Adult tonsillectomy, anyone have experience? I'm so scared!

[nomorepanic]

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[Ryank65]

I'm seeing an ENT next month mines have been swollen after a virus I got back in nov 2016. They are still swollen and they're talking bout removing them. I'm scared also but hopefully they diminish more by the time I see the ENT

I had both my tonsils taken out at the age of 18. Not trying to scare but It was the best and worse thing that happened to me. I say worse because I'm a very big guy and I couldn't feel my pain pills working so I was in a lot of pain and didn't drink enough water. Because I didn't drink enough water I had to go to the Emergency Room for dehydration, that's why it was a bad experience but that would of never happened if I just drank water haha. Why its the best thing that's happened is I get sick A LOT less. I haven't had strep throat in years and every time I get a cold I never get a sore throats like I used too. You also don't get little food chunks stuck in the tonsils and have to worry about tonsil stones that make your breathe smell bad constantly. I wish I would of got my tonsils out when I was even younger so I didn't have to deal with throats problems growing up.

[Leslie735]

Don't sweat the procedure. Seriously, I was TERRIFIED it was going to be horrible because that is all I read about online. For me, it was nothing. Really! The biggest advice is to DRINK DRINK DRINK as much water as you can tolerate. That was the biggest advice given to me and they were so right. It kept my mouth moist, the scabs moist and the pain never got worse than a 3-4 for me. I set an alarm during the night to wake up every hour or two to drink water. I was determined I was not going to have any bleeding or pain. I took 2 regular Tylenols through and never touched a pain pill that was prescribed to me. You'll do fine!

btw I'm 32 years old.