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Posted by: Uthinkso

I still have mine at 28 years old. I have been getting colds four to five times a year though and its always my throat that is sore and swollen.

Perhaps I should tell my doc to take them out, or at lest heavily suggest it.

Who has theirs? Who doesn't? For the group that doesn't, do you seem to get colds less or just as frequent as when you had them?

Posted by: IainDaniel

Got'em and healthy as ever *cough*

Posted by: Triple Threat

Mine are out, but they were removed at a very young age, so I can't answer your last question. I don't get very many colds. Maybe one or two a year.

Posted by: DOMS

I still have mine. They don't seem to cause me any problems.

Posted by: NeilPearson

I have em... I don't think they cut them out as often as they used to

Posted by: Uthinkso

Hmmm....maybe its all in my head. I just picture this little festering germ colonys in the back of my throat.

Nasty shit I know.

Posted by: lnvanry

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Originally Posted by Uthinkso

I still have mine at 28 years old. I have been getting colds four to five times a year though and its always my throat that is sore and swollen.

Perhaps I should tell my doc to take them out, or at lest heavily suggest it.

Who has theirs? Who doesn't? For the group that doesn't, do you seem to get colds less or just as frequent as when you had them?

get'em cut out ASAP. The older you get the worse the recovery and risk is.

I was 21 when i got mine out. I was getting sinus/throat infections 4-5 a year. My tonsils were a perma swollen mode for 3-4 years. They were just always big. I also had bad seasonal allergies too.

After I got a tonsillectomy and have only gotten sick once in 5 years and it was barely anything. Also, my allergies disappeared.

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am with the surgery, but the recovery might have been the worst experience in my life...actually it was the worst experience during recovery. HANDS DOWN.

My throat hurt more than any other pain for two weeks straight and it didn't fully heal for a almost a month. I couldn't eat real food for a month. For the first two weeks it was pretty much liquid only...maybe mac and cheese. I lost 20 pounds.

It even hurt to drink water for the first two weeks.

but it was all worth it in the end

Posted by: KelJu

I has mine out when I was 7. I don't remember the recovery being bad at all. I guess I was tougher at 7 than lnvanry at 21.

Posted by: IainDaniel

Kids recover a lot quicker.

Posted by: Triple Threat

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Originally Posted by KelJu

I has mine out when I was 7. I don't remember the recovery being bad at all. I guess I was tougher at 7 than lnvanry at 21.

I had mine out when I was 3. I don't remember a damn thing.

Posted by: KelJu

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Kids recover a lot quicker.

I was joking.

Posted by: IainDaniel

I know. But I am a smart ass.

Posted by: vortrit

I still got them. Big deal.

Posted by: TrojanMan60563

I got mine taken out as an infant....when I was in my early teens I had a lot of sinus infections....for some reason as I am older they are much fewer and far between...i'm sure that isn't related....but I assume mine were taken out due to infection in them.

Posted by: min0 lee

Ivanry--I was 21 when i got mine out. Kelju--I has mine out when I was 7.Triple---I had mine out when I was 3.
Bah, that's nothing. I was still in my mothers tonsil before I was even born.

Posted by: min0 lee

I want to get rid of mine as well, at times I find it hard to swallow.I also get these nasty white fart balls in the crevices.

Posted by: vortrit

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

I want to get rid of mine as well, at times I find it hard to swallow.I also get these nasty white fart balls in the crevices.

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Gordo

Still got mine, they don't give me any problems.

Posted by: layla17

I still have mine and I feel fine...knock on wood.

Posted by: Uthinkso

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

I want to get rid of mine as well, at times I find it hard to swallow.I also get these nasty white fart balls in the crevices.

I have no idea what your talking about, but thanks for sharing.

When I stop in at my docs next week for my shot, I'm gonna ask about having them removed and getting a referral for a ENT specialist.

Posted by: IainDaniel

It is meant to be a pretty painful procedure for adults.

Posted by: FishOrCutBait

I really want to get mine out, but I am a vocalist, and our band is trying to gain steam right now.

They are huge right now, and they are really the only thing on me that is "sick" at all right now. and it is really bothersome.

I want them out but I dont know if it would be worth it :/

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Uthinkso

I have no idea what your talking about, but thanks for sharing.

When I stop in at my docs next week for my shot, I'm gonna ask about having them removed and getting a referral for a ENT specialist.

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The white gunk you are referring to is called tonsilloliths. That literally means "tonsil stone". They are bi-products of infections, food and dead cells. The only way to ever get rid of them is to have your tonsils removed.

Posted by: ReproMan

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

I want to get rid of mine as well, at times I find it hard to swallow.I also get these nasty white fart balls in the crevices.

I used to get them all the time!! I HATE THOSE THINGS!!! I haven't had one in years though and I still have my tonsils.

I've heard a few horror stories about getting your tonsils removed at an older age and one included a sink full of blood. That image alone will prevent me from getting them removed.

Posted by: min0 lee

They are gross.

Posted by: FishOrCutBait

Gnar. I get those little things too.

I guess its time to get them out.

Posted by: Uthinkso

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

It is meant to be a pretty painful procedure for adults.

I highly doubt that any medical procedure is "meant" to be painful.

Posted by: Gordo

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

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I get those from time to time.... they're easy to get rid of and have always been pretty harmless.

Posted by: TrojanMan60563

that picture looks like an STD of your throat. That is gross.

Posted by: Uthinkso

That picture is gross and I've never seen anything like that in my throat.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Gordy

I get those from time to time.... they're easy to get rid of and have always been pretty harmless.

The problem is that stink like fart, one time I was talking to a customer and I felt it dislodge......it was embarrassing..

Posted by: DOMS

TMI! TMI!

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Posted by: min0 lee

TrojanMan60563

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that picture looks like an STD of your throat. That is gross.

Uthinkso

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That picture is gross and I've never seen anything like that in my throat.

Mine don't look that bad but I get them.

Posted by: Uthinkso

Ok it dislodges and then a fart smell emits from your mouth and you haven't gotten them hacked out. Shit I would have been on the next operating table available.

Posted by: lnvanry

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Originally Posted by Uthinkso

That picture is gross and I've never seen anything like that in my throat.

that is some nasty stuff....my tonsils were always puffy and red, but never had that crap.

Posted by: ReproMan

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

TrojanMan60563

Uthinkso

Mine don't look that bad but I get them.

Mine don't get that bad either.

Ever smelled one of those things??

Posted by: TrojanMan60563

That bad smell must be rotting flesh or something...If I had tonsils and they did that they would be gone the next day so questions asked...I don't care how bad it hurt for a month after....thats foul.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by Uthinkso

Ok it dislodges and then a fart smell emits from your mouth and you haven't gotten them hacked out. Shit I would have been on the next operating table available.

I was always told that Doctors avoid taking them out unless you have proof that you keep getting infected.

Welll now that I have a better health coverage I will try to get them removed.

Posted by: min0 lee

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Originally Posted by ReproMan

Mine don't get that bad either.

Ever smelled one of those things??

Hell yeah! It's smell like shit! Sulfer something.

Anyone want a sample of my fart ball?

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