No more tonsils, yay!

[ghostfire]

Continuing my trend of removing optional body parts this year, I had my tonsils taken out yesterday morning. I was much too groggy to say anything after getting home, but I'm doing okay now, except for the parts about being completely mute and unable to eat anything except thinned out ice cream, ice water, and apple juice.

I've tried for years to

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[thecert]

What a great Christmas present you've given yourself! Enjoy the liquid diet, and Merry Christmas!

[ghostfire]

:) Thank you! And thank you for the present! *lol*

[wyldirishtric]

I got my tonsils taken out last week (I'm 24). I know what it is like to go from Dr. to Dr., hoping someone will finally actually listen when you explain how much trouble your tonsils cause.

I was lucky. I went to a doctor back in.. September, I think it was. He looked at my tonsils and said 'Hmm.. I think should go to a specialist'. When I saw the specialist, he took one look at my throat and said that my tonsils had to come out.

I was thrilled. Finally! Someone saw why I wanted them out! He told me how scarred they were, and how possibly part of my lack of energy was because I was fighting chronic tonsillitis.

When he took them out last week, he said it was worse than he had even thought, and that I must have suffered from acute attacks that hurt more than most people could ever realise.

But I'm also enjoying being able to get more air in one breath. Fantastic, isn't it?

How's the recovery so far? I found it hasn't been anywhere near as painful as the worst of my acute attacks.

[ghostfire]

I've always suffered a lack of energy, and ran a pretty much constant low-grade fever.

To be honest, I'm so happy about being able to breathe, the sore throat seems like nothing in comparison until I try to swallow, and even that's getting better quickly. I think also having the gallbladder attacks for a year and a half kind of desensitized me to that kind of pain. Neither this recovery nor the tonsillitis were anything compared to that.

[wyldirishtric]

I've not suffered from gallbladder attacks, but yeah, I bet they helped make this seem like nothing.

I have to agree, I still can't get over how nice it is to be able to breathe.

[chilayse]

That's great news! Merry Christmas.

[ghostfire]

Thank you! :)

[threegoldfish]

Oh man, I hope you feel a lot better now and that you have delicious popsicles!

[ghostfire]

:) Thank you! I'm definitely already feeling better than I was yesterday.

[sigil]

Good for you! I hope you recover quickly and that going forward everything is better.

Kudos for being right!

[ghostfire]

:) Thanks. I think a lot of people are hoping 2010 will be less of a bummer year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.