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Tonsils
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I had to go to pass a medical for the job I'm looking to get and in a hearing/throat/whatever examination the doctor told me that my tonsils were bacteria infected. He asked me if I was affected and I said no and he told me that as long as I wasn't affected it'd be alright.
The very next day I got ill, nearly lost my voice and felt like shit. Okay, sods law and all I think. Two weeks later I'm ill again, same symptoms, everything was the same.
Today, for the third time in a month and a half, I'm getting the now familiar symptoms once more. I'm not amused. I usually get sick like once a year and never repeatedly like this. :no:
I'm wondering if anybody has any experience with infected tonsils or having them removed after childhood? I'm in a very awkward position right now as I've heard adults sometimes react badly to having them removed and I really need my voice to work until June. I got told by one girl I know that I should talk to a doctor about possible ways to prevent this from happening again and again until then. Is it possible?
*sigh*
The very next day I got ill, nearly lost my voice and felt like shit. Okay, sods law and all I think. Two weeks later I'm ill again, same symptoms, everything was the same.
Today, for the third time in a month and a half, I'm getting the now familiar symptoms once more. I'm not amused. I usually get sick like once a year and never repeatedly like this. :no:
I'm wondering if anybody has any experience with infected tonsils or having them removed after childhood? I'm in a very awkward position right now as I've heard adults sometimes react badly to having them removed and I really need my voice to work until June. I got told by one girl I know that I should talk to a doctor about possible ways to prevent this from happening again and again until then. Is it possible?
*sigh*
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Really? I hear of quite a few people who have theirs taken out once they are grown up. I asked the doctor (specialist) what would happen if the infection did start to affect me and he said that then the only solution was to remove them. Now I'm curious to know if people that have them removed do get better. Don't want to suffer if it won't change anything.
Pink_Angel: Yeah, it's a big change although I've had some things going on that have impact me much more and usually I get different symptoms when it's latent stress. It doesn't rule your theory out completely though. It's impossible to predict what the body does, afterall.
I had a thick scarf around my neck most of the day and so far this hasn't increased, I'm hoping that it might just go away alltogether overnight. I'm going early to bed as well and see if it helps.
It was basically 2 weeks off and a fair bit of pain. Having to eat 2 slices of toast the morning after having them out to be allowed home was the worst bit though.
I keep going back to my GP with bacterial tonsilitus and viral tonsilitis and they still won't consider removing my tonsils. Bastards.
Had mine removed at age 7
Before the operation used to get constantly ill and probably spent more time at home then at school, after a lot better - only downside was I had to go to school more often .