My Most Memorable Surgeries Be A Part Of My Life

When I got older I became more aware and scared, but I was happy through all of it i just wanted to have fun like all the rest of the kids did. So later on down the road I was in fourth grade, and I was now going to the school southside at the time. I’m going to be honest I hated school, the reasons why I was scared none of the other kids understood what was going on when I would have a seizure. I just wanted my mom with me at all times because she was like my safe guard. Finally going throughout school the seizures got so bad I had to be homebound, and a lady come to my house to help me with my schooling. I just remember having no energy to do school, so my doctor told my mom that I would be a candidate for this surgery. Hearing that as a 11 year old I was terrified, but my mom made the final decision and she was doing what was in my best entrance. Today I am so thankful my mom made that decision because I am seizure free, and haven’t had one

A medical practice that I have highly considered is general surgery. Both my grandfather and uncle are general surgeons, so the idea of following in their footsteps interested me greatly. Also, the idea of combining science and art, as doctors do, has always fascinated me and called me to this profession since a very young age. Like any doctor, the road to becoming a general surgeon is vigorous. “Surgery is a career for the committed. Much of your life is dictated by the demands of the operating room. The training is long and demanding. But for those who love it, a

The last reason knee surgery has changed my life is that I don’t have to do physical therapy anymore. With not having to do therapy anymore has really changed my life in many ways because it takes a lot of time and effort to go even for just an hour. Now I don’t have to go anymore and I can focus on other things like my family and friends. That is why physical therapy has changed my life and also the last

The surgery. The day of the surgery I had many panic, and anxiety attacks on the way there. I will never forget the feeling I had in the waiting room. When I was getting ready for the surgery I got so sick. I was so nervous. They had to give me something to calm me down. The used to calm me down started wearing off as I was being taken to the operating room...my luck. The surgery was supposed to take 20-30 mins. For me, the surgery took 5-6 hours.

Both surgeries were excruciating; however, I listened to praise music and endured. There were some complications. One of which was I had a bad allergic reaction to a medication given to me by the second anesthetist. Miranda was the one who figured out which medication it was and helped me. Honestly, I have little memory of the two weeks I spent in Maryland and prefer to not dwell on them. My daughter Miranda carried me through the storm. She fought with faith at every turn and refused to let me go. Kevin, my parents, Mary, and Alan were there as well. Love surrounded me. Once, I was home I thought the worst was over. But, I was wrong. Night after night I woke up screaming for help in pain and found it very difficult to eat anything. I could swallow frozen ice drinks, but that was about it. I thought it was from the pain of the incision in the front of my neck and would simply heal with time; however, I was

Post-surgery was the most difficult part of this journey because it put me in a depressed state. The inability of playing sports and watching my teammates play

Before the surgery, I wore a chest binder. It was so uncomfortable, that I would choose to head home and recover, rather than truly live. I got used to a life in pain, keeping me from my potential in all things. Now, I can spend my time in any way I choose, and I choose to reflect and change.

Before the surgery, never have I ever believed in my abilities or my beauty. In other words, my confidence never shift above zero since I constantly compared myself to every other person borned in America. I empathize everybody problem, but never have I empathize my own troubles. The surgery numbness side-effects from the surgery and the intolerable pain made me realize being different and unique to myself is far more important than trying to compete with other people. Although my growth flourish later than others, self acceptance helped me to develop selfishness for I grow more confidence communicating with other people besides my family members.

The surgery I had was a pretty major surgery some could say, four though six hours and it's compared as open heart surgery. It wasn't the surgical pain though that caused me to stay there longer then i was supposed to no, it was some kind of nerve pain that even the doctors and nurses had know idea what to do. My case was so uncommon they sent me into ICU after fives days of being in pain two hours three times a day. Not knowing what to do the nurses would just shoot me up with a bunch of drugs just to calm down the pain and all I could do was watch as this was all happening while gasping for air.

I had to go through the whole surgery and rehabilitation process again. Because I had already gone through it once; the second time was much

I was not an eligible candidate for surgery. The procedure would leave behind scar tissue, which would cause issues later in life. For a middle-aged man, this would not be a problem. For a fourteen year old, this would not be ideal. The radiologist said I was the youngest patient he had ever seen with such an injury.

At 54 years of age and having 14 surgeries in my adult life under my belt you would think I would have been calm. All my other surgeries I had faced with healthy trepidation and concern but not fear. However the past year and a half I had been in so much pain that I was very scared that I would come out of surgery in more pain then when I went in.

Just two weeks after birth, I had my first surgery. Being that I was a newborn, recovery was very difficult and prolonged. My health complications

One might think of surgery as simple as going to the hospital and receiving a complex operation that saves ones life or improves their quality of life. What most people do not realize is the hardships that those people go through unless they had surgery performed on them themselves, and same thing for the surgeons it is not easy for them as well, even though they are professional and highly trained.

again, there was the unknown of whether my back would even get better from the surgery, and I