 4 1981 ! then my dad saved my life well they thought i wouldn't make it then the Ambulance broke down then my dad fixed it!! i also got this disease called the gerego syndrome at first they thought i was down syndrom but then they said i have the gergo syndrome!! i don't remember i my open heart surgery lot of kids from my school asked me if i remember but i was just an baby when i had open heart surgery!! ! then in 6th grade when i was 12 years old i had scoliosis it were your spin curved so i had to have two metal rods put in my back so i can't play sports like foot ball or hockey i can play basketball & base ball!! then i had like four to five ear surgeries! my doctor took my ear tubes out they were metal then he put plastic in then took them out then put in metal then he made a whole in my right ear!! im fine my heart doctor said i may have to have surgery on my heart i got four voles in my heart their should be three but he said they would give me medicine first before doing surgery then he said it wouldn't be until im 50 to 60 years old!! he did say that they would give me medicine before doing surgery!! tnen i also had my gallbladder taken out!! then i also had some skin removed i almost had skin cancer they got it right in time!! then i did go to my heart doctor every year i don't go back unit some time in this January!! i also had galt really bad i went to the hospital, for that its really painful!! i also had few arteriograms as a kid!!

Glad you are in good spirits! You are an inspiration. I had asthma really bad as a kid and was hospitalized once for it. Not being able to breathe is one of the scariest feelings. Luckily, I 'outgrew' it as an adult and am symptom-free today.

I now work in a hospital so I see patients all day. :)

3 years ago, I was in the hospital for a small stroke; I was there for 3 days then I was transferred to a rehab hospital for a month, then a nursing home/rehab facility for two months. then a year later I went back in for a urinary tract infection; that time it was only for 4 days. Then a week after I got out I had to go back because I was having a reaction to the medicine they put me on but that was only for a few hours.

Yes, I have.
I have had a number of eye surgeries over the years.
In addition to those I've had:
Tubes put in my ears in March 1981 (age 2)
Hospitalized with pneumonia at age 2
Had my Adnoids taken out at age 5
Had my tonsils taken out in December 2002
Hospitalized in March 2006 for dehydration
Had my Gal bladder removed in August 2010. I was in the hospital for 5 days.

Yeah, a few times.

I posted about this briefly in a thread upon returning home from the hospital. In early February of 2014 I was diagnosed with a sinus infection by my family doctor. Even after listening to my lungs, he prescribed me with antibiotics and sent me on my way.

Four days later I had excruciating pain in my back and chest, and went to the ER. I left the hospital 20 days later. I had an insane case of pneumonia that did not respond well to antibiotics. I had one procedure to drain the fluid around my lung, which did not help. I then had two surgeries, the second one being a thoracotomy, which was incredibly horrific. I was left with a scar that looks like I survived a shark attack.

It sounds like you've had more than your share of hospital visits Tubehead. Hope you are doing okay and won't have to go to the hospital for a good long time.

My last hospital stay was when my son was born so that was over 20 years ago. Hope I don't have to go for at least another 20 years. I stayed with my dad & sister when they were in the hospital fighting cancer and both lost the battle. I'd rather just avoid the hospital if possible.

I haven't been admitted to the hospital since Junior High but I went through enough then. I have asthma. It seemed like every week I was going to the ER. Missed my 7th grade final exams because I was having asthma problems. I finally took them during the summer. Then in 9th grade I was admitted to the hospital for a full week because of it. When I was 3 I was admitted to the hospital and almost died. I couldn't keep any solid food down.

I had my tonsils out when I was four.

My first surgery I had when I was three years old when I spent my third year in California and it was on my eyes and that was the reason I wore glasses. Then when I was seven I had hip surgery and my Mom thought the surgery would help me walk but the worst part was sleeping with a wedged sponge pillow and it hurt to turn over in my bed. Then when I was twelve I had my hip operated again because of an accident at school and it was pretty painful and today I still get leg aches on that hip. Then I had gallbladder surgery and it was scary for me but I made it through the hard recovery
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I had, but not in a really long time.

Last time I even went was when being little.

I think we all should pay more attention to our back muscles. http://www.kingofthegym.com/back-anatomy/

I spent a week in the hospital after I was born due to having jaundice and also the fact that I was born a month early.

When I was eleven I spent a couple of hours in an emergency room having an earring removed from my earlobe (the earring got lodged inside).

Another time, also when I was a child, I spent time in the emergency room having a terrible case of the stomach flu and could not stop from throwing up.

Other than that *knock on wood* I have been healthy and haven't had any hospital stays or surgeries.

I've had 3 operations on my vocal chords to help my speech and last summer I had a miner operation where they gave me a super-pubic catheter. That's where they make an incision on your belly, insert a tube connected to a catheter and put in into your bladder.

No long term hospital stays, but I was taken to the emergency room for a kidney stone attack. Had to have an IV inserted so I could stop throwing up and to get pain relief. Spent the entire day there with my parents.

Wow Tubehead you've been through LIVING HELL like me but I could have gone through worse because I went through YEARS of dialysis and a KIDNEY TRANSPLANT! I got a kidney from an ANGEL of a living donor from Northwest Indiana. She's cute too! :)

I explained it all in the thread below and posted her picture there too!:wave:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=378069

have I been in the hospital? Just read my other posts for the answer and also for how many surgeries I've had.:(

im lucky cause my mom said that the doctors thought i would have to have open heart surgery liked every year!! luckily i didn't!! im glade for that!!

I was in the hospital overnight on July 31st, 2018 for a blood clot that was really close to my heart. Very scary. Thank God I went to the doctor right away when I was having trouble breathing.

I was in the hospital overnight on July 31st, 2018 for a blood clot that was really close to my heart. Very scary. Thank God I went to the doctor right away when I was having trouble breathing.

O MY GOD!! I can imagine how scary that must have been! Glad you're ok.