Tonsillectomy (sp?)

Dog Tired · Post by **Dog Tired** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:36 am

I had a tonsillectomy at 41 years of age.

If I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have done it. I almost died from loss of blood (they still don't know from where - even after many diagnostic procedures including pillcam). After spending nearly a week in intensive care, my recovery took months.

At the time, I had not been diagnosed with OSA. However the ENT removed the uvula as my airway seemed tight to him.

Years after, I have not had the recurring throat infections I used to experience almost every other week. However, because of the complications, it was the closest I have been to the "other side"...

Apparently, as an adult, the risks of complications increase exponentially...

Gerryk · Post by **Gerryk** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:37 am

You are less than a week out after the surgery. You will start feeling better shortly, just don't over do it. I had my tonsils out in June of 09 and also had a UPPP done. I had some pain which was managed with Tylenol 3 in a liquid form. I went home from the hospital the next morning after the surgery. This was the best thing I ever did. It has helped to turn my life around. It isn't for everyone but for those who need it, it will change their life for the better.

Best of luck.

Gerry

montana · Post by **montana** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:43 am

My Daughter had hers out when she was around 20. She was in a lot of pain first day . Two days later we called her house to see how she was doing . NO one answered . So we call her in laws .. No one answered there either. No one had cell phones in early 90 s. So we drove in 35 miles in a panic thinking she was in the emergency rooom! NO emergency room .. She was out with in- laws eating pancakes LOL She recovered quite well.
When I was a baby family took watches sleeping with me. Because I would "stop breathing" I had mine out at 1 year old . Then had them removed again when I was around 10 years old because they grew back. My present Dr says I STILL have tonsills in my 60s.

SleepingUgly · Post by **SleepingUgly** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:02 pm

I cannot give a recommendation as I have not had the surgery (although I'm contemplating it). You may want to read what Dr. Kasey Li has to write about the subject. The thinking out of Palo Alto (at least his, I believe) is that there are ways to suture that tighten the area and keep it from collapsing (I may not be explaining this perfectly). It is sometimes referred to as a lateral pharyngoplasty (BUT note that the term doesn't mean the same thing to everyone) or modified pharyngoplasty, and the uvula is preserved. I don't know how many surgeons have been trained in this procedure. Also read what Kasey Li writes about preserving as much of the mucosa as possible during tonsillectomy. If you read this information, it should give you questions to ask your ENT so that you can assess how much he/she knows about the procedures. (Personally--and admittedly I've been biased--I would ask an ENT whether they currently do UPPPs, and if they said "yes", I would screen them out.) Again, I can't endorse any of these procedures, having not had them.

Kyla24 wrote:Yesterday I went for my follow up with the sleep doc, and after about an hour of talking to him about everything that's wrong, he recommended that I see an ENT about getting my tonsils removed because they're quite large (had problems with them all my life anyways). Dr. Z stressed that I would still have to be on CPAP but that the pressure probably wouldn't be as high. I understand all of that and I have no problem with the CPAP (anymore, I now know how much better I feel after using it)...but I'm scared because I know that the surgery is worse for adults than children. Has anyone here ever had this done to help their apnea?

Gerryk · Post by **Gerryk** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:18 pm

I had my tonsils out and a UPPP last spring. My doctor also did something with putting some stitches in the throat to tighten things up. It has made a world of difference for me, but this is something you really need to research and talk to your doctor and others who have had it.

most people once your past your teen years will take more than a week to recover. I was off at least three, maybe more, but I also had a broken hand at the same time.

Gerry

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:05 pm

Guest wrote:
rock and roll wrote:From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils. From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again. So think long and hard, it is surgery.
What an utterly useless reply. You didn't even specify whether you got the surgery, you stupid xxxxx.

Let me break it down for you, you dumb xxxxx:

"From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils"

okay, so your whole life, doctors told you to have your tonsils removed.
Then at age 35, you suddenly stopped having problems:

"From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again"

Great, so does that mean you got the surgery? You never say. It's implied that maybe you did, though, because you're posting in a thread about the benefits of surgery. Right?
Except you finish with this:

"So think long and hard, it is surgery"

That's exactly the sort of scaremongering phrase you say to someone to DISCOURAGE them from getting surgery, which suggests you never got the surgery and wouldn't recommend it to anyone, because your symptoms went away by themselves at age 35. But maybe you actually did get the surgery at age 35, and that's why your symptoms weny away. We don't really know what happened, do we? Because you never say.

So congratulations on winning the most useless fucking reply in the history of the internet award. You stupid, stupid xxxx.

Yours wins, as it comes 7 years after the thread was closed, Ever hear about Sleeping Dogs! Jim

ThatGuyTyh · Post by **ThatGuyTyh** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:05 pm

Guest wrote:
rock and roll wrote:From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils. From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again. So think long and hard, it is surgery.
What an utterly useless reply. You didn't even specify whether you got the surgery, you stupid .......

Let me break it down for you, you dumb ....:

"From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils"

okay, so your whole life, doctors told you to have your tonsils removed.
Then at age 35, you suddenly stopped having problems:

"From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again"

Great, so does that mean you got the surgery? You never say. It's implied that maybe you did, though, because you're posting in a thread about the benefits of surgery. Right?
Except you finish with this:

"So think long and hard, it is surgery"

That's exactly the sort of scaremongering phrase you say to someone to DISCOURAGE them from getting surgery, which suggests you never got the surgery and wouldn't recommend it to anyone, because your symptoms went away by themselves at age 35. But maybe you actually did get the surgery at age 35, and that's why your symptoms weny away. We don't really know what happened, do we? Because you never say.

So congratulations on winning the most useless ..... reply in the history of the internet award. You stupid, stupid ......

12 years late on the outrage buddy.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:15 pm

I think it's rage that keeps Guest alive, Stick in the Way Back Machine yelling into the wind. He Wins. Jim

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:49 am

LibtardsUnite! wrote:
Guest wrote:
rock and roll wrote:From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils. From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again. So think long and hard, it is surgery.
What an utterly useless reply. You didn't even specify whether you got the surgery, you stupid xxxxx.

Let me break it down for you, you dumb xxxxx:

"From when I was 18 to about 35 all I ever heard from doctors was when was I going to let them take out my tonsils"

okay, so your whole life, doctors told you to have your tonsils removed.
Then at age 35, you suddenly stopped having problems:

"From 35 to now, I'm 51, I have not been sick in the way tonsils would effect me again"

Great, so does that mean you got the surgery? You never say. It's implied that maybe you did, though, because you're posting in a thread about the benefits of surgery. Right?
Except you finish with this:

"So think long and hard, it is surgery"

That's exactly the sort of scaremongering phrase you say to someone to DISCOURAGE them from getting surgery, which suggests you never got the surgery and wouldn't recommend it to anyone, because your symptoms went away by themselves at age 35. But maybe you actually did get the surgery at age 35, and that's why your symptoms weny away. We don't really know what happened, do we? Because you never say.

So congratulations on winning the most useless fucking reply in the history of the internet award. You stupid, stupid xxxxx.
Wow! This clown wins the prize for most obnoxious, profane post of the month. Even worse than xxyzx! He doesn't even have the guts to identify himself.

Look who's talking...Mr Libtardsunite

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:06 am

RULE ONE:
Only read the FIRST page of most any thread.
Turn the page, and there is nothing but seventh grade boys' room "sword fights".

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:09 am

chunkyfrog wrote:RULE ONE:
Only read the FIRST page of most any thread.
Turn the page, and there is nothing but seventh grade boys' room "sword fights".

Or just read posts from the Way Back Machine, you don't have to read anything, just post away. Jim

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