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Surgery.
Well, I just had my tonsils removed today. I am safely out of the hospital. Surgery went well. I feel like crud, but whatever. I wouldn't expect anything less when having two giant burnt holes in the back of your throat. I went in at 11:something AM and was released a tad after 1PM. The last thing I remember was reading the brand name of the overhead surgical lamp. Suddenly I was laying in a completely different room with a mask on my face. Pure oxygen gives one heck of a good buzz. Anyone else here have tonsil surgery? I have heard that having them removed when you are a kid is much less painful then when you are a little older.
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I had mine removed at age 44. they were real bad and had bothered me for 20 years, and they were badly infected. Reading the pathology report is "interesting"... I lost my uvula at some point after the operation. It was badly bruised by a clamp or something and just dropped off, -I haven't missed it. The pain medication was worse than the pain
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I finally found a doc to remove mine when I was 21, many moons ago, I had lived on antibiotics from when I was about 6 until than. I missed so much school it was ridicules but still doctors would say that I would out grow them. These things would get so big they would touch each other and I wouldn’t be able to eat for days.
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Oh, that tonsilitis is awful. My sister had them taken out when she was 2 or 3... She's 6 now, so it hasn't been that long. They were big as hot air balloons. Oh, gross to look at.
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I remember when I was younger, everyone was getting them out, left and right, in school. I never had mine taken out, but my sister and brother did. Nowadays, they don't get take out as much. Fortunately, mine never bothered me. If your a snorer, you'll find that your snoring won't be as loud, or may even disappear altogether.
Hope you get well soon. The worst is over, I'm sure.
Hope you get well soon. The worst is over, I'm sure.
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I had mine removed at 44 on the first day of summer of 1995.
I went pain and aggravation free for the entire ordeal.
I was eating solid food in a few days, that of course cause Pudding & Jello Withdrawl symptoms
Like Eric, mine too were rotten and causing all sorts of problems.They started going bad when I was kid.
I couldn't have them removed when I was young because my 6 yr old sister died getting hers out.
I went pain and aggravation free for the entire ordeal.
I was eating solid food in a few days, that of course cause Pudding & Jello Withdrawl symptoms
Like Eric, mine too were rotten and causing all sorts of problems.They started going bad when I was kid.
I couldn't have them removed when I was young because my 6 yr old sister died getting hers out.
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