I'm back

[Ryan21]

Back from illness as i had a tonsalectomi (tonsils out) two weeks ago now, if i can advise anyone try your best not to have them done, specially if your in your early 20's or above, Doctor said to me that removing tonsils and apendix after the age of 20 is THEE most painfull of operations, and he's right...

everytime i eat i get the worst earache (still, after 11 days).... swallowing is like trying to eat chalk, it just doesn't happen...

[Ryan21]

lost just over a stone in two weeks!!!

[xclairex]

aww doesnt sound too good, least your ok now

[babers]

glad i dont need mine out, sounds very painful.

[Leo]

hope that isnt what ive got

[Ryan21]

Pain is an understatement mate, I have 18 stiches...9 per side in my throat, I was coughing out packing for 3 days.... i had just come round from the op and they gave me a cheese sandwich on dry bread...

ever tried eating barb wire? thats what i felt like, even now the pain is still there!

[saxodan]

why is it so bad after 20?

[Leo]

also, not sure if you read it in your other thread about this but removing the tonsils makes you prone to flu and colds etc.. so expect to be ill alot more than you was before!

[Ryan21]

Originally Posted by saxodan

why is it so bad after 20?

Your tonsils are at full capicity and your glands, nasal passage etc..so everything swells up just that bit more than it would when your young...fuckin horrible mate, never felt pain like it.., i also had an abses underneath them so a 20 min op took an hour, he said mine we're that bad he had to disect them in my throat and pull them out in chunks...


nice

[Leo]

dont they put you to sleep then wake you up with them in a jar

[Ryan21]

Originally Posted by Leo

also, not sure if you read it in your other thread about this but removing the tonsils makes you prone to flu and colds etc.. so expect to be ill alot more than you was before!

doubt it leo, every three weeks my throat was swelling up with the abses being there, then in my sleep the abses would leak and i would swallow the fluid, causing blood poisening (every three weeks)....

At one point in jan a paremedic came out because my temp was 39.2 (on the verge of a stroke or heart attack at that temp)..

put it this way, before i had my op when i looked in my throat to the left there was a huge abses (approx 1" in diameter)...which had embedded itself into my tonsil...now ive got nothing, the beer just falls down...

[saxodan]

glad mine are fine

Although the glands on the side of my neck, just under my jaw swell up every now and again

hope thats not a sign..

[AdamW]

I ge swollen glands often aswell...and there is a dodgy lump in my lower jaw that I can move around.....party trick ftw

[Ryan21]

Originally Posted by AdamWales

I ge swollen glands often aswell...and there is a dodgy lump in my lower jaw that I can move around.....party trick ftw

Swallen glands are commen, specially in smokers...but not directly linked to tonsilitas...

but i suppose it would be nice if someone here had to suffer like me.

[saxodan]

Originally Posted by AdamWales

I ge swollen glands often aswell...and there is a dodgy lump in my lower jaw that I can move around.....party trick ftw

thats the one I get!!!!
NAsty aint it

[tom187]

F****n hell mate sounds awful.

Bet your glad its all over with though.

Hope you recover fast

[AdamW]

Originally Posted by saxodan

thats the one I get!!!!
NAsty aint it

I man up and down a bottle of calpol

[Tupps]

any fit nurses

[saxodan]

So the gland thing I get is cuased by smoking?

[AdamW]

Originally Posted by saxodan

So the gland thing I get is cuased by smoking?

I dont smoke......but I do drink heavily