Still got mine.

Oh yeah, I forgot about both those- had all fours impacted wisdom teeth removed when I was 16 or 17 and also had a procedure done that was not so pleasant!

Got my tonsils.  Got all 4 wisdom teeth.  (I have a big mouth I guess) 

have my tonsils....back when I was 5 and they were swollen to the size of golf-balls the doctor says "oh no.....we treat this with antibiotics, we rarely pull them out anymore".

So now when I have a bout of strep throat, and they swell to the size of golf-balls , the doctor says "why didn't you have these pulled out when you were a kid!?!?"

Wow, Jeremy, what big...tonsils you have!

I have my tonsils.

I only had two wisdom teeth and they came out when I was 25.

That was the same year I blew out my knee (torn minicus) and had surgery.

And my father died that year too. Oh, wait, that doesn't belong int his thread.

Nonetheless, along with a few other things, it was a bad year.

 

Hey Molly, JR and JD - One of the girls here at work finally had to have hers taken out - just last week - and she is at least 38. They say it is a more dangerous procedure when you are an adult. Please be cautious of yours.

Ruby, I was not sick until I got sick. What I mean, is that I had no idea there was a problem until about 9:00pm on night in that July. I started feeling like I had gas pains and just needed to go to the bathroom except I couldn't go and the pains wouldn't let up. It just kept getting worse and worse until I could not stand it any more. I couldn't even stand up straight. I drove myself to the ER about 2:00am and they started running tests.

I was in the hospital four days on I.V. anitbiotics to get over the infection. They said it might happen again, it might not. In August the same thing happened again. Another 4 days in the hospital. I had to stay on antibiotics another four weeks until I could get healed up enough to have surgery.

The surgeon that did the procedure said he'd never seen diverticulitis that bad in someone my age. It is usually an older person's disease.

My wife says now I'm just a semicolon.

LOL, I'm glad you don't have those problems anymore!

Web!

What the hell is diverticulitis?

Is this ANOTHER potential thing for me to worry about? I'm turning into a bit of a hypocondriac now. I'm always sure I got something.

Diverticulitis is when your colon developes small "pockets" that protrude outside of it. These little pockets then catch "stuff" and can get infected. If they get bad enough, they can burst and then you have infection and bad "stuff" in your belly which you then get REALLY sick.

The Dr. said that I had a couple that had burst but my body was trying to fix them by growing new colon wall over the holes. He said he'd never seen that before.

95% of the time, it only happens in the Sigmoid part of the colon so they just remove that part so you'll likely never have much trouble with that again. It is a slow recovery process because a lot of stuff gets moved around in your belly when that is done.

About the only thing you can do to help prevent it is to eat plenty of fiber in your diet. Basically keep your stool "soft" and you'll have less chance of it being an issue for you. I'm not surprised that I had troubles as I would typically go 2, 3, or sometimes 4 days with no B.M. I know . . . TMI.

The Ileostomy is about the same thing as a colostomy only higher on your small intestine rather than your colon.

Basically, they cut a hole in my belly about 1.5" round and pulled my small intestine to where it was sticking outside. Then, they cut it open so it can drain there. That meant my entire colon was not in use that whole time. They make whats called "colostomy bags" that stick to your belly and fit around the protruding intestine so the "stuff" will drain into the bag so you can lead a somewhat normal life. It's not that bad of a deal, your intestine has no feeling so it doesn't hurt or anything after you get over the surgery itself.

So, eat lots of fiber and you will not likely have a problem.

Way to go Sparky. I didn't think of it that way.

Hey Web, that was almost TMI But interesting none the less.

My father had pockets in his colon and the doctors told him he shouldn't eat anything with seeds because it can easily get caught and infected.

I also read a story that you are at a much lower risk of colon cancer and other problems if you have regular BM's.

I'm fortunate in that if I eat something in the morning I'm pretty much moving it out by the end of the day (since we're sharing too much information I figured what the hell, I'd share too).

My MOTHER on the other hand has gone as much as TEN DAYS without a B.M.!!!! We were just discussing this recently because she was going for a colonostopy. She mentioned that she regularly goes 3 - 5 days and sometimes as long as 10.

I can not imagine that!

Yup, your dad had the same thing then. The pockets are called Diverticuli and when they get infected, its Diverticulitis. There was a new recent study and they determined that the "no nuts" and "no seeds" thing doesn't make any difference.

10 days? Wow!

I used to work with a guy who once suffered diverticulitis.  He is vehimently opposed to eating anything that contains nuts or seeds. He said he was taking no chances on ever having to live through that again.