Whats it like geting your tonsils removed?I am fifteen years old and I want to have my tonsils removed because I get sick all the time. I have a very sensitive gag reflex and feel like vomiting alot. My doctor says I have very large tonsils and I was just wondering what was recovery like? What are the side effects? And could there be an alternative cause for why I'm always sick? Please let me know if you have any information that could help. :) Thank you.
kendra27UK
I had my tonsils out when I was 25 lol I have the same thing you do with the gag thing.. All my life, the doctors were like, good grief! you have large tonsils don't you LOL I never needed them out until I had tonsillitis continually for 2 years and I felt so ill!
Anyway I decided to get them out after I got a confirmation of tonsillitis (antibiotics very rarely keep it at bay!) This is how my day went!
Arrived early 7am at the hospital. Wasn't allowed to eat from 12midnight night before and only water from then until 5am.
Got signed in, weighed, measured and checked against details on my medical record.
Got assigned a bed. Got undressed, got into bed and..
Waited!
Around 1pm I got asked to walk down to the theatre!
Got injected and put under! (feels kinda weird..the needle doesn't hurt really, it's the coldness of the drugs into your veins and it makes you feel really drunk LOL and then you pass out LOL Didn't feel a thing until I woke up! (being younger, they may just use gas for you instead!)
I did get sick, from all the blood trickling dow my throat but it was also because I was nauseous from not eating and as soon as they moved me on the bed, the motion and blood just make me sick! Chucked up some more on the way up to the ward lol
Anyway was brought up to the ward and slept until 6pm. They got me up and made sure I had a pee, made me drink some tea and eat some toast! I was in day surgery, so was allowed home around 10pm!
(being 15 and not sure where your from this may be different!)
(NO jelly and ice cream anymore, the theory is, you now want to eat rough stuff, so it sloughs off the scabs and blood which allows it to heal quicker!)
My throat was very very soar for the next 2 weeks. The first week being hell. I was on throat sprays and pain killers but swallowing was the hardest. I found eating was hard, but swallowing was worse lol Your not allowed to work or be at school or do anything for the first week as your immune system is low and your throat needs to adjust. Because the tonsils are no longer there, it is also easier for you to catch germs!
So your in bed for a week at least! I was so much better at week 2 and by week 4 I was fine. Still a little soar but eating and swallowing fine! The anaesthetic had much more of an affect on me, I was tired for at least a month after, but that's always the case with me with any surgery!
The only side affects of getting them out is when your older actually! Sometimes the wound doesn't heal and bleeds. This can lead to infections and obviously blood loss!
This is very very rare and mostly happens to older people and in my case it did (probably because the house was a mess and I got so bored I decided to go clean the bathroom! NOT a good idea!)
I had to spend a night in hospital getting some serious mouth wash to clear all the bacteria away! But after that I was fine! I am SO glad I did I got them out!
Yes there are other cases where there are similar symptoms to tonsillitis like glandular fever, ME and immune diseases, but in most cases it's tonsillitis especially if you have bad breath or get tonsil stones/bits/nasties LOL
If you feel that they really are causing you such grief, then yes, I'd get them out! Do it now, rather than later, because you won't want to be doing this at uni or when your working or have kids or at the end of exams or school!
Hope that helps you a bit? Good Luck!
Helpful answer below. Tonsillitis explained | Better Health Channel
Links to information about tonsillitis , including tonsillectomy.
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