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Anyone had their tonsils out as an adult?

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Ginsu Victim:
I'm 31 and still have 'em.

2600:
The ear nose throat Dr. didn't sound like it was.  I think it used to be rarer and at one time people wouldn't do the procedure even to kids as they thought it was unnecessary.  Nowadays it seems it is also done for people with sleeping problems, but I'm not an expert on the matter.

As for me, for the past 4 years I've been getting a severe sore throat(tonsil infection) every 3-5 months.  Normally a little discomfort isn't a problem for me, but these things will wipe you out and they seem to last forever. I'm usually good with one round of antibiotics, but sometimes it requires multiple antibiotic treatments just to get rid of it.  Also, any cold will eventually cause the sore throat after the cold has run it's course.  Last year was probably the worst for me.  My new Dr. didn't want to over prescribe antibiotics, so I didn't get the antibiotics until 2.5 months later.  Worst Christmas ever.

I'm tired of dealing with it, especially with young kids at home.

Why did you get your's out shmokes?

shmokes:
My plight wasn't so bad.  I got a horrible tonsillitis when I was 18 that left my tonsils with deep pits in them.  They started to develop tonsil stones, which are little whitish somewhat hard globs of bacteria and old food that would build up over time.  I could squeeze them out of my tonsils and it was all really rather revolting, especially since they smell terrible.  It made me very self-conscious that I might have bad breath at any given time, so I would squeeze the bejezzus out of my tonsils on a regular basis and I brushed my teeth at least 5 times a day.  I think they did not actually give me bad breath, but I couldn't help worrying.  So I finally decided that they caused me enough inconvenience and distress to have them removed.

My wife had hers out because they were huge and she got sick all the time.  She'd get sick like 7 or 10 times in any given cold season.  The winter after she got hers removed she didn't get a single cold.  Now she typically gets two or three per year, like anybody else.

2600:
I've gotten those white things for a long time, maybe since I was a kid.  I never knew what they were and thought it was something from my lungs.  During my first appt with the ear, throat, nose doctor the nurse was asking me questions and ask if I had those, I was shocked because I had never told anybody about them and didn't know it was a common thing.

So, how the hell do you squeeze your tonsils?

shmokes:
It was difficult at first, but over time I got good at it.  By squeeze, I don't mean like pinching between two fingers.  I don't think that would be possible or at least very effective.  I mean more pressing with one finger like you were squeezing toothpaste out of a tube that was sitting on the countertop.  I would just apply pressure until I could get one to squeeze out of one of the little crypts on my tonsils.  Over time I actually became really efficient at it -- kinda learned exactly where the ---daisies--- liked to hide and where to apply pressure to get the better of them.  This is all really disgusting, I'm sure.   ;D

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