Tonsillectomy

I just wanted to complain that I have to get my tonsils out. I've needed them out since childhood and now it is going to happen at 34. Part of me is excited that I'll finally quit getting tonsillitis and strep throat all the time but I'm also scared. I guess the powers that be feel I need pain on both ends.

 

Please let us know how it goes. I have a feeling mine will be coming out in the next year. Keep us posted!

That reminds me-- we discussed a while back that we should start a thread to find out how many of us have been bothered by tonsil issues. Who is good at polls? / Old Hat (nearly 30 yrs with left-sided UC ... [etc.])

Well I have my appointment on Friday with the ENT surgeon. I'll have to schedule it for at least a month away b/c we have a doc appointment at the end of the month with our surrogate to find out the sex of our baby. That's part of the reason I am finally agreeing to the tonsillectomy - I need to have it out of the way before December. I appreciate everyone's information. It has helped me a lot. I'd love to see a poll on how many of us have had these problems!

Congrats on your baby!!!! When is the baby due? We have recently began talking about a surragote, but are a little afraid. I have had two very high risk pregnancies with premature deliveries and we would like another child, but do not want to tempt fate. Congrats on your sweet one!

I had mine out when I was 27 - they thought that they were causing my "tummy issues" that was in my discovery phase I call it. . .. I had MANY things wrong with me (or so they said) before they found the UC.

A pp said it but I'll reiterate it. The pain is about the worst sore throat you can think of and then a little worse but they have pain meds that help and it is very short lived. I was fine by late on day 2 into day 3 and just being careful about what I ate so I didn't break anything open by the end of the week. 2 things I found out are don't try to drink anything thicker than water through a straw that first day WOW it's not fun, the other is keep from eating (well drinking) things too cold or too hot. . . you'll be extra sensitive to temps so keep them tepid for a few days. I found I could tolerate ice cream if I let it start to melt but fresh from the freezer hard was too cold for me.

I had adenoids taken at the same time as the tonsils so my experience might have been worse than some. They showed me pictures of the area when they were done and around the top of my throat there was a total of about 1/2 of an inch of skin that wasn't cut because everything had gotten so big and swollen before they took them out.

Again don't worry it heals fast and the meds help without making to you dragged out. You'll probably want to sleep most of the first day away anyway so it'll be good, that's the worst one .. . it all gets better really fast after that one.

Oh one more thing, I found it hard to lay flat that first night but prop your upper body up on a couple pillows and you should be golden. I was fine to lay normal the 2nd night.