tonsils

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-01 12:22pm

at about ten thrity (GMT -7) I am going to get my tonsils removed. so has any one had this done?

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2003-08-01 01:48pm

Hmm... nope, poor bastard...

It shouldn't be that bad though, good luck.

Slayen · Post by **Slayen** » 2003-08-01 01:55pm

a long time ago. Aside from not being able to talk for awhile, it wasen't that bad.

Miss Grim · Post by **Miss Grim** » 2003-08-01 02:15pm

In my opinion, having your tonsils out as an adult is a thoroughly wretched experience... not only couldn't I talk, but my throat hurt so amazingly bad and I ran such a high fever that I couldn't do anything for 48 hours. In fact, the afternoon I got home from the hospital I received an order I'd placed for a number of historical replicas (weapons and coins, mostly) and I couldn't even bear to open the box to look at them. Luckily, I have great parents (who I lived with at the time) and they opened the box for me and showed me everything one at a time.

My experience may have been worse, though, since I have lupus... hard to say what it can affect sometimes. Good luck.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-08-01 02:24pm

Heh, had mine removed at a tender age of five/six. The best part was, I could eat all the ice cream I wanted.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2003-08-01 02:38pm

I had mine out 12 years ago. Sadly, its not very plesent when your first wake up, but its worth it in the long run.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-08-01 04:38pm

Agent Fisher wrote:at about ten thrity (GMT -7) I am going to get my tonsils removed. so has any one had this done?

Oh.. when I was 9. It was relatively painless, until I woke up from the anestetic and started vomiting blood.

But that was temporary. The rest of my stay (2-3 dys?) I got Ice cream for every meal.

They grow back, you know....

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-08-01 05:13pm

Have fun, I know that for most people it is a very annoying and painful experience.

Mine were pulled 3 years ago (I was 16 at the time). However I did not need very much of the painkiller stuff, and it all healed really quick.

Of course there was the "minor" problem of a high-level necrotizing infection causing the 2 literally golf ball sized black (at the time) lumps in the back of my throat which used to be tonsils, to rot. Which caused a total immune system collapse and I ended up on cipro and some other uber-antibiotics for about a month prior to the operation to remove them... Yep, having body parts start rotting really sucks, hurts like a bitch, and really isn't any fun at all, in short, that is why the pain afterwards was nothing.

Oh and I really tripped out the recovery room nurses, I started waking up, they asked how I was doing, I asked how long until I could leave, and they said 30 minutes minimum, I got up about 10 minutes later and walked out.

(mind over body is great)

Johonebesus · Post by **Johonebesus** » 2003-08-01 07:10pm

I remember my great grandmother telling me about having her tonsils removed, damn, it must have nearly a century ago now. They held her down in a chair and the doctor/dentist tied a string around them and sliced them off. No anesthesia, no antibiotics, no nice hospital bed, no ice cream, weren't the "good old days" great?

Matt7 · Post by **Matt7** » 2003-08-02 02:01am

i haven't had mine out. why do people have their tonsils removed, anyways?

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-08-02 02:13am

Still have em...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-08-02 02:16am

I've still got my tonsils and appendix. Though I will be having my wisdom teeth removed later this month, and I came close to losing my spleen a few months ago.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-02 11:44am

well i am back online. yesterday i just slept off the first day of pain. But yeah except for the fact the my throat hurts like a bitch and all i can eat that doesn't hurt is jello, I am okay.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-08-02 11:55am

Still have my tonsils. My appendix ruptured back in '83 so I had to have emergency surgery to have it yanked. This was before they could do everything lacroscopiclly so I have a scar that goes nearly half-way across my lower abdomen.

The cool thing about my appendix rupturing is that I had to have a drainage tube sticking out of my gut while I was in the hospital. The really freaking thing was when the surgeon pulled it out and I saw that there had been about 8-10 inches of rubber inside my abdomen. It also felt kind of freaky, not painful, but it's about as close as I need to come to knowing what it feels like to have my guts pulled out.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-08-02 12:37pm

I had my tonsils out when I was a small child. I was too scared to ask for lots of ice cream or popcisles cause I thought I would get into trouble for some reason. Thats all I really remember.

I thought this operation became a thing of the past???

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-08-02 12:52pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote: I thought this operation became a thing of the past???

It's done a lot less that it used to be. For awhile if you came in to have your appendix out as a kid they'd yank your tonsils just to be on the safe side. It was eventually decided that wasn't such a good idea and now because of improvements in diagnosis and treatment far fewer people need to have their tonsils removed.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-02 12:59pm

Never had any sort of surgery unrelated to my head or teeth.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-02 02:56pm

As of today, I still have my tonsils. I know a guy who had his tonsils removed - and it resulted in him speaking in a really funny squeaky voice.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-08-02 03:08pm

Ah hospitals. I was told my olive skinned sister turned white when I threw up while she was visiting me [had to go in for a dick reduction]. Why, what's so bad about a bit of throw up? Well it wasn't food. It was blood. I wish I was conscience enough to have seen that.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-08-02 03:44pm

Yup.. got my tonsils and adenoids removed because I had irregular breathing when I was younger.

Your throat is really sore for a while and even ice cream hurts eating.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-02 04:45pm

well mine were removed because of sleep apnia( not sure if i spelled that right.). yeah if I don't have an ice pack on my throat it will swell up making it hard to breath.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-08-02 04:47pm

Agent Fisher wrote:well mine were removed because of sleep apnia( not sure if i spelled that right.). yeah if I don't have an ice pack on my throat it will swell up making it hard to breath.

apnea

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-02 04:50pm

thanks

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-08-02 04:57pm

Agent Fisher wrote:thanks

Just because I love you.

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