Had a partial medial meniscectomy in December...still in a lot of pain right now...although it is not from the meniscus, but from the bone bruises that have developed on the base of my femur.
When I was little I fell with my knee on an icy sharp metal. I had to be stiched up without being on any anasthetic. All I could do was bite on wooded spoon to release the pain.
Except for a surgery for phimosis when I was two, which I can't recall, my only surgery has been for stitches after a dog bite. My parents had surgery, though, so I guess it might run in the family.
Sheesh, how can phimosis be diagnosed in a 2-year-old? Sometimes it takes longer than that to detach, hell mine wouldn't retract at all until I was at least 10.